9. Ordonnance of the Intendant, who directs, 1st, That the adjudication of the works set forth in the architect’s statement shall be proceeded with before his Sub-delegate at Corbeil, in the dwelling of the latter; and that the said adjudication shall be made in the presence of the curé, the syndic, and the chief inhabitants of the parish. 2nd, That inasmuch as delay would be dangerous, the whole sum shall be raised by a rate on all the inhabitants, leaving those who persist in thinking that the steeple forms part of the choir, and ought therefore to be repaired by the large titheowners, to appeal to the ordinary courts of justice. 10. Summons issued to all the parties concerned to appear at the house of the Sub-delegate at Corbeil, where the proclamations and adjudication are to be made. 11. Memorial from the curé and several of the inhabitants, requesting that the expenses of the administrative proceeding should not be charged, as was usually the case, to the adjudicator, seeing that the said expenses were very heavy, and would prevent any one from undertaking the office of adjudicator. 12. Ordonnance of the Intendant, to the effect that the expenses incurred in the matter of the adjudication shall be fixed by the Sub-delegate, and that their amount shall form a portion of the said adjudication and rate. 13. Powers given by certain _notable_ inhabitants to the Sieur X. to be present at the said adjudication, and to assent to it, according to the statement of the architect. 14. Certificate of the syndic, to the effect that the usual notices and advertisements have been published. 15. _Procès-verbal_ of the adjudication-- _liv._ _s._ _d._ Estimate of repairs 487 0 0 Expenses of adjudication 237 18 6 --------------- 724 18 6 16. Lastly, an order in council (23rd July, 1748) authorising the imposition of a rate to raise the above sum. We see that in this procedure the convocation of the Parochial Assembly was alluded to several times. The following _procès-verbal_ of the meeting of one of these assemblies will show the reader how business was conducted on such occasions:-- _Acte notarié._--‘This day, after the parochial mass at the usual and accustomed place, when the bell had been rung, there appeared at the Assembly held before the undersigned X., notary at Corbeil, and the witnesses hereafter named, the Sieur Michaud, vine-dresser, syndic of the said parish, who presented the ordonnance of the Intendant permitting the Assembly to be held, caused it to be read, and demanded that note should be taken of his diligence.