1.] [Footnote 3143: "Proces-verbaux de la Commune," Sept.1.

"It is resolved that whatever effects fell into the hands of the citizens who fought for liberty and equality on the 10th of August shall remain in their possession; M.Tallien, secretary-general, is therefore authorized to return a gold watch to M.Lecomte, a gendarme."] [Footnote 3144: Four circumstances, simultaneous and in full agreement with each other, indicate this date: 1.

On the 23d of August the council-general resolves "that a tribune shall be arranged in the chamber for a journalist (M.Marat), whose duty it shall be to conduct a journal giving the acts passed and what goes on in the commune" ("Proces-verbaux de la Commune," Aug.23) 2.

On the same day, "on the motion of a member with a view to separate the prisoners of lese-nation from those of the nurse's hospital and others of the same stamp in the different prisons, the council has adopted this measure" (Granier de Cassagnac, II.

100).