It is only a master, and an absolute master, who could reason in this way."] [Footnote 4152: Law of March 20, 1813.

(Woods, meadows, and pasture-grounds used by the population in common are excepted, also buildings devoted to public use, promenades, and public gardens.)--The law takes rural possessions, houses and factories, rented and producing an income.

Thiers, XVI., 279.

The five percents at this time were worth 75 francs, and 138 millions of these gave a revenue of 9 millions, about the annual income derived by the communes from their confiscated real estate.] [Footnote 4153: Aucoc, ibid., Sec.Sec.55 and 135.].