For this purpose a
special fund (the amount to be determined by the Government) shall be
placed yearly at their disposal.
"Art. 12. Between the kingdom of Italy and the Roman State, there
shall be no intermediate line of customs or duties. The Government of
Rome may, however, impose an _octroi_ duty on victuals at the gates of
the city.
"Art. 13. For . . . years no ecclesiastic can hold a civil office in
Rome or its territory."
The second decree declares that the Papal States, with the exception of
the Roman territories above described, are irrevocably and in perpetuity
annexed to the Kingdom of Italy, and that the _Code Napoleon_ is to be
the law of the land.
The third is headed, "Dispositions with regard to his Holiness," and
disposes of the Papal question in this somewhat summary manner.
"We Napoleon, by the grace of God, and by the Constitution, Emperor of
the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Rhenish Confederation,
"Having regard to our first decree concerning Rome, have decreed, and
decree as follows:--
"Art. 1. The Church and the Piazza of St Peter, the palace of the
Vatican and that of the Holy Office, with their dependencies, are a
free possession of his Holiness the Pope.
"Art. 2. All the property of the Capitol and the Basilica of St Peter
are preserved to those institutions under whatever administration the
Pope may please to appoint.
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