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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.

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