Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-08-11
PARIS, June IL.
PREFECTURE OF P LICE.
IMPERIAL DECREE,

PREFECTURE OF POLICE.
IMPERIAL DECREE,
CONTAINING ACTS OF INDULGENCE AND
BENEFIcENcE.
Palace Of 81. Q1ud,
l3 PrairiGi, gear 10.
Napoleon by the grace of God and the
constitutions of republic, emperor of the
French, wishing to distinguish his accessi-
on TO the empire by acls of indulgence
and beneGcence.
Upon the report of the ministers, hav-
ing heard the council of state, DEGREES:
TITLE LIST.
Tie setting at liberty of the individuals
by the correctional police, who are only
in confinement for the payment of their
lines and expenses.
ARTICLE FIRST. The individuals now
IN confinement by virtue of the iudg-
ments of the correctional police, and who
have remained so until the expiration of
the period stated in their sentence, and
who are still confined or liable to be so, af
ter the period, in default of payment of
the fine or expenses, shall be dispensed
from paying the said expenses or fines,
and set at liberty at the expiration Of the
time fixed for the penalty.
TITLE IT.
State debtors constrained, or liable to be
arrested who may be discharged from
the arrest.
ii. The minister's of the public treasure
or OF the'public finance, shall make re-
port to the Emperor or each of the indi
viduals confined for debt, on the demand OF
the agents of the public treasure, or the
public tax gatherers, in order for his ma
Jesty TO determine who are those who may
obtain, by favor of circumstances, their
enlargement or discharge from arrests,
and the conditions on which they may OBJ
tain one or the other.
TITLE III.
Payment by the treasurer of the civil list,
of the nurse expenses due by the inha.
bitants of Paris, and Of the jurisdi6ti-
on thereof, who shall be held incapable
of paying them themselves.
III. The sums due to the nurse Office
OF the city and jurisdiction of Paris, from
the 18th Brunaire, year s. by the poor
est fathers and mothers, shall be paid on
their discharge by the treasurer of the CT.
vii list.
Nv. The minister Of the interior shall
appoint i'll consequence an extraordinary
commission, which in concert with each
of the officers OF benevolence in Paris, and
of the municipalities in its jurisdiction,
| shall draw up list of the fathers and mo-
theirs who are 10 enjoy the benefits of the
preceding articles.
V. The treasurer Of the civil list shall
keep the sum of one hundred and fifty
thousand francs at the disposal ofthe com
mission.
VI. All the sums paid to the nurse off.
GERS, by virtue of the present imperial de-
cree, shall be employed without delay in
payment of the nurses.
TITLE ".
Granting marriage portion to poor and
honest girl in each ACCOMPLISHMENT com.
munal, and municipality of the cities
of Paris, Lyons, Bordeaux, and Mar.
settles.
VII. For each Of the municipalities Of
Paris, Lyons, Bordeaux, and Marseilles,
and for each reimbursement communal of
the empire, sum of six hundred francs is
granted, for the purpose Of serving as
marriage portion to poor girlof good cha
ra6ter.
VIII. The selection shall be made at
Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Bordeaux, and in
the ACCOMPLISHMENTS Of the chef lien Of the
procedures, by the prefe6ls in the other
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, by the under.prele0.
TX. The marriages shall be celebrated
on the day fixed for the coronation of the
Emperor.
(Extra@ Of title w
Title V. grants an amnesty 10 all OH.
GERS and soldiers, in the land and sea SER
vice, condemned to hard labor, for deser-
ton, and relieves them from the penalties
incurred by them or their fathers and mo-
theirs.
To enjoy the benefit ofthis amnesty, e.
very deserter must present himselfin the
course Of one month after the publication
otthe imperial dccrce,bs an underpre-