Note 17 — IV.

“THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. “Inasmuch:— “That it is most urgent that the Communal administration of the City of Paris shall be formed immediately, “Decrees:— “1st. The elections for the Communal Council of the City of Paris will take place on Wednesday next, the 22nd of March. “2nd. The electors will vote with lists, and in their own arrondissements. Each arrondissement will elect a councillor for each twenty thousand of inhabitants, and an extra one for a surplus of more than ten thousand. 3rd. The poll will be open from eight in the morning to six in the evening. The result will be made known at once. 4th. The municipalities of the twenty arrondissements are entrusted with the proper execution of the present decree. A placard indicating the number of councillors for each arrondissement will shortly be posted up. “Hôtel de Ville, Paris, 29th March, 1871.”