114] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



fr©m this day J saving, however, 

 the effects which it has produced, 

 and the disposition in article 13 

 of that act, which remains in its 

 fidl force and vigour. [That ar- 

 ticle refers to the inviolability of 

 the sales of church property.] 



III. Seven new Archbishopricks, 

 and 25 new Bishopricks, are 

 erected. Two of the Episcopal 

 Sees at present existing are erect- 

 ing into Archiepiscopul Sees. The 

 boundaries of the 50 Sees already 

 existing, and those of the 32 [re- 

 cently created, are determined ac- 

 cording to the tables annexed to 

 the present law. 



IV. The endowment of the 

 Archbishopricks and Bishopricks 

 shall be taken fiom the funds 

 placed at the disposal of the King, 

 by article 143 of the law of the 

 25th March last. 



V. The bulls, briefs, decrees, 

 and other acts, emanating from 

 the Court of Rome, or produced 

 under its authority, except the 

 indulgences of the Penitentiary 

 Court, so far alone as concerns 

 the internal Ecclesiastical Court 

 cannot be leceived, printed, pub- 

 lished, or carried into execution 

 in the kingdom, without the au- 

 thority of the King. 



VI. Such of those acts as con- 

 cern the Universal Chuich, or the 

 general interest of the state, or 

 the church of France, their laws, 

 their administration, or their doc- 

 trine, and which may necessitate 

 or may induce some modifications 

 in the legislation now existing, 

 cannot be received, printed, pub- 

 lished, or carried into execution 

 in France, without having been 

 duly verified by the two Chambers 

 upon the proposal of the King. 



VII. The said acts shall be in- 

 serted in the Bulletin of Laws, 

 with the law or ordinance that has 

 authorized the pvxblication. 



VIII. The cases of abuse speci- 

 fied in the Art. 6, and those of 

 disturbance, provided for by Art. 7, 

 of the law of 1802, shall be sub- 

 mitted directly to the Royal Courts, 

 the first Civil Chamber, on the 

 information of our attornies-gene- 

 ral, or on the prosecution of the 

 parties interested. 



The Royal Courts shall decide 

 in all cases not provided for by the 

 codes, conformably with the regu- 

 lations anciently observed in the 

 kingdom, saving appeal to the 

 Court of Cassation. 



IX. All persons in holy orders 

 approved by their Bishops, who 

 may be charged with crimes or 

 offences, either out of their func- 

 tions or in the exercise of their 

 functions, shall be proceeded 

 against according to the disposi- 

 tions of Art. 10 of the law of the 

 20th April, ISIO, and the Arti- 

 cles 479 and 480 of the Criminal 

 Code of Instruction. 



X. The Bulls given at Rome 

 the 19th (1st) and 27th (2d) of 

 July, the former containing the 

 ratification of the Convention 

 passed the 1 1 th June last, between 

 the King and his Holiness j the 

 second, concerning the boundaries 

 of the dioceses of the kingdom, 

 are received, and shall be pub- 

 lished without the approbation of 

 clauses, formulas, and expressions 

 which they contain, and which 

 are or may be contrary to the laws 

 of the realm, the liberties, fran- 

 chises, and maxims of the Galilean 

 Church. 



XI. In no case shall the said 



receptions 



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