The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-08-04


tubGt, the committee ihall demand an anemby
OF the Senate, before which, convoked by the
Prehdent, the following declaration fhall be
made. =" There are itrong preiumptions that The
liberty of the prets has been violated" The
fenatc ihall then proceed as pretcrbed in article
ll2, TITLE XII.
g. One member Of each Of the Senatorial
Committees ihall ceaie to excrciie it's duties eve
~ four months.
90. The projects of laws decreed by the Le-
gi;lat;ve body, ihall be tranfmtted, the fame day
o. their adoption, 70 the Senate aud depolted
in its archives.
20. Each decree fent from the legislative body
may be denominated before the fcnate, by ie-
nator ,..s.i. As tending to the re-eitabliihment
of the focdal fyfem.-.2. As contrary to the ir-
revocability of the faes of national domain....s.
AS not having been deberated inthe form pre-
ftribed by the contributions OF the empire, the
regulations and the laws, in fuch cafes....4. As
injurious to the imperial prerogatives, or to thoie
Oft fenate: the execution of the elft and s7th
articles ofthe act of the contributions of the en-
pire, patled 22d Frimaire, year Z, notwithftand-
ing.
II. The fenate, within fix days after the adop
ton ola project of law, having delberated on
the report of ipecial committee, and after hav-
ing heard three readings of the decree, at three
fittings held on different days, may declare it's
pFOfilfNgHTe
aaqo. The PRECEDENT fhall make known to the
Emperor the determination and motives of the
fenate.
~. The emperor with the advice of the coun-
Gil offate, may announce by a decree, his adj
herence to the determination of the fenate, or
caufe the law to be proclaimed.
T3.Every law, in fuch cafe, which has not been
promulgated before the expiration of ten days,
cannot then be proclaimed, uniefs it has been a.
I1Ho Al Al.
dy.
II. The entire operations of an electoral col
lcge, the partial operations relative to the Pre-.
ientation of candidates the enate, to the legif
lativc body, and the tribunate, cannot be annul-
led on account of unconftitutionality, but By
Senatus Confultum.
TITLE IX.-Oftbe Cornell ofState.
IS. When the Council of State deliberates
upon projects of laws, or upon regulations of
public administration, two thirds of the men,
Sers of the council in ordinary fervice mutt be
prefent. The number of Councillors of State
prefent, cannot be lefs than twenty-five.
80. The Council of State divides itielf into
fix feGtions, viz. fiction ofleginaton, of the nte-
rior, of the finances, of war, OF the marine and
Of commerce.
IT. When a member of the Council of State
has been during five years on thelit of the men,
bers of the Council in ordinary fervice, he re-
TITLE X.-Oftbe LegiAati7,e Body.
"a. The members of the Legislative Body
whole time of fervice is expired, may be re-
elected without interval.
10. Projects of law prefented to the LegiiIa-
tive Body, are returned 10 the three fcetions of
the Tribunate.
so. The fittings of the Legislative Body are
diftinguiihable by ordinary fittings and by gene
raj committees. In an ordinary fitting the Le-
gliatiye Body hears the orators of the Council
of State, and thoie of the three feetions of the
1rbunate, and votes upon the project of law.
III a general committee they diicuis among
themfelves with clofed doors the advantages &
inconveniences Oft he project of law. No deli
beratiOns can be taken IN gceIdi committee.
81. The ordinary fittings ihall be competed
of the members of Legislative body, of the ora
tors of the council of fate, and of the orators of
the three fe6tions of the tribunate. The general
committees fllall be competed foley of the
members of the Legislative body. The PRECEDENT
OF the Legislative body ihall prefide at the ord-
nary fittings, and in the general committees.
SO. In ordinary fittings the Legislative body
fhall hear the orators of the council OF fate, and
thofe OF the three fections of the tribunate and
vote on projects oflawS-In general committees
the members ofthe legillati body fhall difcufs,
araong themfelves, the advantages and inconve-
niences OF the projects of laws.
general committees-1. when called to do 70
by the preiideut on affairs relating to the interi
or of the body. when required to do 70, by
mo.ioa addref,ed to the PRECEDENT, and figned by
fifty members; in thefe two cafes the commit
tee is fecret, and its difcuilions fhould neither
he printed nor divulged-3. when required by
the orators of the council Of fate, Especially
authorized to that effect: and in this cafe the
committee is necelfarily public. No decifon
can be had in either of the general committees.
81. When the general committee celebrates
in fecret, the deci6on fhall be poftponed until
the next day, in ordinary iefIion.
IS. The day when it is to vote upon any
project Of law, the legislative body fhall hear, at
the fame fitting, what the orators of the council
OF tate may have further to fay on the fubiett.
SO. The determination on project of law
cannot, in any cafe, be deferred beyond three
days after that fixed for cloling the dilcufions.
81. The fe6tions of the tribunate fhall conti-
tute the only committees Of the Legislative body
which cannot form any others, except in the
cafe provided for by art. ll9. TITLE XIII.
TITLE XI.-of tbe 7,riLagets-
Sc. The functions of the members of the Tri-
bunate continue 10 years.
So. Half of the Tribunate is removed every
five yenrs the hrf will take place for the fefIi-
on of the year II.
90. The PRECEDENT of the tribunate is appoint
ed by the Emperor from three candidates nam