Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-18
FRFNCH DEGREES" IN SPAIN.
French Head Quarters CT YaHadeFd

French Head Quarters ct VaUadeFd,
We, the marshal of the empire, duke Of
Istria, colonel general Of he impcri~l guards,
general in chief Of the army Of the north Of
Spain:
Upon the report of the intendent general
we have ordered, and do order IS follows:
Art. |. There shall b. formed by the mum.
cipalites in the towns, AMI by the magistrates
in the villages, list Of all the individuals
who have quilted their hon.es, and WHO co
not reside lii places occupied by FRENCH
troops.
2. All such individuals shall DC bound to
return to their homes IN the course oil
month; in default of which they Shall be con.
sidered as forming part Of the bands of insur.
gents, and all their property shall be confs.I
Gated; all persons owing them rents, * their
debtors of every description whatever, are
forbidden to make their payments in any other
way but into the hands of the administrators
OF the national domains
5. The fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters,
children and nephews, of such individuals,
are declared responsible, both in their pro.
perty and in their persons, for every act CT
spolation committed by tie insurgents upon
peaceable citizens, or upon their property.
4. If any iDhabitant is carried off from bis
home, three of the nearest relatives of brl.
gand shall be Immediately arrested to serve
as hostages. If this individual is put to death
by the bands, the hostages shah be Slot i'm.
lnediately, and without airy form OF process.
S. Every person who snail absent himself
from his township for more than 8 days, 10
commence from the publication Of the present
ordinance without permission, shall be con.
sidered as having gone over to the bands, al
his property shall be sequcstrated, and sod
after the expiration OF three months all BIS
relatives within tic degrees mentioned in the
the third article, shall be put under arrest.
6. No mhabltant can remove from his town
ship without being provided with passport,
which shall be given upon the certificate OF
two resident house-hclders in the township,
who shall be suretics that at the expiration Of
the time mentioned in the passport, he who is
the bearer shall have returned to his town.
ship, or shall have shewn that he resided in
places occupied by the French army-In fall
ure of which the two surctics Shall be arrest
ed and put into prison.
Z. Every lnhabitant of towns where there is
- Va lNiiNC3 olle.li PIt'iiS I4iIioS''
with card of security.
8. Domicilliary visits shall: be made, in pur-
suance of the orders of the commandants Of
towns, at periods which they shall deem pro-
per-every individual unprovitel with card
of security, snail be Immediately arrested &
sent to prison--the public Gunction;rics &lols
arc excepted from this order.
9. In like manner those shall lie arrested,
who have given IN asylum to any individual
unprovlded with passport or card Of secu'
rity.
10. Whoever shall be convicted of having
held correspondence with the brisands, shall
be punished with death.
IL. All correspondence with the inhabitants
OF districts occupied by insurgents is prohll'
bitcd; those who receive letters from srca
districts must give theAto the commandants