Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-03-31

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colleagues.
81. The chief eonfal is to promulgate the
laws he is to name and revoke at pledfnre the
memoels Of the council of Gate the ninilers,
aubsGadors, and other principal for eign agents,
the officers of the army by land and fea, the
members of local aimirilrlion and the com
miiliouers OF the govefnment of the uihu ais
He is to appoint all judges c: minal an civil
as we'll as juliices ofthe pence, and The Judges
of cafation without the power of afteraar
reyokng them.
a., In the other aas Of the government, the
fecond and third eonlnls are t. have conlnm.
alive voice they are to fgr the regilter of the
acts, in order to manifen that they were pre-
tent, and ii they pleaie, they may counterfgn
their opinions after which the determination
of the chief conful ihal follow.
AZ. The falary of The chiet conful fhal be
100000 francs, for the 9Th year. The falary
of the other two eonfus fhall be equal to three
tenths of that of the fri.
"A. The governments to propofe the laws,
and 10 make the neceGny regulations to enfIre
their execution.
As. The government is to dired the receipts
and expenies Of the Gate, cenformable to the
annual law. which determines the amount of
each it fhall fuperin'end the coinage of mo-
ney, of which the law alone ihal order the
iGae fix the va'ue, the weight, and the i'm
pfeaion.
40. When the government is Informed of
any cbnipiracies agantt the Rate, it may iliue
orders 10 arret and bring before them the per-
ions who are iufpetfed as the authors or accom-
pices; but if within ten days after fhch arref,
they are not iet at liberty or b. rg-t to till,
it ihal be coniiaerel, on tie pat Sf the min-
liter Ggning the order as an act of arbitrary
detention.
At. The government is to fuperintenJ the
internal f,fety and external defence of The
Gate /; il is 20 diaribute the forces by Tea and
land, and regulate the direction Of them
4S. TIE national guard on dufy is fnb a
10 the regulations of the public Intimidation.
TIE national guard not on duty is only fubjea
to the law.
40. The government is to manage political
relations abroad, TO conduit negotiation, TO
make pr eliminary liipulations, TO iign and con-
clude all treaties of peace, alliances, truce,
neutrality, commerce, and other conventions.
SO. Declarations of war and treaties of
peace; alliance and commerce, are to be pro.
poied, difcu6ed, decreed, and promulgated in
the fame manner as laws.
Only the dlcufions and deliberations rea.
TO thaie objeas. as well ID the tribunate as in
the isgifl alive body, to be in a fecret COM.
mittee, if the government delite it.
81. The iecret article of treaty cannot be
deliruetive of the public articles.
81. Under the dired on of the confuls, the
council of iate is charged with The drawing
up of the plan of the laws and the regulations
of the public naturalization, and to reiolve
fuch difficulties as nay occur in all adminif
tratve matters.
s., II is from among the members of the
council of fate, thar the orators are to be ie.
leaed, who ihall be appointed to appear in the
! name of the government before the Legislative
body. There are never to be any more THAI
three of thsfe orators fent to inpPort the fame
plan of law.
81 The n,niaers are to procure the csccu-
ton of the laws, and the regulations of the
public administration.
S.. No a6 of the government can have eff
fett Till il is fgned by mnilier.
IS. One of the minters is fpeedily charged
with the administration of the public treafury.
He is to verify the receipts, direa the applica-
ton of the funds, and the payments authorized
by law, and only to the extent OF the funds
for dcfraying thof- expenfes f,ch law has de.
termined upon. IDLY, by decree of the gov
eminent, 3iy by an order iigned by mnil
ter.
81. The detained accounts of every n,iniaer,
fisned and certified by him, are to be made
public.
S. The government can only cleo or retain
as councillors of tate or minilters, iuch cit
gems whole names are infcrbed in tn: national
lit.
90. The local administrations eaablihcd
whether for each communal dfrid, or for the
more extended portions of territory, are fubor
dinate to the mnlters. No one can become
or remaia member of thefe administrations
unlefs he is entered 10 one oil the lifts mentioned
in the 9TH and S.h articles.
CHAP v.
or TIE Tribunal