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should be we'll known, and that at future time her
silence should be interpreted in manner contrary to her
committed by her against the laws Of maternal dgni
IT, declares frst that her consent Was never demanded
BY her ,o1 being m1Sr and that she would have
70 state Second That she soemny protests by the pro-
against any marriage contracted by her Jerome
In oontempt Of the forms prescribed by law Third That
she expressly reserves to herself the right Of appealing
mus and before competent authority, she
procure copy the marriage certificate in order
have declared null and void.
The annunent Of the marriage pronounced by the
Emperor Napoleon by decree Of tho 18th venoee year
49, and was approved by the Council OF stats. The fol.
bwing are the terms Of the decree
PALACE OF TIE TrnEHrHs, March g. 1905.
We Napoleon, Emperor Of the French, having the
document received by Raguideau, notary OF Paris,
ID ventOse year 49, containing protest Of madame our
Bonaparte, minor, contracted in foreign country With.
out the OF his mother and without previous publ
cation In the place Of bis domicilethe Council OF State
having been consulted considering that the marriage Of
minor contracted in foreign country without the
sent Of father Or mother g. null according 70 the French
dignity and offend the majesty Of the throne, decree
Empire forbidden to receive their registers tho
Transcript OF the act ofhe celebration Of pretended
rage that NJ Jerome Bonaparte had contracted in
eign country Article 2-fhe present decree shall be in
serted IN the Bulletin des L and the Minister Of Justice
charged with its execution.
This decree soon followed by one OF the o.yits M
Paris which in October 1906 declared thu. no marriage
bad been contracted; and appears the parties nos
Interested had not been without their doubts as to the a.
knowledgment OF their marriage by the French govern
ent for the marriage contract self contains the .o
lowinE pertinent clauses
Article LIN Of any difficulty being raised r.,.
Two the validity Of the said marriage, either in the
State Of Maryland in the French republic the said Js
rome Bonapare engages the request OF the said Eliza
beth Patterson and OF the said William Patterson or
either of them execute any deed necessary
Nhe difficulty, and to confer on the said union all the
character OF valid and perfect marriage the
respective laws Of the State Of Maryland and Of the French
republic Article lth.-That IL the marriage should os
annuled either on the demand Of the said Jerome Bona
pare Of any member Of his family, the said Ez
abeth Patterson shall have right In any case, to one
third Of the real personal and mixed property Of her 70
ture husband.
Up 70 the of the restoration OF the Bourbons Miss
Patterson received from the Emperor Napoleon pension
OF 6o0o0 francs. When the Empire was established
under the present Emperor Jerome Napoleon proceed
cd 70 France, and attempted to establish his claim
member Of the Imperial family upon grounds similar to
those set forth in the note published the recently in.
sued volume OF the "Consulas and Empire r. however
he were the rue Prince, the Prince Napoleon and the
Princess Nahilde must be icgiimase and 30 thew an
peaed TO family council 10 "orbd Jerome Patterson 4,
attribute to himself, under tho Bonapare allis
Non which does not legally belong to him. The case va
ably argued pro and con- and the Fourth OF JAW es6
tAe family council maintained the right OF Jerome 10
Me name Of Bonapsrte, but without granting the