The liberty of the press is complete, saving the legal repression of offences which might result from the abuse of that liberty. The senatorial commissions of liberty of the press and of personal liberty are retained. The public debt is guaranteed. The sales of the national lands are irrevocably maintained. No Frenchman can be called to account for the opinions or votes which lie may have given.
Any person has the right to address individual petitions to any constituted authority.
All Frenchmen arc equally eligible to all civil and military employments. All actually existing laws remain in force until they may be legally altered. The code of civil laws shall be entitled Civil Code of the French. The present constitution shall be submitted for the acceptance of the French people in the form which shall be regulated. This oath shall be reiterated in the solemn ceremony by which he shall receive the oath of fidelity of the French.