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Foreign News
July 9, 1800
The Providence Journal, And Town And Country Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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In Paris on April 14, Minister Lucien Bonaparte instructs French prefects to limit their publications to official laws and orders, prohibiting expressions of personal opinions or sentiments.
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PARIS, April 29.
The Minister of the Interior to the Prefects of the Departments.
Paris, April 14.
The prefects are directed by the government to administer under their orders in the extent of their departments; they are the organs of the law and the instruments of its execution. When its local application requires orders in detail; they are to transmit them to the persons administering under them; to this are confined their duties and their functions; they have no right to proclaim either their own will or their own opinions; every act emanating from them must have a precise and determinate object. Several prefects have not followed this rule; they have published writings, in which they lay down either the theory of their administration, or their principles, or their sentiments... I cannot approve of this conduct, and I recall into the circle of their duties those who have departed from them.
You will therefore in future publish only the laws, and acts of government, or the particular and local orders which their execution shall require... You will abstain from issuing any proclamation.
I salute you,
(Signed) LUCIEN BUONAPARTE.
The Minister of the Interior to the Prefects of the Departments.
Paris, April 14.
The prefects are directed by the government to administer under their orders in the extent of their departments; they are the organs of the law and the instruments of its execution. When its local application requires orders in detail; they are to transmit them to the persons administering under them; to this are confined their duties and their functions; they have no right to proclaim either their own will or their own opinions; every act emanating from them must have a precise and determinate object. Several prefects have not followed this rule; they have published writings, in which they lay down either the theory of their administration, or their principles, or their sentiments... I cannot approve of this conduct, and I recall into the circle of their duties those who have departed from them.
You will therefore in future publish only the laws, and acts of government, or the particular and local orders which their execution shall require... You will abstain from issuing any proclamation.
I salute you,
(Signed) LUCIEN BUONAPARTE.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
What keywords are associated?
Minister Of Interior
Prefects
Government Directive
Lucien Bonaparte
Administrative Duties
What entities or persons were involved?
Lucien Buonaparte
Where did it happen?
Paris
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Paris
Event Date
April 14
Key Persons
Lucien Buonaparte
Event Details
The Minister of the Interior directs prefects to administer under government orders within their departments, acting as organs of the law without proclaiming their own will or opinions. Prefects must publish only laws, government acts, or necessary local orders, and abstain from issuing proclamations.