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XXIV. Inthofe churches, whére there is 
at prefent no confiftory,; one fhall be formed 
by the ele@ion of 25 heads of. Proteftant fa- 
milies paying the lar elk contributions to the 
fate. This ele€tion fhall not take) place 
without the authority, and unlefs in the pre- 
fence of the prefect or fub-prefect. 
“XXV. Paftors can only be depofed after the 
reafons of fuch depofition have been con- 
firmed by the government. 
XXXVI. In cafe of the deceafe, the volun- 
tary refignation, or the confirmed depofition 
of a pattor, the confiftory fhall, according to 
the 18th article, choofe one to fill his place 
by a majority of voices. 
~The title of ele€tion fhall be prefented to 
the Firft Conful by the counfellor of ftate 
intrufted with the management of religious 
aifairs, for the purpofe of receiving his appro- 
bation. 
After this approbation is given, he cannot 
enter upon the exercife of his- functions till 
he hes-taken before the prefeét the oath ex- 
aéted of the minifters of the Catholic wor- 
ihip. 
XXVIT. All the paftors now employed are 
provifionally confirmed. 
XXVHI.. No church fhall extend ifiam one 
department to another, 
Seetion III.—Of Synods. ] 
Art. XXIX. Each fynod fhall con&ft of a 
paftor and an elder from each church. 
XX. The fynods fhall. fuperintend the 
celebration of public worfhip, the dodtrines 
' that are taught, and the conduét of religious 
affairs. All their decifions, cf whatever de- 
fcription, fhail be fubmitted to the approbation 
of government, 
XXXL The fynods hall. - not affemble 
without the permiiiion of government. Pre- 
vious notice fhall be aes to the counfellor 
of ftate intrufted with the management of re- 
ligious matters, of the fabjeéts. which are to 
be difcuffed. The affembly fhall be held in 
prefence of the prefect or fub- prefect, anda 
copy of the minutes of the deliberations fhall 
be addrefied to the counfellor of ftate above- 
mentioned, who fhall, with all poffible fpeed, 
tran{mit a report to the government. 
XXXII. The meetings of the fynod fhall 
not be prolonged beyond fix days. 
TITLE III. Of the Organization of the Churches 
of the Confefficn af Aug foure. 
Sefion I.—General Regulations. 
Article XXXII]. The churches of the 
Confefion of Augfburg fhall have paftors, 
lucal confiftories, ini ipections, and general con- 
fiftories. ° 
SeGion II.—Of the Minifters, Paffors, and lecal 
ConfiPories of each Church. 
Article XXXIV. With refpeét to paftors, 
the regulation of the confifiorial churches, 
which was prefcribed by’the 2d Se€tion ef the 
preceding Title as applicable to the Reformed 
pafiors and churches, is to be obferved. 
State of Public Afairs in May, 1802. 
[June 1, 
Seétion FTI. —Of Infpettions. 
Article XXXV. The churches of the Con- 
feflion of Augfburg fhall be fubje€& to Infpec- 
tions. 
XXXVI. Five confiftorial cmuschek hall 
form the bounds of an Infpe€tion. 
XXXVII. Each Infpection fhall be com- 
pofed of a minifter and an elder from each 
church of the diftri@. It thall not affemble 
without the permiffion of the government. At 
its firft meeting, the oldeft of the minifers of 
the diftri€& fhall prefide. Each Infpeétion 
fhall choofe two laymen and one clergyman, 
who fhall take the title of Infpector, .and 
whofe duty it fhall be to watch over the con-- 
du€& of the minifers, and to preferve good 
order in the different churches: the choice of 
the infpe€tor and the two laymen {hall be 
confirmed by the Firft Conful. 
XXXVI. The Infpeétion fhail not af- 
femble without the authority of government, 
in prefence of the prefeé& or fub-prefeét, 
or without having given previous intelligence 
to the counfellor OF ftate, whofe bufinefs it is 
to watch over religious affairs, of the fubjeéts 
that are to come aioe dicunian 
XXXIX. The -infpeétor fhall vifit the 
churches of his diftri€t, and he may adopt the 
afiiftance of the two laymen named with him, 
as Oiten as circumftances fhall appear to re- 
quire. He fhall be charged with the convo- 
cation of the General Aflembly of Infpection, 
no decree of which, however, fhall be put in 
force till it has received the Pepconation: of 
the government. 
Seion IV. —_Of pet Conf ifories. 
Article XL, There, ihall-be three general 
confiftories: one at Strafbyrgh for the Protef- 
tants of the Confeflion of Augfburg, belong- 
ing to the departments of the Upper and 
Lower Rhine; the fecond at Mentz, for 
thofe of the, departments of Laffate and Mone 
Tonnerre ; and the third at Cologne, for thofe 
of the department of the Rhine and Mofelle, 
and la Roer. © 
XLI. Each confiftory fhall be formed of 
one lay prefident, of two ecclefiaftical infpec- 
tors, and a deputy from éach infpe€tion: the 
prefident and the two ecclefiaftical infpe€tors 
fhall be nominated by the Chief Conful. The 
prefident fhall take. the fame oath before the 
Chief Conful, or a public funétionary dele- 
gated for that purpofe, which is impofed 
upon the minifters of the Catholic religion ; 
the two ecclefiaftical infpeftors and the lay 
members fhall have the fame oath adminif- 
tered to them by the prefident. 
XLII. The general confiitory fhall not be 
permitted to aflemble without the confent of 
the government, and unlefs in prefence of the 
prefe& or fub-prefect, and after a notification 
of the fubje@ts in difcuffion, as defcribed in 
former articles. 
XLII. During the interval between the 
different meetings, there fhall be a direétory, 
compoted of the prefident, of the oldeft of the 
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