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Monthly Chronicle.
PARIS , Srpt . 19 . Although the final result of the votes of the Primary Assemblies be not yet declared , it is known that they have accepted the constitution almost unanimously , and by a very great majority the decrees for re-electing two-thirds of the members ofthe Convention . Many of them have already chosen their electors ; and in the course of a few days the acceptance of the constitution will be declaredwhen all the Primary Assemblies that have completed their choice of
, electors , will be dissolved by the express provisions of the constitution . S 77 Primary Assemblies have a / ready voted in favour of the constitution , and 40 against it ; 754 for , and 17 . 2 against the decree for re-election . The following is an abstract of this Constitution : THE LEGISLATIVE BODY .
It is composed of the Council of Ancients , composed of 2 Jo citizens , who are or have been married , and must necessarily have completed their fortieth year at the time of their election ; and "the Council of Five Hundred , a number here invariable . The present members are eligible at twenty-five ; until the seventh year of the Republic , this will be allowed , then it will be necessary they should be thirty . This Commons House cannot deliberate without 200 members being present . ' They alone propose billsoras they term themresolutionsand decide at the
, , , , third reading whether they shall bE sent to the Upper House . When the Council of Ancients approves of the resolution it becomes a law . Its assent is thus expressed—The Council of Ancients approves : its dissent thus The Constitution annuls , when the decree is informal , or contrary to the constitution . When they cannot approve tbe principle of the law proposed , The Council of Ancients cannot adopt . This is understood of the whole , which cannot be again offered until a year shall elapse , though it riiay be broken into parts and presented at time
any . The Ancients can irrevocably change the place of sitting for both Houses , which must be in one commune ; they can neither of them deliberate in the place they have abandoned afterwards . The . personal freedom ofthe members is guaranieed by the legislature , except when seized in flagrante delicto , and then notice must be given , and the House decide upon the arrest . Thirty days after the expiration of their mission their persons are inviolable . - - :
THE EXECUTIVE TOWER Is a delegation from the Legislative Body to a Directory of five Members which it names . The Council of Five Hundred forms by secret scrutiny a list ' of members for the Directory , and' the Ancients by the same method elect the five who are to fill the office . They must be forty all of them at least . The Directory is partially renewed by the introduction of one new member every year : for the four first it is decided blot which member out
years y goes , and he is not re-eligible until all interval of five years has elapsed . Relations in the right line cannot be in power at the same time , nor succeed each other without the same interval . In cases of death the member is replaced in ten days , and the successor completes only the term of his predecessor's power . Each member presides three months alternately . He has then the signature and the custody of the seal . Three members of the ' Directory must be present to deliberate ; they may do without and their
So a secretary , register deliberations in a particular book . The Directory , conformably to the laws , provides for the internal and external ' safety of the Republic . It disposes absolutely of the armed force without any intervention of the Legislature , or any of its members , even for two years after the expiration of its functions . The Directory names the commanders in chief and ministers of state , and recals those powers at pleasure . But the Legislative Body determines the number and attributes of ministers ^ these are six at least , eight at most . - E e a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
PARIS , Srpt . 19 . Although the final result of the votes of the Primary Assemblies be not yet declared , it is known that they have accepted the constitution almost unanimously , and by a very great majority the decrees for re-electing two-thirds of the members ofthe Convention . Many of them have already chosen their electors ; and in the course of a few days the acceptance of the constitution will be declaredwhen all the Primary Assemblies that have completed their choice of
, electors , will be dissolved by the express provisions of the constitution . S 77 Primary Assemblies have a / ready voted in favour of the constitution , and 40 against it ; 754 for , and 17 . 2 against the decree for re-election . The following is an abstract of this Constitution : THE LEGISLATIVE BODY .
It is composed of the Council of Ancients , composed of 2 Jo citizens , who are or have been married , and must necessarily have completed their fortieth year at the time of their election ; and "the Council of Five Hundred , a number here invariable . The present members are eligible at twenty-five ; until the seventh year of the Republic , this will be allowed , then it will be necessary they should be thirty . This Commons House cannot deliberate without 200 members being present . ' They alone propose billsoras they term themresolutionsand decide at the
, , , , third reading whether they shall bE sent to the Upper House . When the Council of Ancients approves of the resolution it becomes a law . Its assent is thus expressed—The Council of Ancients approves : its dissent thus The Constitution annuls , when the decree is informal , or contrary to the constitution . When they cannot approve tbe principle of the law proposed , The Council of Ancients cannot adopt . This is understood of the whole , which cannot be again offered until a year shall elapse , though it riiay be broken into parts and presented at time
any . The Ancients can irrevocably change the place of sitting for both Houses , which must be in one commune ; they can neither of them deliberate in the place they have abandoned afterwards . The . personal freedom ofthe members is guaranieed by the legislature , except when seized in flagrante delicto , and then notice must be given , and the House decide upon the arrest . Thirty days after the expiration of their mission their persons are inviolable . - - :
THE EXECUTIVE TOWER Is a delegation from the Legislative Body to a Directory of five Members which it names . The Council of Five Hundred forms by secret scrutiny a list ' of members for the Directory , and' the Ancients by the same method elect the five who are to fill the office . They must be forty all of them at least . The Directory is partially renewed by the introduction of one new member every year : for the four first it is decided blot which member out
years y goes , and he is not re-eligible until all interval of five years has elapsed . Relations in the right line cannot be in power at the same time , nor succeed each other without the same interval . In cases of death the member is replaced in ten days , and the successor completes only the term of his predecessor's power . Each member presides three months alternately . He has then the signature and the custody of the seal . Three members of the ' Directory must be present to deliberate ; they may do without and their
So a secretary , register deliberations in a particular book . The Directory , conformably to the laws , provides for the internal and external ' safety of the Republic . It disposes absolutely of the armed force without any intervention of the Legislature , or any of its members , even for two years after the expiration of its functions . The Directory names the commanders in chief and ministers of state , and recals those powers at pleasure . But the Legislative Body determines the number and attributes of ministers ^ these are six at least , eight at most . - E e a