The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-08-04
NAPOLEON"
BY the Emperor
II. B. MARET, Secretary of State.

II. b. MARET, Secretary of State.
The members and principal clerks Of the diff
ferent branches of administration took the oath
prefcribed by the Organic Senatus Confultum,
Il iwear obedience to the contributions of the
Empire, and fidelity 20 the Emperor" The
troops ips Paris have alto taken the fame oath
in the Champ de Mars.
Extraordinary. fitting oftbe 1iibmcte,
39tb Fiorsai, (29fb May. J
On the proportion of NJ. Chabcr, Ode PAllier)
the tribunate DEGREES, that they will proceed
in body to his Imperial Majeny and that
there ihall be opened at the Secretary Office, a
Regifter in which every tribune ihall infcribe his
vote and ALTO decree, upon the propolition of
M. AIpior, that medal fhall be truck to COM
meIhorate the happy event which fixes the def
Stpy ofthe French Empire.
ORGANIC SENATUS CONSULTUM.
oftke 2stb Horeai
The Confervative Senate, having formed a
quorum agreeably to the Goth article of the Com
ftitution Having feen the project of the Senatus
Confutum digefted in the form prefcribed by
article 81 ofthe Organic SenatuS Coniultum of
the contribution of the 18th Thermidor, year 10; ;
after having heard, upon the motives of the faid
project, the Orator of Government, the adop-
ton having been determined by the number of
votes required by the article So of the Organic
Senatus COnfultum of the Contribution, DEGREES
as follows:
TITLE FIRST. e
ART. /. The government of the republic fhaIl
be entruited to an Emperor, who aiiumes the
title of Emperor of the French. Juftice fhal be
administered in the name ofthe Emperor, by of.
fcers whom he appoints.
Q. NAPOLEON BoNAPARTE, now the Firf
CpOini he lie oft
French.
TITLE H.-Of Heritage.
as Tbs Sd IPea d d ggHaie hs esalhaf y &aS he
leon Bonaparte, from male to male, by order of
primogeniture, and to the perpetual exclulion
of females and their defcent.
d. Napoleon Bonaparte may adopt the chill
dren or grand children ofhis brothers, provided
they have attained to the age of eighteen wears
complete, and that he himfelf has no male heirs
at the time ofadopton. His adopted fons enter
into the line of his direct deficient. IF he has any
male children poferior to adoption, his adopted
fons can fucceed only after the natural and legi-
innate defendants. Adoption is interdiGted
to the fucceiiors of Napoleon Bonaparte and to
their defendants.
5. In default of natural or legitimate heir or
adopted heir of Napoleon Bonaparte, the i'm
peral dignity mall devolve to and be conferred
on Joieph Bonaparte and his natural and legiti-
mate defendants in order of primogenisure, to
the perpetual eXciuion offemaIeS and their def
cendants.
6. In default of Jofeph Bonapartc and his
male defendants, the imperial dignity hal de-
volve to and be conferred on Louis Bonaparte
and his natural and legitimate defendants in the
order of primogeniture, from male to male, and
to the perpetual eXcluon of females and their
defendants.
In left Of paf H.,
or adopted heir OF Napoleon Bonaparte, and in
default of natural or legitimate heir of Jofeph
Bonaparte and his male defendants, and of
Louis Bonaparte and his male defendants, an
organic Senstus Confultum, propofed to the fe-
nate by the tituars of the high dgntaries ofthe
Empire, aud fubmitted to the acceptance Of the
people, fhall nominate the Emperor, and regu-
late in his family the order of hereditage, from
male to male, TO the perpetual eXcludon Of fe-
males and their defendants.
s. Until the moment Of the election of the
new Emperor, the affairs of the fate iha be
governed by the mininers, who flall form in
council the government, and who ihall delibe-
rate by a majority of voices. The fecretary of
fate ihall keep journal of the deliberations.
TITLE HI.-Of tie Imperial Family.
9. The members of the Impeiialflmily, in the
order Of Succeflion, allume the title of French
princess i Tic 6lQClJ ION Oh Ine Emperor takes
that Of IMPERIAL prince.
10. a Senatus conlultum regulates the mode
for the education of the French princes.
II. They are members of the Senate OF the
Council Of State when they attain their eigh-
teenth year.
~. They canrot Marry without the authofi-
fation of the Emperor. The marriage of a
French Prince, made without the authorization
of the emperor, carries with il privation Of all
rights to the nheritaFe, as well for him who has
contracted it, as for his defendants. However
if there exit no ilue from that marriage, and
it mould be dl1oIyed, the prince who had con-
trd6ted it RECEIVERS his rights to the inheritance.
Is. The acts which teitify the birth, maria
gcs and deaths of the imperial family, are tranf-
mitted, b. an order Of the Emperor, TO the Sc
nate, who order the transcription Of it upon
their regiters and the depoft in the archives.
u. Napoleon Bonaparte efablifhes by fa-
tutes 90 which his fuccclors are bound to con.
form themielves, III, the duties of the indivdu-
ais of either Tex, members OF the imperial fami-
ly towards the Emperor I'd. An organization
of the imperial palace iuitable TO the dignity o,
the throne and the greatness ofthe nation
Is. The civil lit remains regulated rs il has
been by the articles l and of the decree of the
% May 1891. The French princes, Joicph
and Louis Bonaparte, and in future the youu-