In case of any infraction of this law a penalty is inflicted upon him equal to six times the sum of his personal taxes; he is to be struck off the register of citizens, and declared incapable of holding any civil or military office.

There is the same punishment if to any contract or acquittance he affixes his accustomed signature; if; through habit or inadvertence, he adds the title of his estate to his family name--if; with a view to recognition, and to render his identity certain, he merely mentions that he once bore the former name.

Any notary or public officer who shall write, or allow to be written, in any document the word ci-devant (formerly) is to be suspended from his functions.

Not only are old names thus abolished, but an effort is made to efface all remembrance of them.

In a little while, the childish law will become a murderous one.