NORTH. CONSTITUTIONAL PRIESTS, 1792. "Arrêté du Directoire d - Lot 221

NORTH. CONSTITUTIONAL PRIESTS, 1792. "Arrêté du Directoire du Département du NORD, fait à DOUAI le 3 Mars 1792" (Vignette: "Département du Nord. La Loi et le ROI." and Fleurs de Lys .) "...in spite of the express provision of the Decree of the National Assembly, several Ecclesiastical Public Officials still demand, independently of the salary assured to them by the Law, certain pecuniary remunerations,... considering that the purpose of the Law in fixing an honest salary for the Ministers of Cults, was to stop the scandalous traffic of holy things, and that it is important to stop it...; that it is no less distressing to see the extreme differences brought in the ceremonies which accompany the burial of citizens, differences always indecent and sometimes scandalous... we declare...". Printed in DOUAI, by MARLIER, Imprimeur du Département (Departmental printer) - Folder (49 x 34) Condition B (reduced margins).