[Footnote 31123: Law of Frimaire 7, year V (imposing one decime per franc above the cost of a ticket in every theatre for the benefit of the poor not in the asylums).--Also the decree of Dec. 9, 1809.--Decisions of Vendémiaire 27, year VII, and the restoration of the Paris octroi, "considering that the distress of the civil asylums and the interruption of succor at domiciles admit of no further delay."--Also the law of Frimaire 19, year VIII, with the addition of 2 decimes per franc to the octroi duties, established for the support of the asylums of the commune of Paris.--Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, "Traité de la science des finances," I., 685. Many towns follow this example: "Two years had scarcely passed when there were 293 Octrois in France."] [Footnote 31124: Law of Messidor 25, year V.--Alexis Chevalier, ibid., p. 185. (Decisions of Thermidor 20, year XI, and Germinal 4, year XIII.)--Law of Dec.. 11, 1808 (article 1.)] [Footnote 31125: Albert Duruy, "l'Instruction publique et la Révolution," p.480 et seq. ("Procès-verbaux des conseils-généraux de l'an IX;" among others, the petitions from Gironde, Ile-et-Vilaine, Maine-et-Loire, Puy.de-Dôme, Haute-Saône, Haute Vienne, la Manche, Lot-et-Garonne, Sarthe, Aisne, Aude, Côte-d'Or, Pas-de-Calais, BassePyrénées, Pyrénées-Orienta1es, and Lot.)] [Footnote 31126: Alexis Chevalier, ibid., p. 182. (According to statistical returns of the parent establishment, rue Oudinot.--These figures are probably too low.)] [Footnote 31127: "Recueil des lois et réglemens sur l'enseignement supérieur," by A. de Beauchamp, I., 65. (Report by Fourcroy, April 20, 1802.) "Old schools, since the suppression of upper schools and universities, have taken a new extension, and a pretty large number of private institutions have been formed for the literary education of the young."] [Footnote 31128: Ibid., 65 and 71. (Report by Fourcroy.) "As to the primary schools, the zeal of the municipalities must be aroused, the emulation of the functionaries excited, and charitable tendencies revived, so natural to the French heart and which will so promptly spring up when the religious respect of the government for local endowments becomes known."] [Footnote 31129: Ibid., p. 81. (Decree of May 1st, 1802, titles 2 and 9.--Decree of Sept. 17, 1808, article 23.)] [Footnote 31130: "Histoire du collège des Bons-Enfans de l'université de Reims," by abbé Cauly, p. 649.--The lycée of Reims, decreed May 6, 1802, was not opened until the 24th of September, 1803. The town was to furnish accommodations for 150 pupils. It spent nearly 200,000 francs to put buildings in order.... This sum was provided, on the one hand, by a voluntary subscription which realized 45,000 francs and, on the other hand, by an additional tax.]