But the
minister of the police shall still have the right to suppress it
entirely if he thinks proper." - Welschinger, ibid., pp. 346-374.
[55] Welschinger, ibid., pp. 173, 175.
[56] Id., ibid., pp. 223, 231, 233. (The copy of "Athalie" with the
erasures of the police still exists in the prompter's library of the
Th??tre Fran?ais.) - Id., ibid., p 244. (Letter of the secretary-
general of the police to the weekly managers of the Th??tre Fran?ais,
Feb. 1, 1809, In relation to the "Mort d'Hector," by Luce de
Lancival.) " Messieurs, His Excellency, the minister-senator, has
expressly charged me to request the suppression of the following lines
on the stage - 'Hector': D?posez un moment ce fer toujours
vainqueur,Cher Hector, et craignez de laisser le bonheur."
[57] Welschinger, ibid., p. 13. (Act of Jan. 17, 1800.) - 117, 118.
(Acts of Feb. 18, 1811, and Sep. 17, 1813.) - 119, 129. (No indemnity
for legitimate owners. The decree of confiscation states in principle
that the ownership of journals can become property only by virtue of
an express concession made by the sovereign, that this concession was
not made to the actual founders and proprietors and that their claim
is null.
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