go 
the republic, and inthe same edi- 
om 
73- The salary of each of 
ees is fixed, for each year, at the 
value of 140,000 nyriagrammes of 
wheat (10,222 quintals.) 
Title VII .—Administvative and My. 
nicipal Bodies. 
274, In each department there 
ts a central administration, and in 
each canton one municipal admi- 
pistration at least. 
175. Every member of a depart- 
mental or municipal administration 
eught to be twenty-five years of 
age at least. 
176. The ascendant and descen- 
dist. in direét line, brothers, the 
uncle and nephew, and convexions 
by marriage in the sare degrces, 
cannot be members ef the same 
administration at the same time, 
or succeed one another in it till 
after an interval of two years. 
177. Each administration of de- 
partment is composed of five mem- 
bers ; it is renewed by a fifth every 
year. 
178. Every commune of which 
the population is from 5000 to 
10,000 inhabitants, has for it- 
self alone a municipal ee 
tion. ; 
179. In each commune, of which 
the population is less than sooo 
inhabitants, there is a municipal. 
agent and an assistant. 
180. The union of the monici- 
pal agents of each commune forms 
the municipality of the canton. 
181. There is, morcover, a pre- 
sident of munici ipal administration 
chosen out of the whole canton. . 
182. In communes, of which the 
population is from five to ten thou- 
sand inhabitants, there are five 
municipal officers; seven for from 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1703. 
ten thousand to fifty thousand ; 
nine for from fifty thousand to an 
hundred thousand. 
183. incommunes, of which the 
population exceeds one hundred 
thousand inhabitants, there are 
three municipal administrations: at 
least. In these communes the di- 
vision of municipalities is made in 
such manner that the population 
of the jurisdiction of each exceeds 
not fifty thousand individuals, and 
is not less than thirty thousand, 
The mon! icipality of each jurisdic. 
tion is composed of seven members. 
184. In communes divided into 
several municipalities, there is a 
central office for matters judged in. 
divisible by the legislative body. 
This office is composed of three 
members, cient by the admi. 
nistration of department, and con. 
firmed by the executive power, 
185. ‘the members of every. mu. 
nicipal administration are nomi- 
nated for two years, and renewed 
every yeat by one half, or by a part 
approximating the nearest to one. 
half, and alternately by the larger 
and smaller fraction. 
186. The administrators of de- 
partment, and the members of 
municipal administrations, may be 
re-elected once without an interval. 
187. Every citizen who has been 
eleGted_ twice following, admini- 
strator of department or member 
of a municipal administration, and 
who has discharged the funétions 
‘in virtue of both cle¢étions, cannot 
be eleéted again till after an inter- 
val of two years. 
188. In case of a departmental or 
municipal administration losing-one 
or several of its members by death, 
resignation, or otherwise, the re- 
maining administrators may add to 
their number temporary adgainistra- 
tors. 
