The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-11 00:00:00

UHE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The Bill for raising the state of siege in Paris was
adopted by the Assembly on Thursday, after an in-
effectual attempt on the part of M. SANTEYRA to
induce the Assembly to raise the state of siege in
Lyons also.

The following Bill for sending before the High
Court of Justice at Versailles the accused of the 13th
of June, was then introduced by M. ODILON BARROT,
and declared urgent :
" Art. 1. The authors and accomplices of the con-
spiracy and attempt of the 13th June, against whom true
bills have been found by the Court of Appeal of Paris,
shall be sent before the High Court of Justice.
" Art. 2. The High Court of Justice shall assemble
at Versailles within two months after the promulgation
of the present decree.
"Art. 3. The High Court shall at the same time try
such of the authors and accomplices of the conspiracy of
the 15th May, 1848, against whom true bills were found
by decree
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f-ligh Court of Justice in April, who are in custody, or
trial.
who may surrender themselves before the opening of the
" Art. 4. The Keeper of the Seals is charged with the
execution of the present bill."
M. PASSY, the Minister of Finance, then presented
the two following Bills, the first imposing an income-
tax of one per cent., the second imposing new stamp
and legacy duties :

FIRST BILL.
" Art. 1. From Ist January, 1850, there shall be
established a personal tax proportionate to the fortunes
and means of the tax-payers. 'Phis tax shall bo imposed
upon all the inhabitants who, by existing laws, are liable
to the contribution of three days' labour. It shall be
levied in the commune of the real domicile.
" Art. 2. The personal tax shall be augmented by one
tenth for every domestic attached to the service of the
person, or the care of his house, without in any case the
supplement exceeding 20f. for each domestic.
" Art. 3. Every inhabitant liable to the tax must de-
clare to the secretary's department of the Marie, by him-
self or some one duly authorised, the amount of his in-
come of all kinds, and, when necessary, the number of
his domestics.
" Art. 4. In each commune a committee composed of
the comptroller of the direct taxes, of the mayor, and of
a citizen named by the prefect, shall rectify the declara-
tions which may be ascertained to be inexact, supply
those which may not have been made, and draw up the
schedule of the taxes to be paid.
" Art. 5. The schedule shall be deposited for ten days
in the secretary's department of the Marie, in order
that the persons interested may examine it, and make to
the mayor their observations on it.
"Art. 6. The committee shall examine the observe-
tioni presented, and, after having made the modifications
which they may think right, to transmit the schedule to
the director of the direct taxes.
" Art. 7. On the report of the director, the prefect
shall settle tLe amount of the incomes, and fix the sum
to be paid by the commune, on the basis of 1 per cent.
" Art. 8. The schedule shall be afterwards cemmuni•
sated to the communal assessors, who shall have the
faculty of proposing modifications iu favour of the tax-
pepers, whose position may appear to them to require
established them
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consideration. The assessors must state le asons for
and shall not in any case lower by
more 'o the amount of the individual incomes
mosiitttieoen.s of the assessors shall be
submitted by the director to the prefect. who shall defi-
nitively settle the schedules. The schedules shall be sent
to the director, who, atter having determined the rela-
tion existing between the amount of the income
in sche-
duled, and the contingents fixed, conformity with
article 7, shall establish the individual assessment.
" Art. 10. The objeetienie relative t 9 the peranal tax ,