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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



also at the united se6tions of the 

 council of state and tribunate, con. 

 formable to article 95, title 11. 

 He is present at the celebration of 

 the marriages and births of the 

 princes, and at the coronation and 

 funeral obsequies of the emperor. 

 lie signs the proces verbal drawn 

 up by the secretary of state. He 

 presents the titularies of the grand 

 dignities of the empire, the minis, 

 ters and secretary of state, the grand 

 civil officers of the crown, and +he 

 president of the co\irt of cassation, 

 ■when the oath is administered to 

 them in the presence of the emperor. 

 Ue administers the oath to the mem. 

 I)ers of the court of cassation, and 

 to the; presidents and attornies gene- 

 ral of the courts of appeal and also 

 of the criminal courts. He presents 

 the solemn deputations and the mem. 

 bers of the courts of justice, when 

 admitted to an audience of the em- 

 peror. He signs and seals the com. 

 missions and appointments of the 

 members of the courts of justice, 

 and the ministerial officers; he seals 

 the commissions and appointments 

 of the civil and administrative func 

 tions, and of ihe. other a<5ts which 

 "niil be designated in the regulation 

 entitled " Organization of the seal " 

 — 41. The arch-chancellor of state 

 performs ihe functions of chancel. 

 lor, in promulgating treaties of peace, 

 and in declaring war. He presents 

 to the emperor and signs the cre- 

 dentials and correspondence with 

 the ditferent courts of Europe, ac- 

 cording to the forms of the imperial 

 protocol, of which he is the keeper. 

 He is present when the minister for 

 exterior relations lays before the 

 emperor his annual report of the 

 political situation of the state. He 

 presents the ambassadors and mi- 

 nisters of the emperor, when the 



oatJi is administered to them in the 

 presence of his imperial majesty. 

 He administers the oath to the resi- 

 dents, charges des alFaircs, secre- 

 taries of embassy and legation, com- 

 missaries general, and commissaries 

 for commercial relations. — 42. The 

 arch-treasurer is present when the 

 ministers of finance and the public 

 treasury lay before the emperor the 

 annual accounts of the receipts and 

 expences of the state, and make 

 known to him their views with re- 

 gard to the financial necessities of 

 the empire. Before the accounts 

 of the annual receipts and disburse- 

 ments are laid before the emperor, 

 they must receive his signature. He 

 presides at the united sections of 

 the council of state and tribunate, 

 conformably to article 95, title 11. 

 Ho receives every three months the 

 report of the labours of the national 

 accountants; and once a year he 

 receives the general result and plans 

 of reform and amelioration in the 

 different oflTces of the public ac- 

 counts, which he lays 

 emperor. He balances 

 the great boek of debt, 

 apjjointments and civil pensions. He 

 administers the oath to the national 

 accountants and administrators of 

 finance, and the principal agents of 

 the public treasury. He presents 

 the deputations from the national 

 accountants and the administrators 

 of finance, when admitted to an au- 

 dience of the emperor. — 43. The 

 constable is present when the mi. 

 nister at war and the director of the 

 war department lay before the em- 

 peror the annual report of the dis- 

 positions to be taken for completing 

 the defence of the frontiers, and the 

 charge of keeping up, repairing and 

 provisioning the fortiSed towns, 

 lie lays the first stonfe of every for- 

 tress 



before the 

 every year 

 signs 



He 



