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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.
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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
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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
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