Immediate steps shall be taken to prepare a Schedule, or statement of property and income, to cover each District and to serve as the basis of assessment.
V.
In each District there shall be holden an annual Assembly, which shall last fifteen days, and which shall consist of:
(a) The officers of the principal city of the District.
(b)One deputy from each of the boroughs.
(c) A certain number of the officers of the Parishes and smaller divisions (arrondissements) to be returned in rotation.
The holders of large landed properties may also attend.
In this Assembly the financial and other affairs of the District shall be transacted, and deputies shall be chosen to represent the District in the Provincial Estates.
"La liberté est l'appui du Trône: l'ordre rend légitime la liberté."—"Considérations" (1764).
VI.