36 Jeanette Needham. 
The entrance of the clergy completely changed the course of 
the assembly’s action. This was due, doubtless, to the fact 
that the accession in itself served to remove some of the con- 
ditions which had made deliberation upon the military occu- 
pation of the hall so urgent. Very evidently, no further. con- 
sideration of that matter was engaged in and the rest of the 
session, after the roll-call, was taken up with affairs that con- 
cerned both orders. The minutes of the famous session in the 
church of St. Louis were read, evidently that the clergy might 
rectify any errors in the record.?° 
The next business was to hear and pass upon the report of the 
committee of verification, consisting of members from both 
orders, which had been enlarged at their previous meeting of 
June 22.7 The Procés-verbal, which gives the only detailed 
account, states that M. Bouchotte acted as spokesman for the 
committee.” He reported that, of the credentials under con- 
sideration, most of which belonged to members of the clergy who 
had been given provisional seats, all had seemed in proper form. 
But a closer examination had revealed that the clerical deputies 
from the sénéchaussée of Bourbonnais had presented, not the 
record of their election, but the record of their taking the oath 
when the election was announced. The assembly, in passing 
upon the report, recognized as legitimate all the credentials 
except those of the deputies from Bourbonnais. As to those, 
it decreed that the deputies should present the proper credentials 
within two weeks, and that, in the meantime, they might have a 
provisional seat.”7 Evidently, to further, as speedily as possible, 
the work of verification that the Archbishop of Vienne had 
called for in his speech, the committee was instructed to meet 
again that evening with the Archbishop of Bordeaux.** With 
that action, the assembly formally adjourned its session about 
20 Procés-verbal, No. 6, 14; Point du jour, I, 47; Assemblée nationale, I, 216. 
Only the Point du jour says that the reading took place that the clergy might 
rectify errors. 
21 Procés-verbal, No. 6, 14; Point du jour, 1, 47. 
22 Procés-verbal, No. 6, 14. 
*3 Procés-verbal, No. 5, 14-15. 
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