The rate of interest for savings deposits, which is never to exceed 3
per cent per annum, after having been placed before the special Council
(art. 1) will be fixed by the Minister of Commerce in concert with
the Ministers of the Interior and of Finances, by way of ordinances,
and every alteration is to be published in the Imperial Law Pamphlets
(_Reichs-Gesetz-Blatte_) in the official part of the «Vienna Gazette»
(_Wiener Zeitung_) and in the various official gazettes.
The new rate of interest will begin to come into operation on the
1^{st} and 16^{th} of the month which follows its publication and will
also apply to deposits made previously.