year XIII, and Sep.

30, 1807 .-- Decree of Dec.

30, 1809 (articles 37, 39, 40, 49 and ch.

IV.)--Opinion of the council of state, May 19, 1811.] [Footnote 31112: These are limited (articles organiques, 5): "All ecclesiastical functions are gratuitous except the authorized oblations fixed by the regulations."] [Footnote 31113: Articles organiques, 73.] [Footnote 31114: Ibid., 74: "Real property other than dwellings with their adjoining gardens, shall not be held under ecclesiastical titles or possessed by ministers of worship by reason of their functions."] [Footnote 31115: Opinion of the Council of State, January 22, 1805, on the question whether the communes have become owners of the churches and parsonages abandoned to them by the law of Germinal 18, year X (articles organiques) .-- The Council of State is of the opinion that "the said churches and parsonages must be considered as communal property." If the State renounces ownership in these buildings it is not in favor of the fabrique, cure or bishop, but in favor of the commune.] [Footnote 31116: In 1790 and 1791 a number of communes had made offers for national property with a view to re-sell it afterwards, and much of this, remaining unsold, was on their hands.] [Footnote 31117: Articles organiques, 26.

"The bishops will make no ordination before submitting the number of persons to the government for its acceptance."] [Footnote 31118: "Archives de Grenoble." (Documents communicated by Mdlle.