Farm
leases must expire on St. Martin's Day. M. le Comte, although not
there, M. de Tontenelle, and M. de Commandant must sign this
document without difficulty. M. de Mingot is formally to resign his
place in writing: he went away with his servant-woman - he even
missed his mass on the first Friday of the F?te-Dieu, and it is
supposed that he slept in the woods. Joiners' wages shall he fixed
at the same rate as wheelwrights'. Ox-straps are not to cost over
40 sous, yokes 10 sous. Masters must pay one-half of the tailles .
Notaries are to take only the half of what they had formerly, as
well as comptrollers. The Commune claims the right of protest
against whatever it may have forgotten in the present article, in
fact or in law." (It is signed by about twenty persons, several of
them being mayors and municipal clerks.)
[15] "Archives Nationales," H. 1453. The same correspondence, May
29, June 11 and 17, September 15, 1790. - ibid, F7, 3257. Letter of
the municipal authorities of Marsigny, May 3; of the municipal
officers of Bourbon-Lancy, June 5.
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