156] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. 



for emulation. For these reasons 

 we have ordered and do order as 

 follows : — 



1. The Mayors, Submayors, 

 and Prefects, shall resume, under 

 the authority of our Minister of 

 the Interior, the entire powers 

 confided to them by the laws, on 

 the organization, direction, and 

 inspection of the National Guard. 



2. Hereby are and remain sup- 

 pressed all appointments of officers 

 superior to those of communal or 

 cantonal commandants, who 

 shall be replaced under the im- 

 mediate orders of the civil 

 authorities, conformably to the 

 laws. 



The relations of the Com- 

 mandant-in-chief of the Parisian 

 National Guard, with the Prefect 

 of the Department of the Seine, 

 the Prefect of the Police, and our 

 Minister of the Interior, shall 

 continue in this quality of Com- 

 mandant, conformably to our 

 ordinance of the 11th of Decem- 

 ber 1816, and to the articles of 

 the present ordinance. 



3. In towns which include one 

 or more cantons, the National 

 Guard cannot be united to other 

 CQ;nmunal guards. In the can- 

 tons composed of several com- 

 munes, the national guards of 

 different communes shall be 

 formed into a communal guard, 

 under the commandant of the 

 National Guard of the chief place 

 of the canton, in virtue of the 

 orders of the sub -Prefect ; but 

 the skeletons of the communal 

 corps and their chiefs shall remain, 

 for the usual duties, under the 

 orders of the mayors. 



4. The National Guards of the 

 different cantons cannot be as- 

 sembled cmt of the towos, except 



by detachments, and ,in virtue of 

 a requisition made by the Prefect, 

 in the cases provided, and under 

 the formalities prescribed by the 

 law, with regard to the employ- 

 ment of the public force. 



5. The Cavalry National Guard 

 shall continue to be formed by 

 arondissements into companies or 

 squadrons, under the Comman- 

 dant of the National Guard of the 

 chief place of the arondissement; 

 nevertheless the Cavalry National 

 Guard of each commune, and 

 their Chief, will be held bound to 

 execute, as well as the infantry, 

 the orders which may be given 

 them by the Mayor of the Com- 

 mune in which they may reside, 

 for the maintenance and tranquil- 

 lity of the local police. 



6. The Colonel-General of the 

 National Guards appointed by 

 our ordinance of the 13th May, 

 1814, continues to enjoy the 

 honours and prerogatives attached 

 to the title of Colonel-General of 

 the army. 



7. The ordinances of the 16th 

 of July, 1814, the 18th and 21st 

 of November, and 27th of Decem- 

 ber, 1815, are repealed, as are all 

 regulations of decrees and ordi- 

 nances contrary to the present. 



8. Our Minister Secretary of 

 State for the Interior is charged 

 with the execution of the present 

 ordinance. 



(Signed) Louis. 

 Tuileries, Sept. 30. 

 A further order respecting the 

 Electoral Colleges made its ap- 

 pearance in the beginning of 

 November. 



Paris, Nov. 6. 

 Lours, &c. We have ordered, 

 and order as follows : — 



Art. 1. The Chamber of Peers 



and 



