3. That the Physicians and Surgeons already employ'd, may be induced to serve with the greater Diligence, and not to demand any fee of the Sick, they shall have Salaries from the City, and be allowed Sarrots of oiled Cloth, and Chairs, for their more easy Conveyance every where.
4. That seeing the City has no Money, and that it must indispensibly be had, Advertisements shall be publickly affixed, for taking Loans of Money at 5 per Cent. to try to get some by that means: And that the Treasurer not being able to come to reside at the Town-House, M. Bouys, First Clerk of the Records, shall be Cashier there.
The 3d of August, the Marquess de Pilles, and the Sheriffs, being reassembled with the same Citizens, appoint 150 Commissaries in the 5 Parishes of the City, to look each in the Quarter assigned him to the Wants of the Poor; to distribute to them Bread, and other Subsistance, at the Charge of the City; and to do whatever else they shall be directed for the publick Good and Welfare.
In that Part of the Town called the Rive Neuve, which lies beyond the Port, and extends from the Abbey of St. Victor to the Arsenal, the Chevalier Rose is appointed Captain and Commissary General.
And in the Territory, (i.e. the Country belonging to Marseilles) which is like a vast City, there being above Ten thousand Houses, called Bastides, in the 44 Quarters and dependent Parishes, of which it is composed, besides several pretty large Villages; one Captain and some Commissaries are appointed for each, to take the like Care.
The same Day, for preventing Communication among Children, who, as it is said, are most susceptible of the Plague, the College and all the Publick Schools are shut up.
As for the Fires advised by the Two Sicards, they are forborn: Notice is given, that those Two Physicians have deserted the City; besides, there is no Wood, Faggots, or Brushes, to be had; but a Quantity of Brimstone is bought up, and distributed among the Poor, in all Quarters of the Town, and the Insides of all the Houses are order'd to be perfumed.
In the Evening, the Marquis de Pilles and the Sheriffs, being still assembled in the Town-House, Notice is given them, that four or five Hundred of the Populace are got together in the Quarter called l'Aggrandissement, and are very disorderly, crying out they will have Bread; the Bakers of that Quarter, by reason of the Scarcity of Corn, not having made the usual Quantity, so that many Persons could not be served: The Marquess de Pilles and M. Moustier hasten thither, followed by some Guards; their Presence puts a Stop to the Tumult, and they entirely appease the People, by causing some Bread to be given them.