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previous national assemblies, but that present circumstances and 

 the decree of his majesty had authorized it to name one at this 

 time ; that when the clergy of the city took part in the election of 

 the senechaussee they did not know of the special provision made 

 by the king."^*^ The Point du jour states that " the election was 

 made according to the established form ; there was neither opposi- 

 tion nor protest."-*^ The assembly decided that the representative 

 should be admitted as a deputy,^''" but made no provision concern- 

 ing what should be done in the future as to deputies of the city of 

 Arles.2^1 



The second case in which the election had not taken place accord- 

 ing to the prescribed forms was at Beam. Four representatives 

 of the third estate presented their credentials on July 2 and on 

 July 7 Barere, as member of the committee of verification, reported 

 concerning them. Although this deputation had been chosen in a 

 corps d'etat, according to some individual forms of that body, 

 authorized by provisional legislature,-"- it was favorably reported 

 on.^^^ 



There were three cases where the nobles had sent two deputa- 

 tions. The first of these was the bailliage of Amont in Franche- 

 Comte.-^* The question had been brought before the assembly 

 June 25,^"^ but was not discussed till July 9. Each deputation had 

 three nobles ; one deputation had been named by a majority in a 

 convocation of the three orders ; the other by an arret du conseil.-^^ 

 Biauzat sums up the case thus : 



248 Ibid., I, No. 16, 2. 

 ^^^ Point du jour, I, 115. 



250 p^oces-verhal, I, 2; Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 6; Point 

 du jour, I, 115 ; Assemblee nationale, I, 354. 



251 Proccs-verhal, I, 3. 

 -^^ Point du jour, I, 138. 



^^^ Point du jour, I, 138; Proccs-verhal, I, No. 17, 10. 



^^* Assemblee nationale, I, 427; Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 

 9; Journal de Paris, No. 192, 867, July 11; Point du jour, I, 147; Proces- 

 verbal, No. 19, 3 ; Duquesnoy, Journal, I, 183 ; Biauzat, Sa vie et sa corre- 

 spondance, II, 168; Courrier de Provence, I, 19th letter, 2. 



255 Proces-verbal, No. 7, 15. 



256 Assemblee nationale, I, 427 ; Point du jour, I, 147, says " la premiere 

 avail les avantages et la faveur que donne la majorite des suffrages; la 



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