STATE PAPERS. 



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Bubna, commanding the troops of 

 his imperial and royal apostolic 

 majesty in our territories, having, 

 with that view, required us to form 

 a provisional government, in a way 

 conformable to existing circum- 

 stances, which cannot be of long 

 duration, and to the beneficent in- 

 tentions of the august coalesced 

 sovereigns, we have ihouglit it 

 our duty to employ ourselves on 

 an object so important ; and the 

 confidence which our feilovv-ci- 

 tizens have had the goodness to 

 repose in us, as well as a con- 

 viction of our duties towards 

 them, have determined us to take 

 on ourselves this honourable task. 

 It is a task not altogether foreign 

 to us, from the nature of the of- 

 fices, which we have legally filled ; 

 and we have thought, that we 

 shall deserve well of our country, 

 by joining to ourselves some citi- 

 zens who justly enjoy the public 

 esteem and affection. In conse- 

 quence, we, the undersigned, con- 

 stitute ourselves a government, 

 under the title of Provisional Syn- 

 dics and Council, with the charge 

 of administering, and causing to 

 be administered, police and jus- 

 tice, both civil and criminal, the 

 finances, and every thing that re- 

 lates to taxes and public receipts 

 and expenditure; of preparing the 

 laws and regulations which shall 

 appear to us most consentaneous 

 to our future existence; of dele- 

 gating, if necessary, a part of these 

 powers to committees, which shall 



aid us in our numerous occupa- 

 tions; of adjoining to us labourers 

 worthy of the public confidence ; 

 in a word, of providing for every 

 thing that a wisely organised poli- 

 tical establishment requires; and 

 all this, until the temporary cir- 

 cumstances in which this proceed- 

 ing originates shall have ceased to 

 exist. 



Let us rely, then, on the bene- 

 ficent intentions manifested to- 

 wards us, and always exhibit our- 

 selves such as we are at this mo- 

 ment, namely, as an association 

 of enlightened and peaceable men, 

 connected together by sentimenli 

 of reciprocal good-will and confi- 

 dence, and by an attachment to al 

 the duties which our country and 

 religion impose upon us, and oi 

 which our ancestors have given us 

 so fine an example. 



Geneva, Dec. 30, 1813. 



Lullin, A. S., Pictet, A. g. 

 Desarts,Gourgas,DelaRive, 

 Turettini, Prevost, Boin, — 

 Old Counsellors. 

 De Saussure.Saladin.DeBude, 

 Pictet Des Rocheniont, Sa- 

 rasin, Viollier, Calandrini, 

 sen. Couronne, Trembly 

 Van Berehem, Odier Ey- 

 nard, Schmidt Meyer, Dela 

 Rive Bossier, Vernet Pictet, 

 Falquet, jun. Micheli Ver- 

 drian. 

 (Signed) A. Lullin, in the 

 name of the Provi- 

 sional Syndics and 

 Council. 



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