The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-07-07

sumner to make anticipated and superabsn-
dant purchases,-whilstt the cultivator comes
more slowly to the fmarkets,-whiist the
merchant defers selling, and the capitalist
employs all his funds in purchase. which he
warehouses and keeps in order to enhance
the price. These calculations of personal
interest,-.egitimate when they do not put
to hazard the subsistence of the people, and
give corn value superior its real worth,
according to the state of the crop through
out all the empire,-mustb be forbidden, when
they give grain a fictitious price, & out of all
proportion to the price to which the article
should rise, according to its real worth, join
ed to the charges OF conveyance and the le
Ultimate profits.
Wherefore, DESTROYS to provide by mea-
surcs proper to give to circulation all its &C
tivity, and to the departments which suffer
want, security; upon the report OF our mi
mister OF manufactures and commerce, and
with the advice of our council of state, we
have dccreed, and do decree as follows:
SECTION1.
Art 1. The free circulation of grain s.
| flour will be protected in allthc departments
of our empire we command all the civil
| and military authorities co assist 1t, and all
| the officers of police and justice to suppress
| all opposition to denounce, prosecute, or
/ cause to be prosecuted, those guilty of it.,
L OeIOTc our COunCliS ana tribunals.
! z. Every individual, merchant, or COM
missioner, or other, who shall make pur-
chases of grain or -four at market, to pro-
vision the departments which may require it,
shall be bound to do it publicly, and after
Ihaving made a declaration oft to the Pre-
feet or Sub-Prefect.
/ SECTION II.
| "oF THE sUPPLYINGTHE MARKETS.
3. 1t is foI hidden to all our subjects, OF
| whatever class OF condition they may be, to
make any purchase or provision of grain Ut
flour to keep or warehouse, or to make it an
object of speculation.
| " =. Consequently all Observation-Disclosures ha-
wing grain or flour in store, will be bound,
LIST, to declare to the Projects, or Sub Pre-
fects, the quantities possessed by them, and
the places in which they are deposited I'd
Ito bring to the halls and markets which
shall be pointed out to them by the Pre-
fects or Sub-Prefects, thequantities necessa-
ry to keep them sufficiently supplied.
"5 Every farmer, cultivator, or pro-
prietor. possessing grain. shall be obliged
to make similar declarations, and likewise
TO equally submit to ensuring the provision
ing the markets when it shall be required
of them e..
90. Farmers who have stipulated t,
pay their rent in Kind, shall make de
claration To that effect. and prove it bv pro
uuSihS lhSif leases III tnlS case, upon TIT
quantity they shall be obliged to bring to tn
markets for their supply, a proportional
\ quota shall be on account of the lessons, ant
the former will pay them in money, &C
!. cording to the market price.
!, 81. Proprietors who receive the rent
; OF farms III kind can compel their farmers
= inhabting the same commune, TO take sue
f grain to market, on receiving fair remu
neration, if they are not bound to do it b
| their leases. -
/ "SECTION III. .
:. 90. All grain and -four shall be carrie,
to the markets established for that pur
pose, and it is forbidden either to buy OF sci
> them, except in the said markets.
t go. The inhabitants and bakers shal
> alone, for the first hour, be allowed to pui
E chase grain for their own consumption
t The commissioners and merchants VIII
! come to the market, after having conferm
led to the I'd article of the present decree
f cannot make purchases till after the frs
hour. - Z" &. i,,s'
Our ministers are charged with the exc
cution OF the present decree, which will
only be in force to the first of Septembe
: next
alt shall be inserted in the bulletin of law.
Il (Signed) NAPOLEON.
Il Count DARU,
X Minister Secretary Of State''