the canton, 348;
the commune, 348-351.

--Amendment, of constitution, 307, 327-328.

--Appeal, courts of, 338.

--_Arrondissement_, electoral unit, 318;
created, 343;
organization, 347.

--Assize, courts of, 338.

--Associations, law of, 331.

--_Ballottage_, 319.

--_Bloc_, rise, 331;
present condition, 332.

--Bonaparte, Napoleon, and constitution of the Year VIII., 293-295;
organization of local administration, 343.

--Bonapartists, policies in 1871-1875, 303-304.

--Bordeaux, National Assembly meets at, 302.

--Briand, A., programme of electoral reform, 322;
ministry, 332.

--Bureaus, in Parliament, 325-327.

--Canton, created, 342;
made a judicial unit, 343;
present character, 348.

--Cassation, Court of, 338-339.

--Catholic Party, rise, 338.

--Chamber of Deputies, composition, 317;
term and qualifications, 318;
electoral process, 319;
proposed electoral reform, 319-320;
the Briand programme, 322;
reform bill of 1912, 323-324;
sessions, 325;
officers, 325;
bureaus and committees, 326;
procedure, 326;
powers and functions, 327-329;
party strength in, 332.

--Church, legislation concerning, 331.

--Clemenceau, ministry, 331-332.

--_Code Civil_, 335-336.

--_Code Napoleon_, 335-336.

--Code of Civil Procedure, 336.

--Code of Commerce, 336.

--Code of Criminal Instruction, 336.

--Combes, ministry, 331.

--_Commission du Suffrage Universel_, 321, 323.

--Committees, in Parliament, 325-327.

--Commune, suppressed, 303;
continuity of, 342;
place in Napoleonic system, 343;
council made elective, 344;
under Second Empire, 344-345;
legislation concerning in 1884, 345;
present character, 348;
number and size, 348;
council, 348-349;
mayor and assistants, 349-350;
importance, 350-351.

--Concentration, policy of, 330.

--_Concordat_, abrogated, 331.

--_Conseil de prefecture_, 346.

--Conservative Party, after 1848, 329;
in control of Senate after 1876, 330;
changed character, 333.

--Constitution, of 1791, 290-291;
of the Year I., 291-292;
of the Year III., 292-293;
of the Year VIII., 293-295;
Constitutional Charter of 1814, 295-297;
of Second Republic, 297-298;
of Second Empire, 299-300;
of Third Republic, 304-306;
process of amendment, 305