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campayncs en conformite du vceu verhalement exprime, 

 a Vissue de Vassemhlee generale dc ladite senechaiissee 

 par les deputes-electeurs qui la composaient, le 8 auril 

 1780. This is dated May 17, 1789, and signed b^^ the 

 ''Depiites-EIecteiirs" and "Officiers-Miinicipaux." The 

 regulations are long and formal, intended to guard closely 

 against deception. Following are the most important ar- 

 ticles : Art. 2. ''The primary object of this correspondence 

 shall be the most prompt and exact communication from 

 Brest, of all the news directly delivered by the deputies 

 to the States General; this communication to be made by 

 means of copies of the different documents collated and 

 guaranteed by the commissioners of Brest." Art. 3. "The 

 bureau of Brest shall be charged directly with the corre- 

 spondence, as well with that of the deputies to the States 

 General as with that of the four correspondents of the 

 country districts before designated." Art. 4. "It shall 

 follow the prescribed plan and keep an exact register of 

 its daily operations." Art, 5. "It shall preserve, with 

 order and exactness, the letters and other documents which 

 shall be addressed to it, both those of the deputies to the 

 States General, and those of the country correspondents 

 and private individuals." Art. 6. "This bureau shall be 

 established at the Hotel de Ville and shall be composed 

 of seven commissioners who shall replace each other as 

 follows." Then follow the regulations in detail. The bu- 

 reau was to form a deliberative body, making its decisions 

 by majority vote, this majority then signing the corre- 

 spondence. The packages addressed to the bureau were 

 removed from the post-office by a secretary and opened 

 only in the presence of the commissioners and a municipal 

 officer. ^ ^ 



^Reciieil No. 2, 334. Compare with the arrangement made by the 

 scncchaussccs of Nantes and Guerande. Archives Rationales, C21, 

 dos. 111. Also art. Ill of the additional articles of the senechaussce 

 of Rennes. Archives Nationales, Ba.26, liasse 170bis. 



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