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[3] Report by Roland, January 6, 1793, and by Cambon, February 1,
1793.
[4] Buchez et Roux, XXXI., 311. Report by Saint-Just, Vent?se 8, year
II., and decree in conformity therewith.
[5] Decree of 13 Brumaire, year II. - Report by Cambon, Feb. 1,
1793. Cambon estimates the property alone of the order of Malta and
of the colleges at four hundred million livres.
[6] Moniteur, XVIII., 419 and 486. Reports by Cambon, Brumaire 22 and
Frimaire 1st, year II. "Let us begin with taking possession of the
leased domains, notwithstanding preceding laws."
[7] Cf. "The Ancient R?gime," p. 14.
[8] Mallet-Dupan, "M?moires," II., 19. Moniteur, XVIII., 565.
(Report by Cambon, 11 Frimaire, year II.) Requested to do so by a
popular club of Toulouse, the department of Haute-Garonne has ordered
all possessors of articles in gold or silver to bring them to the
treasuries of their districts to be exchanged for assignats. This
order has thus far brought into the Toulouse treasury about one
million five hundred thousand or one million six hundred thousand
livres in gold and silver. The same at Montauban and other places.
"Several of our colleagues have even decreed the death penalty against
whoever did not bring their gold and silver within a given time.
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