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London, England, 1802-05-01 00:00:00

PARIS, Atilt 17c

Tut Ft xsr Coi,rsiiL, in the narne of the French
Republic, has proclaimed as a Law of the Republic,
the following Senatui Co/mu/rum:

EXTRACT FROM THE REGISTERS OF THE CONsElt—

VATIVE SENATE OF THE z6•rH OF APRIL.
The Conservative Senate, united to the number
of Members prescribed by the 9oth Article of the
Constitution ;

•
Having seen the Extra of the Register of the
deliberations of the Council of State of the r6th
inst. containing a Proj-d of an At of Amnesty,
concerning the Emigrants, sent to the Council of
State by the Consuls of the Republic; the delibera-
tions of the Council of State upon this Projed, and
the result of those deliberations, approved by the
Firbt Consul, that the Projed of the At of Am-
nesty should be presented to the Senate, to become
the matter of a Senatus Consultum
Having seen also the arrete of the First Consul,
of the z4th instant, by which three Counsellors of
Srate are appointed to bear to the Senate the Pro-
jest of the At of Amnesty, and to explain the mo-

rives of it:
After having heard the Orators of Government, re-
lative to the motives which determined the different
dispositions of the Projeft :
Having deliberated upon the Report made in this
respeCt, by a Special Commission appointed in the
Sitting of the z4.th instant :
Considering that the measure proposed is corn.
manded by the gtual state of things, by Justice,
and by National Interest, and that it is conforma-
ble to the spirit of the Constitution :
Considering that at the different epochs of passing
the Laws relative to Emigration, France was torn
by intestine divisions, supporting againSt all Eu,
rope a War, of which History affords no parallel,
and which created a necessity for rigorous and ex-

traordinary measures :
That the Peace which is now made without, indi-
cates the cementing of interior tranquillity, and an
oblivion of the eviis inseparable from a long Revo-
lution :

That nothing can more efFedually secure peace
within, than a measure which, tempering the seve-
rity- of the Law, puts an end to the uncertainty and
delay resulting from the established forms of era-
sures :

Considering that this measure will only be an
Amnesty to a great number who are more mistaken
than criminal, whilst those really guikty will be
punished by being definitively placed upon the
List of Emigrants :

That this Amnesty, inspired by mercy, is not
agreed to but on conditions just in themselves, ne-
cessary' for the public safety, and wisely combined
with the N.ational Interest :

That the particular dispositions of the Amnesty,

in prohibiting any attempt to overthrow the Atts
of the Republic, has consecrated anew the guarantee
to the purchasers of National Domains, which will
always be an object •of earnest solicitude with the
Conservative Senate, as it is with the Consuls :
The Conservative Senate decrees as follows;
TITLE I.

DISPOSITIONS RELATIVE TO THE PERSONS OF EMI-

GRANTS.

ART. T. 'An Amnesty is granted for Emigration, to every
individual who is not definitively erased.
a. Those individuals who are not in France, shall be
b'nund to return before the 23d of September next.
3. Immediately on their return, they shall declare before

the Ccinmissaries appointed for that purpose, in the Cities
of Calais, Brussels, Mayence, Strasburg, Geneva, Nice,
Bayonne, Perpignan, and Bourdeaux, that they return to the
Territory of the Republic by`virtue of the Amnesty. •

4. This declaration shall be followed by an Oath of Fide-

lity to the Government established by the Constitution ;
and that they will not entertain either diredtly or indirectly,
any connel►on or correspondence with the Enemies of the

State.

S. Those whe have received from Foreign Powers Places,
Titles, Decorations, Gratuities, or Pensions, shall be bound
to cleclareit before the same Commissaries, and formally to

renounec the same

6. Those who shall not return to France before the 23d of
September, and fulfilled the conditions prescribed by the
pre,cding Articles, shall remain excluded out of the present
Amnesty, and definitively placed upon the List of Emigrants,
unless they prove, in due form, that it was impossible for

them to return to the Territory of the Republic within the
time fixed, and that they have before the expiration of that
time fulfilled before the Agents of the Republic, in the Coun-
tries where they reside, the other conditions above expressed.
7. Those who arc at present on the French Territory, shall
be bound under the same penalty and definitive establishment
on the I ist of Emigrants, to make within one month from
the date of the present Aft, before. the Pfefed of the 'Depart-
ment where they reside, sitting in the Council of Prefedure,
the same declaration, oath, and renunciation.

S. The Commissaries and Prefeds charged with receiving
such declarations, oaths, and renunciations, shall without de-
lay transmit to the Minister of the Interior, in the form of a
dispatch, the ProCe.s-verbal of their proceedings, on sight of
which the Minister shall make out a Certificate of Amnesty,
which shall be sent to the Minister of Justice, by whom it
shall be signed, and delivered to the individual concerned.
9. Such individual shall, until the delivery ofstich Certifi-
cate of Amnesty, reside in the Commune in which he made
the declaration of his return to the Territory of the Republic.
So. The following persons are exempted out of the pre_
sar;t Amnesty. )st, Thoae individuals who have command-,:d

rii~iesisseinbled in hostility to the Ilqublic

'ho have had rank in the Enemies' NYMie3. 3d, Those who
nce the foundation of the Republic, have held places in
ae Households of the ci-devant French Princes. 4th, Those
-ho arc known to haVe been, or were aaually movers or