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i7hf French Constitution.
-Jthourh we mentioned' in our last what
the leading feuvures of the Constitu
tion of the t rench Empire, not doubting
Mr riders will have k des'nc.to see the
thine itielf, Ave give a part m this paper 1
and will completer it in the jxext.
txtract from the reSisters of the Conserva
tive Senate, Floreal, year.U-
The Consen-ativc S-nate, assem-
uuA to the number ot members
prescribed by the 9th article of the
nnstitation, jhavingbeen the pro-
M the Senatus ConsuiturtH
Ar-A-xn un according to he 57th ar;
tick of the Organic! Senatus Con-
suitumdatedahermiclor lbthyear
10, and having heard on tne mo
tWea of the said project, the ora
tors of government, ajid the report
of its specialicomrnission, nomina
ted in the sitting of the twenty
eixth of this month, and having
deliberated on the adoption of it,
to the number ofWices prescribed
by the 50th article! of the Organic
Senatus Consultuni, of the 16th
Thermldor,) year 10, decree ab
folbws : . j . f i j !' ;
title iJ
Art. U The government of the
republic shall be entrusted to an
Emperor, who ass imes the title
of E mj eror of the Krench. Jus
tice shall be administered in the
name of the Emperor, by officers
ol the xl rench.
TITLE II
F HEREDITAMENT.
St
O.
The imperial dignity shall bw
hereditary, in the direct, natural
legitimate descent of Napoleon Bo
naparte, from male to male b
order of primogeniture, and to the
perpi turn exclusion of females and
their descent. :- r ;
4. Napoleon Bonaparte may a
dopt the children or grand children
ot his brothers, provided they have
attained the age of 18 complete,
and that he rimself has no male
htir at the time of adoption. His
adopted sons enter the line of hi
direct descent. It he has anvT
mule children posterior to adoption,
his adopted sous can succeed only
after the .natural and legitimate des
cendants. Adoption is interdicted
to the successors ot Napolean Bo
naparte and to their descendants.
5. Failing a natural or legitimate
or adopted heir of N. Bonaparte, the
imperial dignity shall devolve to be
conferred on Joseph Bonaparte and
his natural and legitimate descen
dants, in order of primogeniture,
to the perpetual exclusion of fe
males and their descendants,
6. flailing Joseph Bonaparte and
his male descendants, the impe
rial dignity shall devolve to, and be
conferred on Louis -Bonaparte and
his natural and legitimate desccn-
dents in the order of pri mogeniture,-
!rom male to male to the perpe
tual exclusion of females and their
descendants.
7. Fai li n g a n atu ral and legt ti
date heir,' or adopted heir of Na.
pDleon Bonaparte, failing a natural
cr legitimate heiroi Joseph Bona
parte & his male descendants, of L.
Bonaparte and his! male descen
dants, an Organic Senatus Consul
m, proposed to thW Senate by the
-'tuianes ot'the great dignitaries
the Empire, and submitted to
le -acceptance of the people shall
dominate the Emperor, and re'gu
kte in his family tHe order of heri
ditament, from, male to male, to
e perpetual exclusion of females
'wd ot their descendants.
. 8. Until the moment of the elec
tion of thener Emperor, the affairs
f the state.Will be governed liy the
-' nisters, .who shall lorm in coun
v. . 1 . ,
Y'tne government, laud who shal
liberate by a majority ot voices
Journal of the deliberations.
Ttt
III. or .THE
IMPERIAL
FAMILY-.
. The members of the Impe-
mily in the orderof heredita
ment shall bear the title of French
ttfcces. The eldest son of the
Emperor shall. be styled Imperial
Prince.
10; the mode of ibduxation f. r
the French Princes snail be regula
lated by a Senatus Consultum.
iU They re members of the
Senate and of the Council of State,
when they havejattamed to their!
eighteenth year.
12. They cannot marry without
the consent of the-Emperor. The
tnarrtage of a French Prince with-
out the consent ot the ismperor, in
curs the privation of all right of in
heritance both for- the individual
who has contracted it, and for his
descendants.
13. the acts which attest the
birth, the marriages, and deaths
of the members ot the Imperial fa
mily, shall be transmitted, by order
from the Emperor, to the senate,
who shall order them to be mscn
bed in their journals, anddeposited
among their archives.
14. NaDoleon Bonaparte shall
establish by statutes to which his
successors are bound to conlorm -1st,
The duties of the individuals
of both sexes who are members of
the Imperial family, towards the
Emperor 2d, rAn organization
of the imperial palace, conforma
bly to the dignity of the throne and
jhe grandeur of the nation.
15. TKe civil list remains regu
lated in the samcmanner it was by
the first and fourtjj articles of de
cree of May 26, 1791 the Princes
J. And L. Bonaparte, and in future
the youngest natural and legitimate
sons of the emperor shall be treated
agreeably to the articles 1, 10, 1 1,
12, and 13, of the decree of De
cember 21 The Emperor
may fx the jointure of the Em
press, and r&fer it to the civil list.
His successors can introduce no
change in the dispositions made in
this respect.
16. The Emperor shall visit the
Departments. Palaces shall there
fore be established in the four prin
cipal points of the Empire, : these
palaces shall be fixed, and their de
pendencies established by a law.
TITLE IV. or THE REGENCY..
o ine Jimperor is a minor
till the age of eighteen years com
plete ; during his minority there
shall be a regency of the Empire.
18. The regent must be at least
twenty-one years of age complete ;
females are excluded from the re
gency 19. The E mperor chooses the
regent from among the French
Princes who have attained to the
age prescribed by the preceding ar
ticles ; and failing them, from a
mong the titularies of the great dig
aitaries of the Empire., ,
20. 1 Failing designation on the
part of the Emperor, thi regency
shall devolve to the Piince nearest
in degree to-the order of inheri
tance, who has attained to twenty-
live years complete.
. 21. In cases where the Empe
ror has not chosen the resrent, if
none of the French Princes havt
attained to "the age of twenty-five
years complete, the Senate shall
choose the regent from the titula'
ries of the great dignities ot tht
Empire.
22. When, on account of th;
minority of a Prince called to th
regency, in the order of inheri
tance, it has been conferred on i
more distant relation, or one of th.
titularies of the great dignity of th
Ernpjre, the regent who shall entei
on the exercise of v his functions
shall continue them till the majority
of the Emperor.
23. No .Organic Senatus Con
sultum can, be passed during the
regency, nor belore the end of tlu
third year after the majority. ' ?
24. The j regent shall exercise
till the majority of the Emneror
all the attributes of the imperia
aignuy ; ne cannot, however, no-
minateto the ojand diimitiesof th
E mpire, nor to the places of the
greaj oncers tnat may be vacant a
the period ot the regency, or which
may become vacant dtiringhe m; i
noritv,. nor use the prerogative re- J
ser ed tor the emperor ol raising
citizens to the rank, tif Senator.
He cannot dhmiss either th? Grand
Judge or the Secretary of State.
5. He is not personally respon
sible for the acts of his administra
tion
26 AH acts of the regency are
in the name of tHe Em peror under
age.
27. The regent can propose no
project of a law.or Senatus Consul
turn ancL can adopt uo regulation
to public administration, until he
has consulted the council of regen
cy, composed of the titularies of
the dignities of the Empire. He
cannot declare , war or sign treaties
of peace, alliance, or commerce,
until after a deliberation in the
council ot regency ; the memners
of which in this case only have a
deliberate voice. The decision
shall be by a majority of voices, and
if there be an equaljtv, that of the
regent shall determine it 1 h e
minister of toreign: relations shall
have a seat in the council of regen-
cv, when the council deliberate on
affairs relating to his department.
The Grand v Judge, minister ol
justice, may he called to it by or-
der ol the regent. l ne secretary
of State shall keep a journal of the
deliberations.
28. I he regency can confer no
right on the person of the minor
Emperor.
29. The salary of the regent is
fixed: at a fourth of the amount of
the civil list. t
20 The care of the minor Em-
perori is entrusted to his mother ;
and failing her, to the Prince cho
sen for that purpose by the prede
cessor of the- minor Emperor
Failing the mother of the minor
Emperor, and a Prince chosen by
the Emperor, the Senate shall in
struct the care of the minor Empe
ror to one of the tituhries of the
great dignities of the Enpire. Nei
ther the regent, nor his descen
dants or females, can be chosen to
take charge of the minor Emptror.
31. In case Vapoleoh Bonaparte
shall use the faculty conferred on
him by the 4th article title II. the
act of adoption shall fee performed
in the presence of the titularies of
the grand dignities of the Empire ;
shall be received by the Secretary
of state, and immediately trans
mitted to the Senate to be inscribed
in the journals, and deposited a
mong the archives , when the Em
peror nominates cither a regent for
the minority, ora Prince to take
charge of the minor Emperor, the
same formalities shall be observed;
the acts of nomination, cither ot
a regent for the minority or a
Priticel to take charge of the minor
Emperor, are revocable at the
pleasure of the Emperor ; every
act ot adoption, nomination, which
has not been inscribed in the jour
nais of the Senate, before the death
of the Emperor shall" be null and
void.
TITLE V. OF TKE GREAT DIGNI"
! Tl ES-Of THE EMPIKK.
32. Ehe great dignities of the
S mpire are thoce of Grand Elector,"
Arch Chancellor ot State, Arch
Treasurer, Constable and Grand
Admiral.
33. The titularies of the grand
tignities of the Empire are nomi
nated, by the French Princes, and
:ake precedency immediately after
ihem.-;v The period of their recep
tion determines the rank which
hey respectively hold.
; 34. 1 he grand dignities of the
Empire cannot be removed.
35. The titularies of the creat
lignities of the Empire are Sena
tors and Cpunsellors Of State.
36.; They form the grand Coun-
ciioi tne mperor j tney are mem
bers of the Privy Council ; they
ompose the grand Counril of the
.he h fgion of honor ; the preset
nembers of the legion ol hou ou
4iall retain during life, their tit lc
f ractions and prerogatives.
37. The Emperor presides in
the Seriate and Council of State.
When the Emperor does not pre
side in the Senate and Council of
State, he shall nominate one of the
titularies of the great dignities of
the State to be President.
S3 All acts of the Senate and
nai of the Emperor, and pro--
mitigated or published under the
Imperial Seal.
S9. The Grand Elector performs
the functions of Chancellor 1st.
In convoking the Legislative, the
Electoral Colleges, and the Can
tonal Assemblies, 2d. In promul
gating Senatus Consulta for dissoi-
vino the I,.eoi;l;i-ivf RrvW or thf
O 7 O ' J w
Electoral Colleger. The Grand
Elector presides m the absence
of the Emperor, when the Senate
proceede to the nomination of Se
nators, Legislators or Tribunes.
He may reside in the Palace of the
Senate. He makes known to the
emperor tne remonstrances pre;
fcented by the Electoral Colleges or
the Cantonal Assemblies, in regard
to the preservation of their prero
gatives, When a member of an
Electoral College is denounced a
greeably to the 2 i st article of the
Organic Senatus Consultum, of the
16th Thermidor, year 10, as ha
ving committed an act contrary to
the honour orood of his country,
the Grand Elector will invite the
College to manifest its will. He
shall report the will ot the College
to the Emperor. The Grand Elec
tor presents the members of the Se
nate, of the Council of States and
of the Legislative Body, to 'take
the oath before the Emperor. He
administers the oath to the Presi
dents of the Electoral Colleges, of
the Departmental and Cantonal
Assemblies. He presents the so
lemn deputations of the Senate, the
Council of State the Legislative
body, Tribunate, and Electoral
Colleges, when admitted to an au
dience of the Emperor.
7 be concluded in our next.
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