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The first was the proposal of the Archbishop of Paris;!° the 
fourth is said to have been that of the Archbishop of Vienne;!! 
the second is credited to M. de Coulmiers, Abbé d’Abbecourt,” 
but the author of the third is not mentioned. All except the 
first recognized the principle of verification in common, but 
varied as to the circumstances of its application. 
_ Because of this situation, which led the majority to divide 
their votes among these three forms of verification in common, 
verification by order received a plurality of all the votes.“ The 
minority claimed that this advantage was maintained in the 
subsequent checking of the vote, that it was duly proclaimed to 
the assembly, and that, consequently, the deliberation of June 
19 was legitimate in every respect. The report drafted by the 
minority states that the first proposition received one hundred 
thirty-five votes, the second, one hundred twenty-seven, the 
third, nine, and the fourth only three, while three other deputies 
gave opinions independent of any of the four propositions. The 
roll was then called and each member was given an opportunity 
to confirm or change his vote. Certain changes did occur, but 
they were of a minor character. Two more votes were added to 
the first proposition and three to the second, but there was no 
further change. Thus, the final result was one hundred thirty- 
seven votes for verification in separate assemblies, to one hundred 
thirty for the second proposition, which declared for verification 
in common. The fifteen other votes remained scattered until 
the close of the session. Any later meeting in which combina- 
tion of votes occurred was illegal. 
The majority reports, however, claim that the temporary 
advantage for verification by order was reversed during the 
roll-call, but, because of the machinations of the minority, the 
final result was not formally announced to the whole chamber. 
The minutes drafted by the majority state that the first proposi- 
tion received one hundred thirty-two votes instead of one 
. 1 Récit, 258. 
= Jallet, or. 
18 Récit, 257-8; Thibault, 237-8; Ezats-généraux, Extrait du journal de 
Paris, 1, 81, 90-91. 
M4 Récit, 257-261. 
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