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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
Art. 81. The ordinary proof of rifled cannon will consist of two rounds 
with the heaviest service charge, a wad rammed down on the cartridge, and a 
service ogivo-cylindrical shot. 
The extraordinary proof of rifled cannon will be carried out upon these 
guns unrifled, like that of smooth-bored guns of the same calibre. 
The first proof will establish the number of rounds to which the extra¬ 
ordinary proof of these guns ought to be limited. The proofs by continuous 
firing will be executed under the conditions of the service, and in conformity 
with particular orders. And in all that is not foreseen, the Section YI. of the 
present decree will be conformed to. 
Section XI. — General arrangements . 
Art. 82. When, in the course of manufacture, or after proof, a gun 
presents defects exceeding the toleration, but which do not appear to render 
it unfit for service, the director will report to the minister and await his 
orders. In the meantime this gun will be considered on sufferance, and 
its completion be suspended. 
Art. 83. Every gun which has defects exceeding toleration, and which 
would render it unfit for the service, will be rejected. One of the trunnions 
will be immediately broken, if it is a gun or a howitzer; if it is a carronade, 
a large piece will be broken off the loop. 
Art. 84. No change will be made, even as an experiment, in the ordinary 
process of manufacture, in the disposition of the furnaces, or in those of the 
principal machines, without the authority of the minister. 
Art. 85. When the minister shall have authorized the use of the smelt¬ 
ing furnace the director will report to him the arrangements he has made 
concerning it, and will await his instructions before lighting the fires. 
Art. 86. The director will conform to the instructions which will be given 
him by the minister concerning all operations not foreseen by the present 
decree. 
Art. 87. When a gun bursts on service, a report will be made to the 
minister, who, after receiving information, will decide whether one or more 
guns of the same manufacture should be proved, and the mode of proof to 
be employed. 
Art. 88. The former decisions and regulations, and particularly the, or don- 
nance of the 26th November, 1786, and that of the 24th April, 1837, are 
hereby abolished. 
Art. 89. The ministerial instructions, 29th April, 1837, will be revised 
and put in accordance with the prescriptions of the present decree, of which 
the execution is confined to our minister Secretary of State for the Marine. 
Paeis, Feb. 9, 1859. 
(Signed) 
NAPOLEON. 
HAMELIN. 
