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bJorckftJe shall cease; their effects, 

 however, shall coniinue provisionally 

 sequestered. 



2. All the inhabitants of the con- 

 quered Belgic provinces, under the 

 special protection of the French re- 

 public, are charged not to favour, 

 directly or indirectly, the arms of 

 the c.imbined powers. 



3. All those who s-hnll be con- 

 victed of coirespondence with the 

 enemy, citljer by act, conspiracy, 

 or discourses, to the injury of the 

 French peoole, shall he given up 

 to the revolutionary tribunal of 

 France, and dealt with according to 

 bw. 



4. Every individual, now domicili- 

 ated in the conqueredcountries, who 

 has quitted Irauce in consequence 

 of the laws of tlie republic, is order- 

 ed to depart in twenty- four hours, 

 under pain of being treated as a 

 French emigrant. 



5. The militar)' commanders are 

 enjoined to take rigorous meat ures 

 for the preti-rvation of order and 

 tranquillity in the conquered places, 

 and to prevent any violence to the 

 safety or property of the inhabitants 

 under any pretext whatsoever. I'he 

 freedom of worsliipnmsi be respect- 

 eJ. 



(j. The m.ieistrntes of the con- 

 quered towns and communes are 

 enjoined, on tlieir rc>ponsibiliiy, to 

 comply with ihe requisitions made 

 by the commissaries of was for the 

 service of the republic, within the 

 time prescribid. In case of disobe- 

 dience, they will be treated as ene- 

 mies to tlie republic. 



7- All magistrates that shall be 

 found favouring, or exciting, by 

 their private or public conduct, or 

 by discouraesagainstthe Fr-ench re- 

 volution, any commotions against 

 the republic, shall be given up to 



the revolutionary tribunals, and con 

 sidered as enemies to the French 

 peo^)!c. 



S. The police of the conquered 

 places ehall be administered by the 

 military commandants, till it shall 

 be otherv.'ise crdained ; they must 

 use the mo^t active vigilance to dis- 

 cover the plots, and to prevent the 

 designs of the enemiesof the repub- 

 lic ; they must be careful to pre- 

 vent any public or private assem- 

 bling of the inhabitants, and shall 

 employ the military force to dispL-rse 

 them. 



(). The inhabitants of the con- 

 quered countries shall resign their 

 arms into the hands of tlie military' 

 commandants within the space of 

 twenty-four hours after the publi- 

 cation of the present arret, 'i hose 

 convicted of secretingthem shall be 

 given up to themilitary commission, 

 a:;d punished wilh death. 



10. Assignats shall be received at 

 all the public banks, and in all 

 commercial transactions: thosewhp 

 shall refuse, deny, or forge, and 

 tho.^e who shall circulate false ones, 

 are to be given up to the criminal 

 tribunal of the department of Pas 

 de Calais, and punished conforma-* 

 bly to the laws of the republic upon 

 that head. 



11. To prevent the disaffected 

 from raising the price of inerchan- 

 dize and wares of the country, on 

 account of the introduction of assig- 

 liats, the maximum established in the 

 city of Lisle shall be a> opted in all 

 Uie conquered coutilries of West 

 Flanders. 



\2. The imposts andotherduties 

 esfal-lished in tiie conquered coun- 

 tries, under whatever denomination" 

 thev may e.xist, shall continue to be 

 received for the use of the repub- 

 lic. 



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