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, Concluded from the iectnd page." . . ' 4. A committee of Tjven members, name! by the Senate apd clofen from hi body, fhall be charged to watch over the liberty of he prefs. Worls primed and, diftrbutedby fubferjotion, rd periodic al, do not fall under ts notice. This corrmittee (hall be denominaed,7ie Sena torial Committee of ibt LUertuf tbe'Preftf f 05. Authors, printers, andbook-lellers, svro may conceive Thattbey hare caufe to. co"hplan of obftacles created to oppofe the printing or circulation of their works, have immediate recourfe, b petition, 10 'tie Senatorial Committee of- the Liberty 0; the Prefs. , 66, VVlhen the committee is of opinion Slit thefe impediments are ni juftiri'ed by Me intereft of the ttate, it thai , call upon tlie tninidei who created, to remove them. 67. If after three fucceffive Cills renew ed within the fpace of one month, the im pediments Hill fubfifl, the committee lha!! demand an affembly of the Senate, before' which . convoked by the' Prefulent, 'he following declaration-fhall be inade.--" There are.ff'rong preemptions that the liberty of the prels ha; been : violate'!-" The fenate fhall then proceed as'prcfcri bcit in 41 ticlc 1 12, title XII. 68. One member of each of thef Sena torial. Committers .(hall ceafs. to exercifc 'its .'duties every four month. 6. The projects of laws decreed by the Legislative body, shall be transmitted, the came day of their adoption, to the serate and deposited in its archives. 70. Each decree sent from the lejislative body may be denominated before tbesenate, by a senator I. As tending to the rvestab lishment of the foedal system As contra ry to the irrevocability of the sales o nation- . al domain 3. As not having been d libera ted in the form prescribed -by the cmstitu tions of the empire, the regulations tnd the laws, in such cases 4. As injuriousto the. imperial prerogative's, 'or to those of he se nate 1 the execution of the '21st and Jth ar ticles of the act of the constitutions of the empire, passed 22d Frimaire, year C,nittvith stnnding 71. The senate, sVithin'six.days afsr the adoption ofa project of law, having deibera ted on the report of a special committie, and after haying heard three readings of f,e de cree, at three-sittings held on Oeren' days, may declare its opinion the t it it not trceisa ry to prom-.i'aie this la:v. The president shall make kniyn to the En-ipcr'" the deuvmina tion and motives 01 the senate. 7. The Emperor rith the advice of the council of state, may announce by n decree, his adherence to the determination o'tlie se nate, or cause the law to be proclaims!. 73. Every law. an such f.ase, whirl- has net been promulgated before the expirvioii of xen uayi, cannot men be proclaimed, unless :t has ben again debated and adopted by the legislative body. 74. The entire operations or an electoral college, the partial operations relative to the presentation of candidates the sfnate, to the legisi iti ve body, and the trihnnrc. can not be. annulled on a rennet rf unconstitution ality, hut bv a Senatus Cor.suhum. Tl TEE IX. Of the Cw.eit of Sue. 7 5. When the Council of S dc delberatts tipon projects of laws, or upon regulations of public Administration, two thu ds of the mcni bers nf the council ir. ordinarv f.enic: must he present. The number of Cour.stcu; s of State present, canrtot be less than twiSty-five. 76. The Council of Satc d'.vidtt itself into six sifhons, viz. section cf legMaiii n, of the interior, of the hu.'r.ccs, of wa, of the rnirine and of commerce. Ml.. - A. .- . f iivn a nirin i r 01 tut vo.nCil Jii "State has bit rTduting hc yars on the list cf the members of the Council in rdinary i .ruc-. k-; receives a brief of Ctxmiel'or of State for life ti n.r. x.oy th r. 7 8. I h--. uvinber f the LvrMsl.uWe Uody whose tmu'oi tritt is npned, miy be re-tlcfU-d rri'hou', intetval. TO. Vrt jvefs nf hw p-ncntcVi to the Le fjMalivc liody. are returned lth; dire Set tinns tf iheTrib'inato. are dis'in iis'i i'tlr by ordinal tiMi'.g aud ht rrruTAl rnrr.tv.itii, ' In ,i on'.in.M) sit tin; the l.ci-Ltitv 1h!v luais theDrrti.is of th-'Cnnci; f i Stav. artdjh'iic of the time tniio.H rf the Tr.lntticv. md mAk. n;..,,. the pr,,j, nr I tw, , i;rr,i-,,l i i.innj'ttcr thty ('.cms ?T.-Mig their M-f.fv ,;h .Kul i lu iU.ini n es n.l tir .Tt i .f the I "i ' ' -f Lw, i'n.,ln,i.ii ail,i tn. .fti I'l g -inT.il rin.im uf, S. t he u-I'n.it siMins st i'l he cr.ipo ril i.f I'tc Ui mi.Kh nf tlii.' bmslitii t l.rMh, Cf fflhc ornti s f-; , e,ov,n '', nf :.uA r fthc .f ti!i-snimHfi the tii- "!i. l it" ;-'.ir. c'Tnn,Mfr, ',.,; ,e fotiiH"';.! vi'i.h ( t'-.r run!nf ,flhe !-j?i J iir !...;. I I pr. '(.t r f (l,r trislatirt '...dy !..'! r i 'c a! cr,!;arj tltit.f;v ni I i the iTflei .1 1 nmrni'.trc. i In ,f 11 ,rv .iitiif t;c1rti'l.ivv- hmlv .'uP ti-i; 1 n- i-.iri r,f it-,, r I'll if t fr'td lb-Mi- n ihrte rffu i.f the It il . tu'-1 an.lv-vi tr' yimrw ,iUxsn cm. t"l fMnniiHip ;)c irrmhrts 1 Tih luM. 1,1. .,'l l ,l f'rl;, n .,,.. , the interior of the body?, vrlieti required " to do so. .by motion addressed to the presi dent, and signed by fifty membeis ; in these two cases the committee is secret,and its discussion should neither be printed, nor di vu'ged 3. when required by the orators of the council of state, , especially authorised to that effect : and in this' case the committee is necessarily public. No decision can be had in either of the general committees. 84. When the general committee deli- , 'berates in secret, the decision shall be post poned until the next day, in ordinary ses sion. '85. The day when it is to1-vote upon any project of law, the legislative body shall hear, at the same sitting, wfTat the., orators of the council of state may have further, to say on the subject. ' ',; - 6... The determination on a project of law " cannot, in any case, be deferred beyond three davs after that fixed for closing, the d'tscus sions. 1 . . 87. The sections of the tribunate shall con stitute the only committees of the legislative body which cannot form any others, except in the case provided for by art. 113, title XIII.,' f ' TITLK XI. Of the Tribute. 88. ' The functions of the members of the Tribunate continue-H) years. 29. Half of the Tribunate is removed eVe cy.five years : the first will take place for the session of the year 17. . 90. The president of the tribunate is ap-' pointed by the Kmperorfrom three candidates named bv the tribunate.- 91. The functions of the preside" continue two years. 92. The ttibunate sha" have two questors. They shall be chosen by the ' Emero- from a triple list of candidates, nominated to him by the senate, at,a secret meeting, and by an absolute majority. ,:T,hjr:finctiohs are the . same as tlvsc attributed to the qiiestors of the legislative body, by articles I'.), 20,21, 2'?, 23, 24, and 2 5 of the Organic Senatus Con sultum, 2th Krimairc, year 10 - (Dec. 14,--liJOIohe of the qwestcrs shall be removed each year. 93. .The tribunate is divided into three '..sections, 'to rrit : th section rf legi-la- tion ; 2. the section of the interior; C. the section of the finance. 94. F..1C.I1 section shl present a list of .three of its rVnbcrs, from which the presi dent of the tfcjbimale shall choose the presi dent of the section.: who shall continue in oficc one year. 9J. -When the respective Sections of the council of stt'.te and of the tribunate, shall de mtt'd to be United, their conferences shall take pUce tinder the presidency of the Arch chnnrellor of the empire, or cf the Arch treasurer, according to the na4ure of the sub jects to be examined. Oti. Kach section shall discuss separately, end in assembly of section, ali projects of laws transmitted to it by the legislative bo as hereafter directed. . The public ministry becomes equally the prosecutor, in cases of tresspass. f .:' ' 109. The justice of the peace, and the di rectors of the juries, ave commanded. to for bear further proceediTigs, aruT to tranmit, af ter the 8th day of delay, to the solicitor-gene-raH attached .to the high imperial court ; sll the records of the case," , wben they shall find whether "from the quality ef the parties, the 'title of the accusation, or from the peculiar circumstances, that the offence which they are called upon to punish, is cognizable by the high imperial court. Never heless the magistrates shall contintis to collect proofs to establish the cpime. 110. .The ministers or counsellors f state,, entrusted with any 'part of the public admi-; nistration, may be impeached by the legisla tive, .bpdyi. if they' have, in any case sicted con trary to the constitution and la?vs of the em pire, i 111. Captains-gerf ra! 'of colonies, colonial pTclects, commandar.ts.of French establish ments distant from the continent;' adtninis-trators-gCneral when. -theyj shall have abused the powers vested in them ; generals cf land or sea, who shall have disobeyed their ;n stru.ctr;ns ; and prefects nf the interior, who shall have been guilt y of extortion or dilapi dation ; may likewise be denounced by the legislative body ' .112. The legislative body, may in like manner, denounce the ministers', or agents of ' authority, wheu-tbey have received, on the part of the senate a declaration of strong pre- sumptions of arbitrary' imprisonment, &r of the violation of the press. 113. Impeachments by thelegislatjte bo- ' dv carr.ot be i'ntcrruptctl, but on the (.cmimd of the tribunate, 'or-the reclamation of lilty members of the legislative body, who shall require a secret committee to he . appointed, to designate by ballot ten of their members, who shall investiture-. the purpose cf the im pcarhmer.t. 1 U4. In either case, the demand or recla mation must be made in writing, signed by the president and secretaries of the .ti!u na'e, orby the teanvmbcr of the legislative body. If the impeachment shall be agi.inst a.nrii!ster or a counsellor of state, charged wiih ap-irtof the publi.: administration,' it shall be imparted to them within the delay of one inonth. 115. The minister or conrselio' of state denounced, shall not be called upon to reply to the denunciation. '1 he cmpetor shall name three ministers of str.te to apfear be fore the legislative body on the day appoint ed, and give the necessary explanations on the facts charged in the impeachment. .116. The legislative body shall di.iruss, in secret commiltet, thojacts set forth in the demand or reclamation, and shall decide on them by ballot. t!7. The act of impeachment must be cir cumstantial, and signed by the president and il secretaries ol the legislative Lo It shall ' "(here Is ground of accusation, the reportmf commissary shaM nifiKe a oecrce m cornea milv issivetrtc niatulatiinrs lorsirrtst, ana " ' . . - .... ....... .u .'ul:...- .' dv. Two oi-,,tprs 0f loJbe.Arch-ciianctllorcfah voice ol their sectioii to the legislative body, I taut unl ;l.l its motives. -97. In no case can the projects of lnws be dicussed in the general a"svinhly of the tri butiRte. It shall form itself into a general as- '.scmbly, under the order i.f its president, for the rx-rcic of its other f'inclions. TITLE XII Of the lu.itoral Colleges. 9899. The Cram! Oarers, Comman ders, and OfHcers of the Legim f Honor, are mcmhers of the Liettoral College of the uepartmef.t in which thev reide, or one ol the departments of the c.ihnttto which they be lop f,. The legionaries are nemers of the LliTtornl Colleges of their distrUt- The members of the Legion rfJIonnr arc admit ted at the Electoral Co'dcg'? of v. Inch they are to make a part, on a u eser.t?.ticn pf a h;vl delivered to thrm tothatcftcct by the. Crand Klerto-. J GO. iVifrU mii'it arr - Cotrmr, n ints- c.T d 'p.nrtmcnts rnt not b.- ihccd cnutidrfto f'irtho iMintr bv the l.hTioral (.'lieges of the cU piriinetHiir. v hichlhvy CHerci'e their 1- ini-i ! 4-IVAiil uiill iUrMltiU ktli c c the f'.ulli v. , h I. ll.p KrL,;f Ko ! ,iJ firm 5tf1f 1 '' t. n ri. ii'inmit'ir -I. . Ik n rolled it Tl Yl.Y. Xlir.-C'f i. IrrrUICvrt. r A liiirh Impt.ri.il ( 'fill lake, ccni rar.ic; lt. of person..! idTcme or r rimn coinrni'trd by the Imperii! f.mnh, hy the ti J ilars of liiyh diniiiet of the Empire, by th? v.h itcr, the sttK'tary of M.itv, the grnd rlf'.-crs. th.c mna'ori, ur.d the cm.n-,ellors of Mute, 7d. of trimfs, attempts, .(.nspira ' i'-s a.-i:t the intrrior and exterior safety of the ! '.Vr, the pcrvni tfllc I'.fnf t ror. or i'lit ot the j-rcM.tnptWc hwir of the Lin-,-ri.if. ' ' ' itt;ng of tr.elliMiT.reri.d court, 1 iii Hie si nule. ' 1. It is presided over by the A-cb. ("h-tncill"r of the Empire. I'M. The High lnipcti.il Ourt t compo fril ul the priwn, tinilsn of the hir;li dini tfs ;.n I rand officm of the Empire, of the (r.md Jndc tninislcrof justice, off.o Sena to n, i.f A 'i csidcti's of the Counr il of St.itt, o; 1 1 ('mnnclbir nf Mate, otid of 24 mitn hzr 'ifihe (,'ouri of Cass.i'ion. , l:S. There i!l he a'tjibrd tMhc llii-lt Iwp-ti.il C.irt, t. Attiirncy (ciiiral, Bi " 'rl hir lilc hv thr r.mpror. I" .. 'I here h;iil'i;- attAi'iicd tn thr Il',h Imp-ril ( otTt, a chief CL-rV, ipp'.inOfd lor lilt bv tlie Entprn.r. IT. "I h-1 frrvM of the 1 tj;H imperial to'iit is t-1 bal lc 01 he t.bj ctil .n-ninxt. I' f. The 1 5.t!i in ;h rial e t'tt 1 tt act only O't he p-f.'rrti'.iur t f m jhiIiUc tnini. t"V. I'l rclihrr t ''nirt'ittnl by (!iiie ho ar. ' v tlo lr r.m pliicd nndcr the j'itilir .mt. i fK i'op, liilcoiHi, t hon fU there be a r;nitrv bri"iiHS tcrc- ;. .ic ,,u v '.ie urvi,ki.t Oil fc.l-iurtli'.n- n ; ...!) U j,tii;; jurty, and iut pne4 .. 1 1 1 . . .. . , . empire, who snail 11 ansnm u 10 u:e fori tor-jTm-ral of the high imperial court.. 118. Collusions or 'abuse of power by cap-tains-geneiT.l of colonies, colonial prefects, comniMnlants of establishntents distutit fn ni the crntiiuiit, and admimMralor-gt neitd ; acts .of obedience of orders by generals cf land or sea ; and dilapidation or etoi tit tin by prefects ; shall also be denovmc rd by the .ministers, each in his particular de rttm nt, to the c flVers charged w ith the pibbc mi nistry. Ifthc denunriaiinn' i3 male bj the grnVd j'.idKf, minister of justice, h; can nei ther asuM at the li i: I. tmrtake p;.it in the judgment rendered on his own accjaUrn. 113. In the e i.sc desci iIm d by attifle 11C, 111, I12.?i(l I It, the s'liritor-gt ieral v oII inform, within three ('ays, the arch-cl breel !(' ol the inpire, that there is orcasii n to ?sstmhle the hih i mpefia? f (-urt. The arch--chanrt-ITui' after having f;VuT" ir.ciiVlcri c f the empervr f hall fix the opening of tbc ses sion within eight days. l.1(J. In the first sittinr; of the high l.2L TCurrrTlls To judge oHts uwn eonetetey. Hi; When there shall be a denunciation cr complaint, tin: S'lliet'.oi-gciiTid, in concert with the tribunes and the threr mgistrntcs of the bar of;he court of judicature, shall cxamh.e and decide whether Jt ftttiiishes S grounds f r a pi nsreutiof.. One of the mn- isttate- of the bar may be ouie tid i.y the solifitor-tetural ta tondm-t the prosecution. If the public nin'stry is'of'oplnion thnt lite complaint or denunciation ought not to be rt fidud.it ha'il asign the !on'.hin tiju which the high imperial rout t hiill decide af ter having htard the riut;itr.ncs charged I nith thi rtpoit. IQ2. Wbrrt thtc rcncb'siir ate a Ion--: ted the high imperial ronrt t'l-U tctnunatc ' the affair by a definitive jud, nict t. When I thvy arc rejected. the public ministry is di rected to continue the jwsfru'ut. 12.1. In the rrnu rae pdiidcd for by the prf ceding article, and alo when the pn'j. lie ministry is of opinion tll the h nu' i.i'.ion or cntnpliintouhtto he brat, it "hall fire pre the act ofafnisatmn wiiliin light i!j) and ilelncr it to the romntio-y or ntlornev, wf.omthe atch'fb.imilb-r of tl c empire diall appoint fiom among t!r j'ldcc f the rotitt ot abrogation, !eiii mrn r of the Inrbim pctialcoutt. The di tie of ?'-c to-t f,ia' or in hi dernh. the attorney, be to frame the instruetior. and he r.!rritnc. 1 3 ! Thr reporter, or Id aoriif , ihrll aubmii the act rf 3frtttinn to twelve com ronric ol the lir ini;r'ul rouM, cbocn by the arih-thanrcllnr of tbc empire, ii from the nettvor. and i frim the otiiir tnembcrt of the l 'b irttpe riiij couttt 2U If tint ichc ccttitniii-r,cu1f;c that proceed to prepare the brief. i 126. Ifon the contrary, the commissaries are of ojjiniori that there exists no ground of accusation they shall refer it, by the repor- ' ter to the high imperial court .which 5.hall 'pronounce definitively. , : 127. The high imperial Court cannot give judgment unless sixty members shall be' pre sent. Ten of the whole ntimber of memlwrs. i 'wbo may epnvpose it, may be challenged by the excused, md ten by. tne public accustr. Th? sentence sliall be pronounced by an ab- " solute majoniy of voices. " . . 2S. The trial and judgment shall be pub lic -;-. .: . . The accused shall be allowed coun sel if they do not-present any, cou'nse 1 s.h-ttl be assigned them by the ,arch-ihanceUor of the empire. : i30. The high imperial court .'cannot in flict any punishment not provided tor by ihe penal code. - 131. When it 'gives judgment -of ncquitial, it jtiuy, plfre the. acquitted under the.-s.upiM--intendance or at the e'.ispos.jtii'm. of the hi-b. polire of the stata, for such time as it shall determine, iS-2. The udstivents. pronounced ly the .high irii'erial court - rannot be reversed.- Ti'.ose which sentence tu an infam'mn.or enr- .. poreiil punishment, cannot be executed until they have beet signed-by the Erupe.ror. 133.' A "particular Seiu'imsC.onsnlt utn shall contain Jhe further disposition relative to the . organization and dpttation of the h'rglvimpc viai court. ' TITLE V:.-G the Judiciary Order. ' i 34. The judgments of the courts of jus tice are titled r-rrets. 13 j. Tiie'" presidents cf the court of cassa tion, 'the courts f appal and criminal jus tice are appoir.'cd -'; :!ifc hy the Emperor, and lriav be chosen out of the courts over which they are to pvciV't. . . 13'5' The. tii'onna; -ol cassation takes the tlenomirirtion cf co,t of cassation ; the tri bunals of appeal hhl ot npo-ai ; the crimin al tribunals that of criminal justice..; the pre- . sidont of the court 'of cassation and the presi dent of the cour3 of? '"peal divided into sec tions, take the-X tleoffilst president, the vice president tha: of president ; the commissa ries of government, nerr the court ot c?ssa tion. t he courts of appeal dnd of criminal jus I tire, take? the title of imperial. attorney euV j r;ds; r.r-.d the commissaries nehr the other !' tribuntdsth-it of imperial atomics. ' I 'TITLE XV Of the rrvvntti-tiUon. 37. -.The Emperor cr.use to be sealed rmd promulgated, the Organic Senatus Cnnsr.Ita, tlvr Senatus (Vmsnlta, rnd the nets of.the Se nate and the law. The Organic Senatus Cn sulta, the Senatni C.onr.r.ltn, and the nc's of the Senate" a re promulgated on the loth da after their emission e.t f.u-tbes'. 138. Two oripinai an duuvn tip nf each of the arts ineotiuneo in the breccdlittr arti cle. Iioth are signed liy the 1 .mper.ir. icvi sedbyone of the titulars o! the high dinni ties, each according to their rights and attri butts, conntcr.ii(rneil by the secretary of str le and minister of justice, nnd sealed with the great seal of the state. 139. One rf these origin?!s is deposited a mong the records of the seal and the otr.tr . is transmitted to th.- archives of the public authority from which the act emanate!!. 10. Ul. The prorr.ulg'tlion is thus con ceived : " N. (the first name oTtlic Emperor) by the grace of Ood and the const '' ot ion of the Ueptiblir; I'.mperor of the Fnm;b, to :dl to whom these presents shall comVdreeting. The Senate after havi:tg heard &; orator of the rounril of state, has decreet', r.nd we or der a-; follows : (and if of a law) the legisla tive body has rendered on the the follow ing decree, conformably, to Jhc.. proportion... nude in the name of the Emperor, and after having heard the orat irs of the council of ftatc and riie sections of the tribunal, the 'r odjrr and rommmd that these jm scnls I stide"d with tiic seals of the state, iTiserte ta the lr.ilh. tin of the law, be addressed to the courts, tribGiu'.s. and idn.iniitraiive; authori ties, that they may be inscribed on their re gisters, to observe them and ciutc them to be tibsened ; and the Rrartd jm'.gc ininifct;r of justice is thargi dwAhtupcrintcnuin the pii'dicat'mn thereof. TITLE XVI. cfdthtlu:. II?. The following proposition shall 1 . ollertd f'r the arcrptinre of the people in the forms detetmincd by the arrrie of he 9 I'loreal, year Mt " 1 he people will the hereditame nt cf the imp rial dignity in the direct descent natural, legitimate and aduj tivc ol Napoleon Itotoipatte, anr" the ili. rect descent i :urI and legitimate of JoscpU and lms Ibiufpurle, fts it iithus regubf,j bvthe Orp-ioic snatu Cunvjt'.uin gf 4",c 2 i I hici.3 jcr I?." Signc.1 CsMra?', rfori(l r; ,,, President ; Maan fie ',Au.rt Jrra C.at.ct.rT.Secrctane. Appv..(Undsealcd. , The Chancellor of u St?.,f, ea n..C.E. vv,"ir.in'!con,m,n,,-,"'p''w Tl .r: ht - in thcbu1.el.',cf,be Uw.be addrr.std to t,2 to.of, nribtmaH, 8lI Administrntue an- .lies, that they m. b inscribed on their re risfcrs. Ur. f'.ircnat the p-Iace of Saint Cloud, the 11 i brea, year 12, and cf our reign the fit it. S'S"?. NAI'OLLON. Hr the r.mperop. TheSccrctarffcftnte, H. Tt. MtT. Seta bf ts, Atcb'C uacellorofthc Empire.
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