resident and beneficent proprietor, the voluntary promoter of useful
undertakings, obligatory guardian of the poor, the gratuitous
administrator and judge of the canton, the unsalaried deputy of the
king, that is to say, a leader and protector as previously, through a
new system of patronage accommodated to new circumstances. Local
magistrate and central representative, these are his two principal
functions, and, if we extend our observation beyond France we find
that he exercises either one or the other, or both together.

Notes:

[1]. See note 1 at the end of the volume

[2]. One league (lieu) ca. 4 km. (SR.)

[3]. Suger "Vie de Louis VI.," chap. VIII. - Philippe I. became
master of the Château de Montlhéry only by marrying one of his sons to
the heiress of the fief. He thus addressed his successor: "My child,
take good care to keep this tower of which the annoyances have made me
grow old, and whose frauds and treasons have given me no peace nor
rest'.

[4]. Léonce de Lavergne, "Les Assemblées Povinciales," p. 19. -
Consult the official statement of the provincial assemblies, and
especially the chapters treating of the vingtièmes (an old tax of one-
twentieth on incomes.-TR.)

[5]. A report made by Treilhard in the name of the ecclesiastic
committee, (Moniteur, 19th December, 1789): The religious
establishments for sale in Paris alone were valued at 150 millions.