452 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



Mediator of the Swiss Confedera- 

 tion, &c. We have decreed, and 

 decree as follows : — 



Art. I. There shall be sent se- 

 nators, or counsellors of state, into 

 the military divisions, in quality of 

 our commissioners extraordinary ; 

 they shall be accompanied by mat- 

 Ires des reguetes, or auditors. 



II. Our extraordinary commis- 

 sioners are charged with acceler- 

 ating, 



1. The levies of the conscrip- 

 tion. 



2. The clothing, equipment,and 

 arming of the troops. 



3. The completing of the pro- 

 visioning of fortresses. 



4. The levy of horses required 

 for the service of the army. 



5. The levy and organization 

 of the national guards, conforma- 

 bly to our decrees. 



Our said extraordinary commis- 

 sioners shall be authorised to ex- 

 tend the dispositions of the said de- 

 crees to towns and places which are 

 not comprehended in tliem. 



III. Those of our said extra- 

 ordinary commissioners who shall 

 be sent into countries threatened 

 by the enemy, shall order levies e» 

 masse, and all other measures what- 

 ever, necessary to the defence of 

 the country, and commanded by 

 the duty of opposing the progress 

 of the enemy. Besides, special 

 instructions shall be given them, 

 according to the particular situa- 

 tion of the departments to which 



-they shall be sent. 



IV. Our extraordinary commis- 

 sioners are authorised to order all 

 measures of high police, which cir- 

 cumstances, and the maintenance 

 of public order, may demand. 



V. They are likewise ordered to 

 form military commissions, and 



summon before them, or before 

 the special courts, all persons ac- 

 cused of favouring the enemy, of 

 being in communication with him, 

 or of attempting the public tran- 

 quillity. 



VI. They shall be authorised to 

 issue proclamations, and pass de- 

 crees. The said decrees shall be 

 obligatory upon all citizens. The 

 judicial authorities, civil and mili- 

 tary, shall be bound to conform 

 themselves to them,and cause them 

 to be executed. 



VII. Our extraordinary commis- 

 sioners shall correspond with our 

 ministers upon the objects relative 

 to each service. 



VIII. They shall enjoy in their 

 respective capacities, the honours 

 allowed to them by our regu- 

 lations. 



IX. Our ministers are charged 

 with the execution of the present 

 decree, which shall be inserted in 

 the bulletin of the laws. 



(Signed) Napoleon. 



By the Emperor, 

 The minister secretary of state, 

 (Signed) The Duke of Bassa NO. J. 



Republic of Geneva. 



On the part of our high and 

 honourable', lords the syndics and 

 council of the city and republic of 

 Geneva :— 



. The French authorities having 

 retired from our city and its terri- 

 tory, and a division of one of the 

 armies of the high powers who 

 are labouring to secure to Europe 

 the blessings of peace being now 

 within our walls,it is necessary there 

 should be a Government which may 

 provide for the various wants of 

 our country. His excellency count 



