nm r:rt NEW CONSTITUTION FRANCE. Dtc • i id ly tie Nation a I Cox v t xtion [Concluded, from our tajl.] Ofth; National Rtprrfwtathn. 27. Is cafe of equal votes, the eldest is preferred, either to be voted f<>r or elect ed. In cafe of equal age, cliand de cides. 28. Every Frenchman, exercising the rights of a citizen in any republic is eligi ble. j<), lyich dpjijity belongs to the whole nation. 30. In cafe of reftifal to accept, re signation, 01 death of a deputy, the pri mary affeiiblics who had nominated nisi replace him. 31. A deputy who has resigned cannot quit his poll hefore his fuccefior is ready to enter upon the duties of h s appoint- ment. 32. The French people assemble every year, on the tirtl Tuesday, to proceed to their eleCliitu. 33. ''They proc?«d to ti>e tle&ion whatever be the nurabei of citizens, hav ing a riglit to vote at it, assembled. 24. A primary aflinibly may be extra ordinarily <*onvok«d, upon the rcquifitjon of a fifth of the citizens having a right to vof.e at it. 3The convocation, in this cafe, is made by the municipality of the place of meeting. <^HV 36. Those extraordinary aMroliea deliberate only in cafe a majority, more than one, of the citizens having a right to vote in them, be present. Of ekSaral ajfembltcs. 37. The citizens in primary afTemblies name an elettor, one for every 200 citi zens, counting present and jbfent; two from 201 to 400; three from 401 to 600. 38. The holding of elfftoral assem blies and the mode of electing is the fame .as in the primary assemblies. Of the leftflaliw leJv. 39. The legislative body is one, indi visible and permanent. 40. The fefliiin is of one year. 41.' The legislators meet 011 the ill of July. 42. A majority is a quotum. 43, The deputies can be quetlioned, accused pr judged, at no time fr»r opini ons expreflcd fiom their feats in the legis- la turf. 44- They may for criminal actions, be taken in the fact, but the warrant to arrest and to cause to appeal, can only be ifTned againlt them by the legislature. «< /• .« <• I r •/T • ' Tbe J: t tings of the Legiflali-e body. 45. Tlie fitting i>f the National Af fetnbly shall he public. <6. Its journals (ball be piinted. 47. It (ball not delibeiate, unlels it be compofcd of ai lcalt, two hundred mem bers. 48-. It (hall not refufe arty member the right of speaking, in the order in which he has demanded it. 49- It (hall decide by the Volte of the _ majority of those present. 50. Fifty (hall have the light of cal ling for the yeas and nays. 51. The assembly ftiall have the rightof censuring the condu& of its member# du ring its mittings. J 2. The afieinbly (hall pofiefs the im mediate jm ifdlftion nf the placc in which it holds its ft (Hons, and of inch an extent in the neigl.tx.uihood as it (hall itfclf de- ternune. Of ihr fttrifficns o f the legjlat'ive body. 53. The legislative body fliail tnadl laws and pass decrees. 54. Under the gcneial name of livvs arecomprifed such adts of the Icgiflaiive body, as concern civil or criminal legisla tion. The general adminiftrarion of the re venues, and of the ordinary expenditures of the republic. The national domains, The Ihrndaid, the weight, the imprefii -011 and denomination ot money. The nature, the amount and tiue col lection of the taxes. The declaration of war. Any new diltribution of the French territory. Public inftruftlon, and the public ho nors paid to the memory of great men. 55- Under the particular title of de crees, are comprehended such aits as re late to The annu.-.l (Jnwnt of tlie fore ea of the Republic, by i.ra atid land. The- pcrmiifion or retufal o! tin- pa!Wi»e of foreign troops thro'the F;e»c;i le«ii tory. The iutrndudlioo of fottign naval for ces into the French ports. Meafutes for the general fafety and tranquillity. The annual and temporary distribution of the public labor and public contribu tions. Oiders for the emission of rtioney of all kinds: Extraordinary and contingent expend*, tures. Measures which are IOC3I or confined to one pa. ticuVar department, communi ty, or particular kind of public works. The defence of the country. The ratification of treaties. The nomination and depolition of the commanders in chief of the armies. The trial of the members of council and public funclionarits. The accusation of thole fufpefted of >lots agaiuft the general i'afeiy of the re jublic. Every partial change in the diftiibuti on of the French territory. National rewards. Of the formation of a Law. 56. All bills proposed to Le ena&ed into laws fnall be preceded by a report. 57. The difcuflion of the law shall not be opened, and it (hall not be provision ally ena&ed, until 15 days after the re port. 58- Th*biH is printed and fcrvt to all the Communes under the title of, proposed latu. 59. Forty days after the proposed law isfent—if in the majoiity of the depait ments, the tenth part of the primary af fembliesof each, has not objected, the plan is deemed accepted and becomes a law. 60. If objections are made, tlie legis lative body convene the primary afll-m ---blies. S Of the tit!: of laws and decreet. 61. All laws, decrees, judgements, and oilier public a£ts, fliall be entitled— " In the name of the French people, the veat of the French Republic." Of tie Exciuiiie Council. 62. There lTiall be an executive coun cil composed of 24 members, 63. JCJie electoral affrmbly of each de partment names one candidate—tii.e legis lative body chooses from the lilt the mem bers cf the council. 64- One half of the council is renew ed by every legiflatuie durinjj the lafl months of its session. 65. The council is charged ' with the direction and fupeiintendance of the ge neral administration of the Republic. It cannot ast but in execution of the laws and decrees of the legislative body. 66. It (hall name, from its own body, the principal agents of the several depig ments of the republic. 67. The legislative body fliall prescribe the number and functions of these agents. 68. These agents do not form a coun cil. They lhall befeparate, without any immediate connection between thetta.— They 'hall not exercise any peifonal au thoi ity. 69. Tile council (hall appoint from its own body the exterior agents of the re public. 70. It fiiall negotiate treaties. 71. The membeis of the council, if guilty of trcafon lhall be accused by the legislature. 72. The council lhall be refpontVble fur any failure in the execution of the law 3 and decrees, and for all those abuses which it (hall not denounce. 73. It (hall depose and replace the pub lic agents whenever it (hall think proper. 74. It is bound to accuse them before the judicial tribunals whenever there be occasion. Of iht relation of the Executive Council to the Legislature 75. The executive council (hall te (ide near the legislature—it (hall hiiJe a separate chamber and a separate cntiancc, into the place of its meetings. 76. It ftiall be heard as often as it (hall have any report to make. 77. The legUlative body, may call for tiie presence of the executive council at its fittings, either in tiie , whole or in part, whenever ir (hall judge proper. Of the /Lhuinijlrati-oe anil Municipal Bodies. 78. There (hail be in every commune of uie republic a municipal admiaiftiati on. 532 I 1 tvevy di niitra:u!!i. In every department a ceutui admiui- (liatiun. 79. The municipal officer* (hall be eic£ted Uy the'afTWiiblies of the commune. 80. ifhe adtniniftratprs (hail be pointed by the cleAoral afleiriblie* of the department and of the diltriit. 81. The municipalities and the admi niiiiation» (hall be renewed by one half, every year. 82. The administrators and municipal officers have no reprefelitative charaftets —they cannot in any cafe, modify lliv a&s of the legislature nftr fulpend the ex-' ecution of them. 83. The (lull prescribe the functions of the municipal utikers and ad miniilratDrs, the rules of their subordin ation anJ the penalties which they may incur, 84. The aflcnrblies of the municipali ties and the adminiltrators (hall be public. Of Civil JuJlia. 85. The code of civil and criminal law (hall be uniform throughout the republic. 86. The right which the citizens have of terminating their difpotes by arbitra tors chafe n by thcmiclvcs, lhall not be infringed. 87. The decision oF thefjr arbitrators ifhall be definitive, unless the parties have relerved the right-os appeal. 88. There shall be jnftices of the peace clefteJ by the people in canton:., the li mits of which (hall be fined by law. 89. They (hall accommodate differen ces and JiiVminitter' jiffticr without colt. 90. Their number and their qualifica tions {hall be regulated by the legifhture. 91. There (hall be public arbitrators appointed by the ele&oial alTetnbiies 92. Their number and the diftiicls i:i which they (h.ill exercile their authority fliall be determined by the lcjjiflature. 93. They (hall tak.ecogfiizar.ce ot dif pntes which have not been finally detet nnned by private arbitrators, or by the justices of the pe-ace. 9-j.. They (hall decide in public. They dial) give their opinion openly. They (hall determine in the denser resort, ei ther upon verbal defence* or upon a lim ple memorial, without pics-lia-j, . and without colts. They (hall give ti.e rea fop* of their decisions. 95. The justices of the peace, an.', tie public arbitrators (hall be elected every year. Of Criminal Jvjlice. 9Ct. In a criminal purpose no citizen can be tried except upon an accufvition, liy ;i jury, or decreed by the legislature I'r.e accused (hall have counsel particu larly nominated for them or there (hall be publie officers appointed to defend them. -.XliS-.accufa.tion (hall be. public. Both the fact and the intention ftuill be deter miiie'd by a jury. The penalty (hall be applied by a criminal tribunal. 97: The criminal judges ihall be elecl ed every year by the electoral aflemblies. Of the Tribunal of Firal Ajijyeal. 90. There is for the Republic but ope tribunal of final appeal. 99. This tribunal does not take cog nisance of the nieiitsof a cuiife. It pro noutices only upon violations in the foims, and on the evident deviations from the law. :00. The member's of this tribunal are appointed every year by the eledtoral ailuublics. 101. No citizen is'diipenfed from the honourable obligation of contributing to support the burden of the public expen diture. Of the Natitmql Tre<fury 102. The national trcaiury is the cet-Uial point of the receipts and expendi tures of the republic. 103. It is superintended by refponft ble agents appointed by the executive council. 104. The conduct of these agents, is inspected by coiTniuffioncrs appointed by the legifl.tture, taken from among the mass of citizens, and refponfib'e foi such abuses as they do riot denounce. 105. The accounts of the agents of the national treafuiy and of the admini (tratois of public money are annually rendered to responsible comtniffioners named by the executive council. »c 6. Thi proceedings of these agents are infpetied by commifiiouers appointed by the legislature from among the mr.fs of citizens, and lcfponlible for fucli abuses, and errors as they do not denounce. The body fiually fettles accounts. TTiu- sdn::- Of Public Contribution. Of Accounts. Forces (f th' Rc^uTx, toy. Vise jjvnei-ii force or' t.ier.pulj lie « luiilla ul the whole people. JOB. I i>c 1 ejj.ut>ii!; hilt iiinl.er pav time of peace, an <k nied force by fe.» and' land. • ; 109. All Frenchmen are fo.'dieic /thty are all ejercifed in the mauagcntcui. of arms. no. There is no commander iu chief. il l. The difference between th eir dittititniilhinjf murk* anil ftlSor Jin;i tirin only luf flit in relation to and d tin tig a£fu«l lervict. 112. Ihe puliiß: force employ, d (,-) maintain order arid internal pct.eonlv arts upon thenipiifirion, in writing ot the con stituted authorities. 113. The public force when employed againlt external enemies arts under thtdi redlion of the executive council. 114. No armed body deliberate. Of Nutiona! Convention. 115. If in a majority of the depart menrs, one tenth of the primary afTciiiblii-s reguldily formed of each, call for a revi sion ofth c conllitutional ast, or an altera tion of any of ttß articles, the body convoke the piimaiy afletpblies of the Republic, to determiwe whether there lhall be a National Convention. 116. The National' Convention is for med in the iaine manukas the lejji(ldtive, l and can exercifc legislative powers. 117. As far as relates to the confli tution, the Convention confine their de liberations to the articles the <iefetts of which caused their convocation. Of the relation bstveen the Republic and Form eign Nalimii, 1 18. The French peoplearethe friend# and natural allies of all free nation?. 119. Tlrey do not meddle with the go vernment of other nations. They do not fuller other nations to meddle with theirs. 120. They hold out an asylum to for eigners banished from their country for their love of liberty. They rxlufe an as ylum to tyrants. 121. They will not make peace with nn enemy that occupies part of the terri tory cf'the republic. rt a guarantee of Rights 122. The conltitution guarantees to e- I -very Frenchman equality, libei ly, fecnriiy Land property, the public debt, the free ex- E*:i c:fe of religious worship, an education, "public succours, the indefinite liberty of tiie prets, the rijrht of petitioning, the right of aflembljng in popular f>cietie3, the eijoynent of all the Rights of Man. 123. The French Republic hojiourj patriotism, coinage, old age. filial piety, the unfortunate. They repofeihe sacred depoiit of the conftitutioQ under the fafe gnard of all the virtues. 124. The declaration of rights and the conftithlional adl is engtaved on tables, in the centtc of the legislative lial!, and on all public squares. ( Signed) COLLOT D'HERBOIS, Pa-fident. Dukano, Maillane,"*s Dueos, MeaulieY „ r , T . > bccrctariss. Cti. De la Croix, ( Gossuin, Laloy, j ADVERT fSEMENT. N'ew-Jersey, ) T) Y virme of a Vvnt in ine SuJJex {vuMfy. ff. £ JL> directed, iffiu tl out or the High Couit of Chancery of N<-w-Jei fey, at the fut of William Shipley againlt John M;n£ ando'hers; I (hall oxpofc to laic ai Public Ven due, on the iixth day of February next, between the horns ol Twelve and Five in the AfUrrv on of the faint day, on the Prcmifes, the following described Tratt ot Lm(i, with i'.s&pporic naoa-4, situate in the Townlt\io of Oxiord and County jcrtSuff -x, beginning at a CSic{mu r Oak Tree, c >r ii! rof Djiik 1 Cox'i land, and ibmdlng in the I'nr of a former furvty mane 10 Thoman Sieven fon, being marked with the letter B. and thence extending along Coxe?s line (fit ft) south fifty de grees well ft I; v-five chains ana fcvcniy- five link/, to a Uifeck-Oak Tree com<*r oi Jpfcph S tiopen's land (fVcotwi) south nine d(\jy<<s and fifteen mi nutes, wfft ninety chains and fixty-five links 10 a forked White-Oak Tree, tnaiked with the let ters R and B another of t l»e fa id Shippen's cor ners (thiTd) thence norih eighty degrees, east one hundred and forty-five chain#, to a post on the southerly of Paquaoft -P iver, being also «t Corner of* Jf'hn Reading's land (foutth) thence north thirty-nine degrees w ft, one hundred and thi>ty-two chains t<> the place of beginning, containing nine hundred and thirty acres wilb the usual allowance for loads and high ways-— The fame Pemifcs ate within eight miles of the River Delaware, and there is therton a convenii ent Grill Mill with two pair of Stones—a Saw Mill in good repair, with a <n flic tent ft icam 06 water tor their ule—a Dwelling Houle, Stoio House, ond leveral (malt building*. MARK THOMPSON, Sheriff, Dated 2?. d day of July, 1793 TICKETS In ihc FEDERAL CITY LOT! LRY, M ■> be liad at SAMUEL COOPERS Ferry. »
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