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committee, the members of the le- 

 gislative body discuss amongst them 

 the merits or demerits of the projet 

 de loi. — 83. The legislative body 

 resolves itself into a general com- 

 mittee ; 1st, at the invitation of the 

 president for tlic interior alFairs of 

 the body ; 2nd, at a demand made 

 to the president, and signed by (iity 

 of the members present. In both 

 these cases the general committee is 

 a secret one, and its discussions can 

 neither be printed nor divulged. — 



84. When the discussion in a gene- 

 ral committee is closed, the deli- 

 beration is adjourned to the ordi- 

 nary sitting on the following day. — 



85. On the day appointed by the 

 legislative body for voting on the 

 projet de loi, the orators of the 

 counsel of state are again hoard. — 

 86'. The deliberation on a projet de 

 }oi, can in no case be deferred for 

 more than three days beyond the 

 time fixed for closing the discussion. 

 — 87. The sections of the tribunate 

 constitute the sole commissions of 

 the legisl-itive body ; which can 

 create no other, but in the case 

 pointed out in article 113, title 13, 

 of the high imperial court. 



Title XL — Of the Tribunate. 



88. The functions of the mem- 

 bers of the tribunate continue for 

 ten years. — 89. A moiety of the 

 tribunate is renewed every five 

 years. The first renewal will take 

 place in the session of the year 17, 

 conformably to the organic senatus 

 consultum of the 16th Thermidor, 

 year 10. — 90. The president of the 

 tribunate is named by the emperor, 

 on the presentation of three candi- 

 dates chosen by the tribunate at the 

 secret ballot. — 91. The functions of 

 the president of the tribunate con- 

 tinue for two years. 92. The tri- 

 bunate has two qucstors. They are 



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named by the emperor, from a tri- 

 ple list of candidates chosen by -the 

 tribunate at a secret ballot Their 

 funftions are the same as those as- 

 signed to the questors.of the legisla- 

 tive body by articles 19, 20, 21, 

 22, 23, 24, and 25, of the organic 

 senatus consultum of the 21th Fri- 

 maire, year 12. One of the qu^ s- 

 tors is renewed every year. — 03. 

 The tribunate is divided into three 

 sections ; viz. the section of legi-la- 

 tion, the section of tjie interior, and 

 the section of finance. — 94. Each sec- 

 tion makes out a list of three of 

 its members, from among whom the 

 president of the tribunate chooses 

 the president of section. The func- 

 tions of president of section conti- 

 nue for one year. — 95. When the 

 rcsi)ective sections of the counsel of 

 state and tribunate.-, demand a con- 

 ference, such conference takes place 

 under the presidency of the arch- 

 chancellor or arch-treasurer of the 

 empire, according to the nature of 

 the subj> 61 to be examined. — 96. 

 Each Section discusses separately, 

 and in a sectional assembly, the se- 

 veral projet de loi trausiiiitted to it 

 by the legislative hoAy. Two ora- 

 tors from each of the three sections, 

 lay before the legislative body the 

 wishes of their section. — 97. In no 

 case can a projet de loi be discussed 

 by a general assembly of the tribu- 

 nate. But it may 'form itself into a 

 general assembly, under the presi- 

 dency of its president, for the exer- 

 cise of its other privileges. 

 Title XU.—Of the Elei^oral Col. 

 leges. 

 98. As often as a departmental 

 oledtoral college is assembled for the 

 purpose of forming the list of can- 

 didates for the legislative body, a re- 

 newal of the list of candidates for 

 the senate takes place. Every such 

 X X renewal 



