Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-23
2s.h Floreal, year iS, our successors shall
be bound TO conform.

OF the department of the pyinces and Pri1'
cesses of the imperial house.

~ IHe Gtp0I%WeI1t ~ TAG >es'eNS- ''v F'''
l resses Of the imperial hoatse.
Sec.I. The emperor IS the chief ans
8 common father Of his family. BY means
4 of these titles, he exercises over those who
compose irshs ,paterna peWersdurins the
minority, and always preserves with regare
{ to them power of superintendent. police
and discipline. the principal effects OF walca
VIII be hereafter determined.
/ IL. If the empersr-be himseIf am'oof
| the rights mentioned 10 the preceding aFsl'
.eie belong To the regent, who cannot exef'
else them bu, by virtue ofsa dellbsfasion Of
the canncil of regency, taken IN the case
| where there is room 10 apply II.
| Ill. rhe imperial house 10 composed,
l.. Qf;lhe princes comprising IN the he.
! redI,ary order established by the acs OF
the constitutions Of the 18th ~Ftoreal, yea,
IL, of their eonsorts and their descendants
10 lawful marriage.
2. OF the processes, our sisters, their
husbands and descendants in lawful MARI.
age, unto the fifth degree inolusively.
5. OF our children of adoption and their
! legitimate descendants.
Nv. The marriages Of the princes and
princesses of shesjmperial house, at whas.
ever age they may haze arrioed, shall be
! p0id and Of no efect, byJsQright and Nth
1out judgment being necessary, every line
tina, is contracted without the jormas';gGg.
+ ,,ent of the emperor.
This consent shall be expressed in a
closed letter, coratersigned by the arch
chancellor of the empire. 1t shall alone
suffice and stand in:lieu of the dispeasations
ofage and paren.sge: in all casesln which
these dispensations may be necessary.
". All children born ola union not con.
tracted conformably 10 the dispositions OF
the preceding article, shall be reputed ille-
gtima,e, so that neither they nor their ia.
rher and mother can pretend by virtue of
this union, to any of the advantages attach.
ed by the laws and customs Of certain
countries to the marriages known by the
name of main gauche which marriages
are neither authorised by the civil code nor
By the constitution of heenpire, and are,
as much as is necessary, prohibited by the
present statute.
WI. The matrimonial ecrventions Of the
princes and .priucesses of the imperial
house are :pull, unless approved BY The
emperor, without the parties being able in
this case to claim any exception By virtue
Of the dispositions eft the civil code, which
said dispositions will not take place with re-
gard TO them.
VII. Divorces are forbidden to the
members Of the imperial hoese OF both
sexes and Of all ages. +
VIII. They may, however, demand
bodily separation. I,
1t shall take place by the sole authority
of the emperor without forns or process.
Il shall only take place withregard to the
common habnation, and shall change no.
thing in the matrimonial connexions.
TX. The property Of the princes and
princessesIof the imperial house, whose
father is deceased, shall be, during their
minority, administered by one or several
guardians appointec by the emperor.
*. These guardians shall give an &c.
count of their guardianship ,o7the family
council, hereafter spoken OF.
XXI. The family council shall! exercise
over the guardian, IN every thug concerns.
ing the administration of the guardian, a
coac,ive and contentious Jurisdiction.
II shall fulfil for the acts of guardianship
all the functions which with regard to pri.
vate persons, are delegated by The, civil
code to the ordinary family councils ;aad
tribunals.
Nevertheless the decisionsit shaffrnake
shall have no effect ur;is after they have
obtained the emperof's appreciation, An all
cases iD-which 'be,ween private r ersons the
deliberations OF the family council are sub
iect TO the confirmation of the tribunals.
XII. The members of the imperial
house cannot without the express consent
of the emperor. either sdopt. or take en-