[29] Constitution of year III., Articles VI. and VII.
[30] Albert Babeau, "Histoire de Troyes," II., 367 and following
pages. Sauzay, "Hist. de la Persecution R?volutionnaire dans le
Doubs," VIII., ch. 52 and 54 - Law of Pluvi?se 4, year IV.,
authorizing the executive Directory to appoint the members who, up to
Thermidor I, year IV., shall compose the municipal bodies of Bordeaux,
Lyons, Marseilles and Paris.
[31] Decree of Brumaire 3, year IV.
[32] Archives Nationales, AF., II., 65. (Letter of Gen. Kermorvan,
to the Com. of Public Safety, Valenciennes, Fructidor 22, year III.)
At Valenciennes, during the elections, "the leaders of the sections
used their fists in driving out of the primary assemblies all the
worthy men possessing the necessary qualities for election. . . .
I knew that the "seal-breakers," (brise-scell?s), were the promoters
of these turbulent parties, the patriotic robbers, the men who have
wasted public and private fortunes belonging to the commune, and who
are reveling in the houses and on the estates of the ?migr?s which
they have had awarded to them at a hundred times below their value. .
. . All of them are appointed electors.
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