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3. Certificate from some surgeon or officer of health ( officier 
de sante) of his having been vaccinated, or having had the 
smallpox. 
4. A note of hand, upon stamped paper, from his parents, 
friends, or guardians, guaranteeing the payment, quarterly, 
and in advance, of his board, &c. during the entire period of 
his sojourn at college. Should he have been sent at the ex¬ 
pense of the county, or any learned or other society, the 
trustees of such institutions must guarantee his cost. 
Young men, of twenty years of age and upwards, must 
likewise produce satisfactory proof of their having answered 
to the recruiting law. On the above certificates turning out 
to be satisfactory to the minister, he will give an order for 
the preparatory examination of the candidate by the pro¬ 
fessors of the school into which he is about to be admitted, 
on the terms herein stated: viz. that he be admitted under 
no other conditions than 
That of his paying for his board. 
That he be not under sixteen years of age, and not over 
twenty-five. 
That he be able to forge a shoe at two heats. 
That he afford proofs of his knowledge of the French 
language, Arithmetic, Geometry, and Geography; to all of 
which the candidate will be put to the test by— 
In the French Language . 
1. Writing a passage from dictation. 
2. The parsing of part of the said passage. 
In Arithmetic . 
1. By elemental^ exercises in. 
2. The system of decimals. 
3. Arithmetical and geometrical proportions. 
In Geometry . 
1. Elementary notions, comprising the study of lines 
and of plane surfaces. 
In Geography. 
1. Elementary Geography. 
2. General knowledge of the geography of Europe. 
3. Particular knowledge of the geography of France. 
Periods of Preparatory Examination and Admission . 
Candidates for admission to examination must present 
themselves at the school on the 1st of October, in order to 
show their authorities for admission, at which time the 
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