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NORTH-C ARftLINA MINERV A,'
RALE I G H A D V ERTIS ER,
7? a Z, G Published i very TUESDAY by HODGE cjr EWLAN, Printers to the State.
Vol. IV.
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A ..u r. o U A I , APRIL I, 1KC0.
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Letters from hi excellency Mi. Kin?, in London,
dated 24th Deccuibet, mention, that, from accounts
there, Denmark had -joined the coalition,-and Swe
den was expected very ihortly to follow the example
that a general Peace was not expected ; but a partial
peace between France and'Auftria was not improbable.
. NEW CONSTITUTION
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ff oittciAL con. -'
CHAPTER I.
At. 1. The French Republic is one and imli?ifi
fele. ; ' ' " " '
.... Its European territory is diilributed into-departments
and communal dillricts.
2. Every man born and Uefidnt in France, andofj
the gt wfii jrci, wKo ha luiciibed his name in the
civic rcpriftcr of his communal diftrift, and afterwards
remained a year on the tenitory of the French lirpu!
Iic,iYa' French citizen. yi
3. A foreigner becomes a French citizen, who af
ter having attained the age of 21 years, and declared
his intt ntion of fixing hi'3 refidencc in France, and has
icfided there for ten fiiccefiwc years. "
Tjjg title of FrencircitiEen ia forfeited :
By accepting any office or. pcnfion from a foreign
governirent .
ByafriTiiion with any foreign corporation which
' fuppofes distinctions of birth.
liy condemnation to corpoial or infamous punifli
nients. , . -
5. The exen ife of iho rights of a French citjxen
is iuipendcd oy a banki uptcy, or by a total or partial
fucceffion to the propd tV of aa infolvent.
By a ftate of hiicd (crviiode, either attached tothc
fe r'vrcc of t he pe r f n 6 r famil f . r
fey a (late of judicial interdiction, accufation, or
contumacy. ' t , 1. ,
K. In order to K$roTeth rlrt MMUpT
thcy nnidhave been acquited by. being domiciliated by
a year's, refidene, and not tor faced by a yea;'s ab
fence. r
7. The citizens of every communal di(lrit Hull ap
point by their-fuffraes, ihofe whirn they think mott
worthy of conducing the public affairs. There fhll
be a litt of confidence, ccouii)iiij a nu'n.Uer of nam;s
equal to a tenth of the number of citizens po Helling the
right f fiiffrage. ..Fcorn hs Irrlt colmhunal Hit the
public functionaries of di.lricts ihall be taken.
8. The citizens comprifeJ in' the com onnal lifts of
a department fhall a'fo appvint a tenth of their number.
Thefe Hull conltituic a leco.iJ lid, caU'.d the dtpart
ment lift, from which the public functions of each
department fhall be taken. .
9. The citizen iucluJeVr in the depait mental lift
mail alfo appoint a tenth of tl.cir . number ; this third,
lift (haH'confiit of the.itiicru of each department eii
gible to public national' hmdtons.
10. 'flie citizens who dull h.ive a riht af co.ope-j
rating in the formation of any of the .lilts .mentioned
in the tliree prectdlnr articles, fliall every .third year,
he called' upon to exeicif: the power; of replacinj; thofc
jo. ha ..lhalLtia vs-.4icu f-j wtedhewrv--i-it atty-
othercaufe than the exercife of a public falter ion.
I lTTTiqnmay alio withdra.v from the lilts, thofe'
.whom they fiiall not ju ige proper to continuerMd
replace tlem by other cituens in whom they "muy hay
greater confidence. -v
12. No one (hail be erafed from the litis, btherwife
than by the'vote's of the decifive m.jirity t f ihe'ciil
zanp, having the right 'of co operating in their forma
tion. .' -,-:.' .-. -
13. No ore fhall be erife J from the li t "of thofe e'.i-.
gible to public natijiial fiiudlions merely becaufe his
name may have been itruck out of a litt of an inferior
.fuperror degree. :
14. The appointment tothe lift of ehVibles is only
neceftary w ith - regard to public function, for which
that condition is'exprefsly required by the conititution
or by the law All the lifts ol the eligibles fhall be
formed in the courfe of thc yth year !
- ' CHAPTER IF. .
1 5. Tlie confer vatory fenate Jhall be corppoTed of
So members, ef 40 yeartiof age at leaft, to' be ifrcr
.movable during ljfe. . - ,- .- . .
For ahe tnfortf3ti6n of the-fenate, ihe're (hall be
nominated, in.tht; firft inftance, 4q memberi-r-this
number Ihall been'creafed to 62 in the courfe of the 8th;
vear, to 64. in the 9th year';, and Ihall be gradually en
r-creafedoby the addition cf two Tncmhcrs-iaach-
, 1 rTln nAmtnAii In .. CT. C f . A ll I . 11 . . a t
1.1 ' :! 1 . - . I.
Dy me ienate, wno than make choice out of thefe can
didates pre fe n ted to th era j the firft by.the Jegiflative
body, the fecond by-the tribunate,-and the third by
the chief conful.
1 7. "The chief conful, upon quitting his office either
nccelfaiily, and as a mattcr.cf right, becomes a fviia
tor.
The two other confuls (Jurinjr tnc month which f-d
lows the expiration of their functions, rpay take their
feats In the fenate, but are not obliged to ccrufe that
privilrge. - . "
They lofe it altogetlur4, iflhey quit ' tTfcir confuTar
fundtion by religuation.
18. A fenator is always ineligible to any other pub
lic function; " - ' :
19. All the lifts made in jHe depart rneats by yirtue
of the 9th articier' flvairbe addreffed to the ftnate.
ihey Ihall compofe the national lift.
by the oratois of the tribunate anrl
tne governments
35-L!Ete fittingiof-thc tribunate andof -the-!egiflr-tivc
body,-fhall be public ; "the number of fttangeiild
cither of them not to exceed 200.
36. The annual falary of a tribune fhall be 1 5,000
iKHiesr that of a legifJative' lo.odo TranciT'-
37. Every decree of the legiflative body fhall, the"
ioth day after it be made, be promulgated by the
ehftf conful, unlefs in'the mean time it is referred to
the fenate, on the ground of inconftitutionality. Such,
reference cannot be made with regard to the laws tht
i. . .L,k-1" r ornujgaiea.
20. From this lift (halt he elected the legiflatori,the
trlbuiiea. th eotifids, the udes of cafl4tioii, and the
JJomnvfaires a la Repun ftbii:t,
21. They -fhall confir -t annul 'every aft referred
to them as unconftitutional by their tribunate, or the
government j the liili of the .digiblcs fix ill be included
among thefe acts. ' - - -.
22. I lie revenues or national domains, the terms
of. the fenate. The annual falary of each of its mem
bers fhall be paid hiu of ihnfe le'venues. It fhall be
equal to a 20th o' that uf tlielchieT conful.
23. The fittings of the ftaate are riorpublic.
lit. Citizen Sieyes and Rer Ducos, thetwocon-
fuls who are to go ou or office, (hall be nominated'
with the fecond arid thirl conful nominated by the
pcfcnt one. Thefe four citizens fhall appoint the
nv'ju.-ity of the fenate, whiih (hall afterwards complete
uicit, aira procctU to the QkJtions entiui;"cd to its di
rection.
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Of the LegjJIative Poww, "
. 25-. No niv law fhall be promulgated, unlefs the
pLn dull have beerr piopofed by the government, com
municated to' the itiluiiute, and decreed by the Le
giHative B'jdy,
26. The plans' which the government may popofe
fhall be diavvu up under different heads. -In every cafe
i:r which fach plans )u bedifcufTcd, the gp"ernment
may vviJidraw them, and p.'tfent them again in a mo
dined 'It ate. .... "
27. 1 he tribunate 13 to be compofrd of 100 nem
4crs 01 25 y
oy jjituj evriy year, ana in.'iutciy
they ..rc-main u.n the rutrunal Jiit.
28.Thi tribunate -fhall Jifcufs the plans.pf every
la v that may be propofed ; .it fhall vatefRhVadop-.'
tion or rvjcctio.M of themi "
h ih. 11 i'enJ three orators taken frohi its body, by
whom the motives of its vote, with refpeCt to each of
thc.p!an3, fhall be ftdted beibie the legitlativ. body.
It fliail refer to the fenate, but for the caufe of io
coniUmtioMaliry only, the lift of the eligibles, the
a&iro-HIre k-giflai ve bocry, and thofc of the govern-
rTiTeilTsT
years f age! at leall -they mail be rene wedi
:vriy yeiir, Tn'cl' infinitely re-tiigibte"'"" while
29IuihalI-cxprefs-4t-pimon-'-as-'tdthe-Ia-ws''ni3de
or to 'be made, the - abufei to be'Coriefted, the ameh
orations to bi attempted, i:i every part of the public
ddininri.ratiott, but .never relative to the civil or crimi
nal referred t.j the . tribunals.. '
The' opinions it ih.ill give, by virtue of the prefent
articles, : ai c to. be. followed byno ncceflary .confv.quen-
ces thty comptl.no conltituted authority, to come to
any del'oeratior. ' J .'.' ;
, 30'. When the tribunate adjourns, it may appoint
a committee fiomtch tf fifteen members, charged to
convoke i't if it .(hall be deemed neccfTary.
v3 r. The" legiflative body fhall be compofed of 300
members, of 30 years of age at the lead ; they fhall
be renewed by. fifths every year:-.There ought always
Lto be one citizen, at leaft, of each department of the
republic prtknt. a .
32. A member who'goe out of the legiflative body
cannot rc-eater it till after the interval of a year but
he may be immediately elected to any other public func
tion, includiag that of tribuie, provided he is In other
refpects eligible-. ,
; 33. The fitting of the legiflative bodynhall. ebm
mence every year on the firft Frimaire, and fnaItco'n:
ttnue only four months ; it may be extraordinarily
convoked during he other eight by the government.
iii The legiflative body enact the law by deter-
min i ng by fecret - fcrutinyandithoutnyi
38. The firft renewal of the legiflative hnl A nf
the tribunate fhall not take place till the iotb yeAr.
; . . chapter iv.
- r "t Of 'the Government. "r'v
39) The government is cntrufted to three eonfult
appointed for" ten years, and indefinitely re eligible.
Each of them 13 to be elected individually, with the
-diflinaualityofchiViHrecondTiirhirdoiifuLrfeer
firft time the third conful fhall only be earned for five
years. ' ' .... ' , ;
"For the prefent time GerKlBuonaparte is appointed
thief conful jiCitizen Cambaferes, now Miniftar of Juf
tice, Tccond conful ; and Citizen Lebrun, member of
ihtcomfii ttee of ancietstfrthi
40. The chief conful has particular fundions and
attributes, which, when he is cxercifing them, he may
be temporarily fnpplied by one of his colleagues.
- 41 The chief conlutis t promulgate the laws ; -he
is to name and revoke at plcafure the members of the
councirof ftate; the miniftcrs, ambsfladors and o-
army
by land and fca, the members of local adminiitratioa
and thcxommifliontrs of the government at the tribu-
nah. He is to appoint all judges criminal and civil,
as well asjtiUiees ofpti.ee, and the judges of caffation m
with;'!:': the power of afterwards revoking tliemj-.v
4.2. In'the other a& of the goveinment, the fecond
and tlvfrd onfids" rr In "av.lT;r7i"---v4--"' ZZ!?7Z
irraTeTaPgrin .
manifeft that they were 'prefent ; and if thcy pltafe,-
they may counterlign iheir opinions ; after which the
determination cf the chief confid fhall follow. "
43, The falaiy of . the chief conful fhall be 500,000
franc?, for the 8th year. The falary of the other
two cor.fals all be equal to thice tenths of that of the
44. The government is to propofe thclawj, and to
make the necefiary legulations to enfure their execution.-
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45. The government is to direct the receipts and
expenfes of the ftate, conformable to the annual law,
which determines the amount of each ; it fhall fuper
intewl the coinage of money , of which the law alone
fhall order the iffue,' fix the value, the weight, and the
imprefiion. " ' - r
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40 When the government 13 informed ofsnyebn
fpiracies agafnft the ftate, it may iffue orders to. arrclk
and bring before ihtiu the perfon3 who arelufpectcd a
i -thof8-or accomplice ;?but if within ten days af.
ter fucharrcft, thcy are not ft ti;irtr . tivuu 10
trial, it ihall be confideied on. the' part of the miniftcr
jigmng the order as an-aa of arbittary detenfloii
olflKe part 01 iti : ;mcfflbcrij . upon the plans of "the law
47. the government-is to lupcnntend the internal
fa fe t ya nd externa lilcfehce b ftne!rlate ; it is o $iP
tribute the forces by fa and land, and .regulate the di
rection of them. - -
' 48. The national gusrd on dutyjs fubjecTto the re
gnlationa of the public admiuiftration. The national
guard not on duty is only fubject to the law.
49. The government is to manage political relations
abroad, to conduct negociation, to make prelimiftary
llipulatione, to lign and conclude all treaties of peace,
alliance?, truce ncutfality, commerce, and other con-
yeHtions.
50. Declarations of war and treaties of peace ; al .
ietfcies and commerce, a're to be propofed," difcufled,
decreed and promulgated in jhe. fame manner as laws.
Only tlreifcnffiongtfii'dehbtTations relative to thefe
objects, aswell in the tribunate as in thf legiflative
bodyL ?re ta bclh a fecret comrnitte, if the government
dtfires it. - , ' ' ,...' V
.... 51. The fecret article of a treaty cachet be deft rue
tive of the public articles. ' .':
-52.- Underthe-diredion of the confols, the council"
of ftate is charged with the drawing up of the plans of
the laws and the 'regulations, of the public adminiftra
tion, and to refolve fuch difficulties as may occur in all
adrniniftratiTe, matters. : , ' - -; . '
53. It is f rom among the members of the council
of ftate that the oiators are to be felectcd, who fhall be
jppjainlejdjopftejAihf namfaf-gxcotjb
fore tlzc-IejiflutlTC bedjTherc - arc never to fee
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