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lieir of Joseph Buonaparte and his 

 male descendants, of Louis Buona- 

 parte and his male descendants, an 

 organic senatus consultum, pro- 

 posed to the senate by the titularies 

 of the great dignitaries of the em- 

 pire, and submitted to the accept- 

 ance of the people, shall nominate 

 the emperor, and regulate in his 

 family the order of hcraditament, 

 from male to male, to the perpetual 

 exclusion of females and of their de- 

 scendants. — 8. Until the moment of 

 the election of the new emperor, 

 the affairs of the state shall be go- 

 verned by the ministers, who shall 

 form in council the government, and 

 who shall deliberate by a majority 

 of voices. The secretary of state 

 shall keep a journal of the delibera- 

 tions. 



Ti/le in. — Of the Imperial Family/. 

 9. The members of the imperial 

 family in the order of hereditament 

 shall bear the title of French princes. 

 The eldest son of the emperor shall 

 be styled imperial prince. — 10. The 

 mode of education for the French 

 princes shall be regulated by a sena- 

 tus consultum, — 1 1 . They are mem. 

 bers of the senate and of the coun- 

 cil of state, when they have attained 

 to their eighteenth year. — 12. They 

 cannot marry witho\it the consent 

 of the emjjcror. I'hc marriage of 

 a French priuce without the con- 

 sent of the emperor, incurs the pri- 

 vation of all right of inheritance 

 both for the individual who has con- 

 tracted it, and lor his descendants. 

 — 13. The acts which attest the 

 birth, the marriages, and deaths of 

 members of the imperial family, 

 shall be transmitted, by order from 

 the emperor, to the senate, who 

 shall order them to be inscribed in 

 their journals, and dvposited among 

 tllcir archives. — 14. Aapolcow Buo- 



naparte shall establish, by statutes 

 to which his successors are bound 

 to conform, 1st, I'he duties of the 

 individuals of both sexes, who are 

 members of the imperial family to- 

 wards the emperor ; 2d, An orga- 

 nization of the imperial palace, 

 conformably to the dmnity of the 

 throne, and the grandeur of the 

 nation.^— 15. The civil list remains 

 regulated in the same manner as it 

 was by the 1st and 4fh articles of 

 the decree of May 26, 179 1 .—The 

 princes Joseph and Louis Buona- 

 parte, and, in future, the younger 

 natural and legitimate son« of the 

 emperor, shall be treated agreeably 

 to the article 1, 10, 11, 12, and 13 

 of thedecrce of Dece'.i)bcr21, 1790. 

 The emperor may fix the jointure 

 of the empress, and refer it to tho 

 civil list. His successors can in- 

 troduce no change in the dispositions 

 made in this respect. — 16. The em- 

 peror shall visit the departments : 

 imperial palaces shall therefore be 

 established in the four principal 

 points of the empire. These pa- 

 laces shall be fixed, and their de- 

 pendencies established by a law. 

 Tide li^.—Of the Regency. 

 17. The emperor is a minor till 

 the age of eighteen years complete ; 

 during his minority there shall be a 

 regent of the empire. — 18. The re- 

 gent must be at least twenfy-fivo 

 years o!' age, complete; females are 

 excluded from the regency. — 19. 

 The emperor chooses the regent 

 from among the French princes who 

 have attained to the age prescribed 

 by the preceding article; and lailin* 

 them, from among the litiilarie >f 

 the great dignities of the enipre. 

 — 20. Failing designation on the 

 part of tile euiiwror, the reg*>'icy 

 shall devolve to tli* princ • nca est 

 in degree iu the ordej of inberitan. e, 



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