"National and émigré property is not dear； patrimonies are priceless."- Archives nationales， cartons 3144 to 3145， No.1004， missions of the councillors of state， year IX. (Report by Lacuée on the seven departments of the division of the Seine.) "The proportion of value， in Seine， between national and patrimonial properties is from 8 to 15." - In Eure， national property of every kind is sold about 10 %.
off， and patrimonial at about 4 %. off. There are two sorts of national property， one of first origin (that of the clergy)， and the other of second origin (that of the émigrés). The latter is much more depreciated than the former. Compared with patrimonial property， in Aisne， the former loses a fifth or a quarter of its value and the latter a third； in Loiret， the former loses a quarter and the latter one-half； in Seine-et-Oise the former loses one-third and the latter three-fifths； in Oise the former is at about par， the latter loses a quarter. - Roederer， III.， 472 (December 1803). Depreciation of national property in Normandy： "But little is bought above 7 %. off；this， however， is the fate of this sort of property throughout France." - Ibid.， III.， 534 (January 1809)： "In Normandy， investments on patrimonial property bring only 3 %.， while State property brings 5%. " - Moniteur (January 4， 1825). Report of M. de Martignac： "The confiscated property of the emigrés finds its purchasers with difficulty， and its commercial value is not in proportion to its real value." - Duclosonge， former inspector of domains， "Moyens de porter les domaines nationaux à la valeur des biens patrimoniaux，" p.7.
"Since 1815， national property has generally been bought at a rate of income of 3 %. or， at the most， 4 %. The difference for this epoch is accordingly one-fifth， and even two-fifths."[93] Treaty between the Pope and the French government， July '5， 1801.
Ratifications exchanged September 1， 1801， and published with its articles April 8， 1802. - Article 13.
[94] Ibid.， article 14.
[95] Articles organiques， 64， 65， 66.
[96] Law of November 30， 1809， and opinion of the Council of State， May 19， 1811.
[97] Articles organiques， 68.
[98] Articles organiques， 71， 72. - Concordat， article 12. - Law passed July 26， 1803.
[99] Councils of laymen entrusted with the administration of parish incomes.
[100] Law of December 30， 1809， articles 39， 92 and following articles， 105 and following articles.
[101] Law of September 15， 1807， title IX.
[102] Concordat， article 15. - Articles organiques， 73.
[103] Alexis Chevalier， "les Frères des écoles chrétiennes et l'Enseignement primaire après la révolution，" passim. (Act of Vendémiare 24 and Prairial 28， year XI， and Frimiaire II， year XII；laws of May 14， 1806， March 7， 1808， February 17， 1809， Dec. 26， 1810.)[104] Alexis Chevalier， ibid.， 189.
[105] Ibid.， p.185 sequitur. (Decision of Aug. 8， 1803， of March 25， of May 30， 1806.)[106] Decree of June 22， 1804 (articles I and 4). - "Consultation sur les decrets du 29 Mars 1880，" by Edmond Rousse， p.32. (Out of 54communities， there were two of men， the "Pères du tiers-ordre de Saint-Fran？ois" and the priests of "la Miséricorde，" one founded in 1806 and the other in 1808.)[107] "Mémorial de Sainte-Héléne." Napoleon adds" that an empire like France may and must have some refuge for maniacs called Trappists." -Pelet de la Lozère， p.208. (Session of the council of state， May 22， 1804.) "My intention is to have the house of foreign missions restored； these monks will be of great use to me in Asia， Africa， and America. . . . I will give them a capital of 15，000 francs a year to begin with. . . . I shall also re-establish the 'Sisters of Charity；'
I have already had them put in possession of their old buildings. Ithink it necessary also， whatever may be said of it， to re-establish the 'Ignorantins.' "[108] Roederer， III.， 481. (Sénatorerie of Caen， Germinal 17， year XIII.) Constant lamentations of bishops and most of the priests he has met. "A poor curé， an unfortunate curé， . . . The bishop invites you to dinner， to partake of the poor cheer of an unfortunate bishop on 12，000 francs salary." - The episcopal palaces are superb， but their furniture is that of a village curé； one can scarcely find a chair in the finest room. - "The officiating priests have not yet found a fixed salary in any commune. . . . The peasants ardently longed for their usual mass and Sunday service as in the past， but to pay for this is another thing."[109] Decrees of May 31 and Dec. 26， 1804， assigning to the Treasury the salaries of 24，000 and then 30，000 assistant-priests.
[110] Charles Nicolas， "le Budget de la France depuis le commencement du XIXe siecle；" appropriation in 1807， 12，341，537 francs.
[111] Decrees of Prairial 2， year XII， Niv？se 5. year XIII， and Sep.
30， 1807. - Decree of Dec. 30， 1809 (articles 37， 39， 40， 49 and ch.
IV.)- - Opinion of the council of state， May 19， 1811.
[112] These are limited (articles organiques， 5)： "All ecclesiastical functions are gratuitous except the authorized oblations fixed by the regulations."[113] Articles organiques， 73.
[114] Ibid.， 74： " Real property other than dwellings with their adjoining gardens， shall not be held under ecclesiastical titles or possessed by ministers of worship by reason of their functions."[115] Opinion of the Council of State， January 22， 1805， on the question whether the communes have become owners of the churches and parsonages abandoned to them by the law of Germinal 18， year X(articles organiques). - The Council of State is of the opinion that "the said churches and parsonages must be considered as communal property." If the State renounces ownership in these buildings it is not in favor of the fabrique， curé or bishop， but in favor of the commune.
[116] In 1790 and 1791 a number of communes had made offers for national property with a view to re-sell it afterwards， and much of this， remaining unsold， was on their hands.
