f this day.
17. Insurrection in the Champ de Mars--the red flag (the
signal of danger) continues flying a long time.
Disorders in the Pays-de-Caux, and at
Brie-Compte-Robert.
23. Violent decree against emigrant nobles.
The assembly proceeds rigorously against those who
accompanied the King in his flight.
The King himself is not considered so culpable.
All distinctions of nobility, and all titles, are
wholly abolished.
The ministers are required to give an account every
ten days to the assembly of the execution of its
decrees.
The decree on people of colour spreads
consternation at St. Domingo.
_August_. Money is coined from the metal of the bells in
churches.
One hundred thousand livres voted to the academy of
science for the purpose of bringing weights and
measures to one uniform standard.
The title of Dauphin changed to that of Prince
Royal.
Rewards are decreed to all those who stopped the
King.
A committee is appointed to manage national
domains; that is, the confiscated property of the
King and clergy.
Decreed, that if within a month the King do not
take the oath to the nation, or if he retract it,
he shall be adjudged to have forfeited the crown.
Decreed, that the guard for the King shall not
exceed 1200 foot, and 600 horse.
Those who may be placed in succession to the throne
to have no other title than that of French princes.
Registers of the births, marriages, and burials, of
the royal family to be deposited in the archives of
the national assembly.
Suppression of the payment of a mark of silver,
which was heretofore required from such as were
deputed to the legislature.
Decreed, that every law relative to taxes shall be
independent of the royal sanction.
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