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ably to fucK provision; ProvrAtJ, That
the United States (hill have a right to
vcimburfc any loan thus made within fix
years after the cl ue of the fame, and that
the rate ofintcreft thereupon (hall not ex
ceed five per centum per annum, nor the
charges thereupon the rate of five per cen
tum o.i the capital borrowed : And pro
'vided aliwiyi, That the power herein
given (hail not be conllrued to repeal,
diminifo, or affeft the power given to the
laid commissioners, by the tenth feftion
<»f the aft intituled “an aft making fur
ther provision for the support of public
credit, and for the redemption of the pub
lic debt,” to borrow certain Turns for the
difeharge of the inftalmcnts of the capital',
or principal, of the public debt, in the
manner, and on the terms, preferibed by
the said feftion ; nor the power given to
them by an aft intituled “an aft making
provision for the payment of certain debts
of the United States,” to borrow certain
Turns and to fell the (hares of the bank of
the United States, belonging to the U
nited States, in the manner, on the terms,
■and for the purposes aurhorifed by the said
aft; provided, further, that nothing
herein contained (hall he conllrued to re
vive any aft or part of an aft, authorif
ing the loan of money, and which hath
heretofore expired.
Sec. 5. Aid be it further enaAcd,
That far the purpose of more effectually
fccuring the reimburfeinent of the Dutch
debt, the commiifioncrs of the finking
fund may, and they hereby arc empow
ered, with the approbation of the Presi
dent of the United States, to contrast,
either with the bank of the United States,
or with any other public institution, or
with individuals, for the payment in
Holland, of the whole, or any part of
the principal of the said Dutch debt, and
of the intcreft and charges accruing on
the fame, as the said demands become
due, on such terms as the said commifli
oners (hall think mod advantageous to
the United States ; or to employ either
the said bank, or any other pub'.ic insti
tution, or any individual or individu
als, as agenror agents, for the purpose of
purchasing bills of exchange, or any o
rher kind of remittances, tor the purpose
of difeharging the interdl and principal
of said debt, and to allow to such agent
or agents, a compensation nor exceeding
one fourth, of one per cent, on the remit
tances thus purchased or procured by them,
under the direction of the said commiffi
bners, and as much of the duties on ton
nage and merchandize as may be need*
Tary for that purpose, is hereby appropri
ated towards paving the extra allowance
or cc nmi(Ro:i resulting from-fuch tranfaftr
on or tranlVnons, and also to pay any
deficiency arising from any loss incurred
upon any remittance purchased or procur
ed under the direction of the said commilfi
oners, for the purpose of difeharging the
principal and intend! of the said debt.
Sec. 6s And be- it further enafttd.
That the commiifioncrs of the funking fund
be, and they hereby are empowered, with
tj«ic approbation of the Prdidcnt of the
United States, to employ, if they (hall
deem it ncceilarv, an agent in Europe,
tor the purpose of tranfaftmg any bufind's
tola live to the difeharge of the l>utcbdfehr,
and to the loans authorifed by this or any
Other aft, for the purpose of difeharging
the fame, and also to allow him a com
pensation not exceeding three thousand
dollars a year, to be paid out of aay fan
cies in the treafiuy, not otherwifo appro
priated.
Sec. 7. And he it further
That nothing in this aft contained (hall
becontlrued to repeal, alter or effeft any
rs the provisions of any former aft pledg
ing the faith of the United States to the
payment of the interdl, or principal of
(.he public debt ;. and that all such pay
ments (hall continue to- he made at the
time heretofore preferibed by law j and
the Turpins only of the appropriations made
by this aft, beyond the Turns payable by
virtue of the provisions of any former aft,
(hall bo applicable to the reimbursement,
Redemption, or purchase of the public
debt, in the manner provided by this
aft.
Sec. 8. AnJ be ii further enaAtd,
That all the reilriftions and regulations
Heretofore ellablifoed by law for regulat
ing the executiqjiggf the duties enjoined
upon, tdie of the ilnkfffgdund,
Jbail apply to, be in as full force for
the execution of the analagous duties en
joined by this aft, as if they were herein
,. particularly repeated and re-enafted.-*-
Provided, however. That the particular
annual account of all sales of (lock, ot
loans, and of payments, by them made,
foal!, hereafter, be laid before Congrcfs,
on the tirll week of February in each year;
and To much of any former aft as directed
fhch account to be laid before Congrcfs
within fourteen days after tlicU meeting,
is hereby repealed,
NATHANIEL MACON, Speaker
of the Hou/e of Reprefeniattves.
ABRAHAM BALDWIN, Rreji.
dent of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, April 29, 1802.
Th. JEFFERSON, P ref dent of '
the United Slates.
PARIS, April 1 8.
Letters received from Berne, mention,
that the French ambaflfador has officially
announced to the Council, that it was
the intention of the First Consul to con
fider the country of the Valais an indepen.
dent Rate, as it was in the year 1798*
Letters from Lemberg, of the 20th
ult. announce, that great military pre
parations were making in that part of
Poland which has lately submitted to the
Prussian government. The recruiting ser
vice was going on with great spirit. —
The city of Warsaw alone, was to furnilh
1800 men.
The following arc the particulars of
the majestic ceremony of this day, on the
First Consul going to the church of No
tre Dame, the installations of the Bilh
ops, &c.
A body of troops lined the streets from
the Thuillcries to the church of Notre
Dime.—Forty carriages, each drawn by
four horses, conduced the amhaffadors,
the counfellers of ftatc, and the ministers.
Five other carriages contained the mini
ster of war, the generals, and several o
ther of the mall distinguished officers of
our armies. The carriage of the First
Consul was drawn by eight horses, which
was preceeded by a number of led horses,
richly comparifoncd and conduced by
Mamelukes; it was fuirounded by gene
ral officers, officers of the consular guard,
and his aid-dc-camps, all on horfc back.
The guards of the firft consul were dress
ed in blue, embroidered with gold—
thofc of the ministers in yellow, with red
facings and gold embroidery.
The counfellers of state and the mini
sters, waited the arrival of the consuls
at the door of the church. They were
received at the entrance by the Archbi
shop ot Paris, attended by his bishops and
clergy—whence they were conducted un
der a canopy,, where the archbishop sprink
led them with holy water, and then in
cense. They were conduced from undex
the canopy to the place assigned for them,
on the left of the altar, under anothercq
, nopy, opposite to the place where the
Pope’s legate was Handing in his pontifical
robes.
The Cardinal Legate pronounced amass
during the elevation of the host—the
drums beat a march, aud the troops pre
fenred their arms. After the gospels were
read, the archifhops and bishops were cal
led to take the oath, which was admini
stered by the firft consul,
M. de Boifgclin, the archbishop of
Tours, pronounced a difeourfe, which
the weakness of his voice prevented our
hearing; but which, at the request of
Matfame Louis Buonaparte, will be accu
rately printed.:
After the mass, the legate commenced
Te Deam, in which be was accompanied
by two dreheftras.
After the ceremony was finifhcJ, the con
suls were re-condudled by the archbishop
of Paris, and his clergy to the door of
the church, fg߻hencc they returned to
the Palace* about ||ur o’clock in the as- >
ternoof*. 1
[On the yth of April, M. Port alls,
on presenting the Republic with the Holy
See, delivered an addrek before’ the legis
lative body, on the importance and neces
sity of religion to the exiftencc of govern
, ment. Os this add refs the Editor of the
Daily Advertiser, has promised a transla
tion. Portaljs fays* “Let us lifter,
to the voice of all honell citizens, who in
the departmental sflemblics, have express
ed their wishes, in confequencc of what
has palled under their obiervntion these
last ten years. It is time, fay they (in
the arwlyfis of the proce Is- verbal of the
general councils of the departments) that
theories fnould yield to fatts. There is
no inftrudion without education, and no
education wirhout morals and wiihout re
ligion. The profelTors have been com
pelled to teach in deserts, because it was
imprudently proclaimed-, that they ought
never to. mention religion in the fchaols.
Inftrudion has been a mere nullity for ten
years past j religion, mufi be taken for the
basts of education » Children have been
delivered up to the molt dangcrors id c
nefs, or rather to the moll alarming va- ,
gab 1 ullage. They are brought up with
out any ideas of divinity, without anj
notions of what is just or unjust. Hence
mail ensue ravage, and barbarous man.
ners, hence, a feroclons people. If we
compare what inftruflion is, with what
it ought to tie, we cannot refrain from
deploring the fate which menaces the pre
fcnt and future generation.”]
The firft consul has appointed Etienne
Hubert Cambacerts, archbiihop of Rouen ;
. Jean de Dieu Raymon de Boifgelin, arch
bifbop of lours ; Primat, archbishop of
Thouloufc ; Jerome Marie Champion de
Cice, archbiihop of Aix ; Francois, Da
vian Dubois Sanzary, archbiihop of Bour
dcaux ; Jean Arroand de Roquclatirc,
archbiihop of Malines, and Cl. Lecoz,
archbiihop of Bcfcancon.
CONVENTION,
Between the French Government and his '
Holiness Pins VII,
The government of the French Republic
acknowledges that the Catholic, aposto
lic, and Roman religion, is the religion
of a large majority of the French people.
His Holiness acknowledges on his part,
that this fame religion has received, and
yet expefts to receive, the greatest ad
vantages and fplendour from the re-estab
lishment of Catholicism in France, and
from the particular profellion made of it
by the Ccnfols of the Republic. Having
therefore made this mutual acknowledge
ment, tending as much to the promotion
of religion, as to the security o( internal
tranquility, they have agreed upon the
following articles:
Art. 1. The Catholic, Apostolic, and
Roman religion shall he freely exercised
in France. Public worship (hall be fe
ttered, under such regulations as govern,
ment (hall judge molt conducive to peace
and harmony.
11. There shall be made by the Holy
See, in concert with the government, a new
lilt [circon/cription] of French diocefcs.
111. His Holiness (hall declare to the
titulars of the French Bishoprics, that
for the interests of peace and unity, he
confidently expels from them every fort
of facrifice, even that of their Sees.
Should they refufe to comply with this
requell, didated by a regard to the inte
relts of the church, a rcfufal, however,
which his Holiness docs not exped, new
titulars will be provided to the govern,
ment of the Bilhoprics of the new lift,
in the following manner :
IV. The First Consul of the Republic
(hull nominate within three months fol
lowing the publication of the Bull of his
Holiness to the Arch-bishoprics and bi
lhoprics ©f the new lift. His Holiness
(hall confer thccancnical institution accord
ing to the ceremonies eftahlifhed in France
before the change of government.
V. The nomination to Bishoprics
which (hall hereafter Ire vacant,, (hall be
also made by the First Consul, and the
canonical institution (hall be given by his
Holiness the Pope, in conformity to the
preceding article.
VI. The bishops before entering on
their fund ions, (hall formally take be
tween the hands of the First Consul, the
oath of fidelity which was in use before
the change of government —exprefied in
the following terms: —
“ I swear and promise before Almighty
God, on the Holy Evangelists, to main
tain obedience and fidelity to the govern
ment eftablilhed by the constitution of the
French Republic. I promise also not to
hold any communication, nor to aftlft at
any council, nor to hold any league, ei
ther within or without, that contravene
public tranquility ; and if in my diocese
or elsewhere I apprehend that any mis
- chief is plotting against the (late, I will
: make it known to the government.”
VII. The Ecclefialtics of the second
order, (hall, take the fame oath between
the hands erf’ the civil authorities defi gnat -
, ed hy the governments
VUL The formula of the following
prayer (hall be recited at the end of divine
service, in all the Catholic churches of
France.
* Uominay falvnm sac republicans;
Do mine, fa tvos sac confutes,
IX. The bishops (hall make out new
lifts ©f the parishes within their dioceses,
which however (hall nos not have any
force till ratified by government.
X. The bifbop (hall noraitaje the cu
rates. But their choice (hall be exprefTly
confined ta such persons as axe- agreeable
to the government.
XI. The bishops may have a chapter
for their cathedrals, and a seminary for
their dioceses, bat the government will
not engage to make any provifton for the
fame by endowment.
XII. All the metropolitan cathedrals,
paDchial, and other churches which may
not have been alienated,, and which are
necelfary for worship,, shall be pat under
the care of the bishops.
* Lord! we bcfcech thee take the re
public into thy fafe keeping.
Lord ! we hefeeeh thee take the Con
i fuls into thy fate keeping.
I
3tliT.r His hdliftc&, far the fake cf
peace, and the happy re-eftabliftiment 3
the catholic religion, declares ihat nei.
ther he, nor his facceffors, will di(l Ur fj
in any manner the proprietors of ecclefa
(Heal property heretofore purthafed hv
them, and that ccnfequently the title o c
those estates and the privileges and reve*
nues belonging to them, (hall remain in'
viofahle, or those deriving titles from then’"
XIV. The government will guarani
tee a proper degree of refpeft to the bk
(hops and curares, when dioccfcs and cu*
rates are comprifcd in the new lift.
XV. The government will also take
meafurcs to secure to the French catholic?
any endowments which may be made for
the benefit cf their churches.
XVI. His holinofs acknowledges that
the First Consul of the French Republic
poflefles all the rights and prerogatives
which were enjoyed under his Moiinefs
by the ancient government.
XVil. It is agreed between the con.
trading parties, that in ertfe any one of
the fuccefibrs of the First Consul, for the
; time being, (hoald not be of the catholic
religion, the rights and prerogatives
mentioned in the proceeding articles, and
the nomination to bifhopnes, (haH wiil>
refpeft to the First Consul, be regulated
by a future convention.
The ratification hereof (hall be ex
changed at Paris within forty days. >
Done at Pans the 2gth MeJ/idor, y}y
year of the French republic ,
From the organnic articles of the Con
vention: agreed upon in the concordat,
for the regulation of religious v.orfhip
in France.
Agreeable to the projeft of the law,
the publication in France of any aft of
the court of Rome, of foreign Synods,
and of general councils, before they (hall
have been examined by the government:
is forbidden. It also forbids any ecck
fiaftical assembly to deliberate in France
without its authority ; gives to the coun
cil of state the organizance of redrefsand
errors. The Archbifliops and Biihops
may subjoin to their name the title of
Citoyen or Monfienr, but without any
other addition. No one can receive the
rank of bilhop under thirty years of age
nor nnlefs a native Frenchman. The
First Consul will cause the candidates to
be examined touching their religious fen- I
timents.. The bi(hops mull rtfide in their
refpeftivc dioceses, from whence they are
not to.abfent themselves without the leave
q( the First Consul. Each bilhop may
have two vicars general, and the arch
bilhops three ; they (hall visit every year
one divifton of their dioccfe, and the
whole of the diocese, every five years.
And they (hall submit to the First Con.
ful the regulations for organizing their
(emiaaifies.
Title lII'. On Worjh'p,
There (hall be but one liturgy and one
catcehifm- for ail the French catholic
churches.
No curate can- order extraordinary
public prayers in. his pari St without the
fpecral permiifion of the bilhop.
No-holiday or feftival, except Sunday*-
be eftabliihed without the fanftion of go
vernment.
Ecclesiastics (hall wear In their religious
ceremonies, habiliments and ornaments
faitable to their title. They cannot in a
ny case, and under any pretext, aflame
the colours and marks of diftinftion, re
fer ved for the bilhop?.
All ecclesiastics (hill be habited in the
French, manner, and in black, bilhop?
may add. to that dress the pastoral crol*
and the. violet coloured (lockings.
No religious ceremony can take pbt p
out of the edifices, consecrated to catholic
worship. in the towns where there are tem
ples cleftined for different worftiips.
Thefolemn predications called (ermons,
and those known by the name of Station 1
de. I’a.vaut et drt Ca emi t (hall be
by the priests only who (hall have obtain
ed fpedal authority from the bilhop fo
that purpose.
Ail curates when performing paraclna
fervice, (ball pray, or cause to prayed k*'
the prosperity of the French republic am>
the consuls.
: In their inftruftions, they (hall not per
mit themselves to use any inveftives, di- |
I rest or indir.eft, either against the oth** j
worlhips authorifed by the state, or again'
the individuals belonging to the said 'V° r *
hips.
They (hallnot in-the difeourfe* uhaij?
pronounced during the divine service,
iiih. any thing foreign, to. the exercise i
the worship, except what may be ordcre
by government. ,
They ftuli not administer- the nuptu-
I benedlftion but to those who (hall pt° v ®
in due form, their h mng con,crafted ,n 3
[ riage before the civil officer-.