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Leucio.” The principal rules and regulations of the colonywere as follow :—“ Merit alone distinguishes the colonists ofSan Leucio ; perfect equality in dress; absolute absence ofluxury.

“ Marriages shall be celebrated by a religious and civil feast.The choice shall be absolutely free to the young people;nor shall the parents be allowed to interdict the banns.And the spirit of perfect equality being that of the colony,no marriage portions shall be expected. I, the king, willbestow a house, all the necessary implements of the art ofsilk weaving and every convenience, to the new marriedcouple.

“I will and command that amongst you of the colony,there shall be no testamentary bequests, nor any of thoselegal consequences which proceed therefrom. Let the realnatural sense of justice guide your co-relationships. Let thechildren, male and female, succeed to their parent’s property,in equal portions; the parents to their unmarried children ;then the collaterals, in only the first degree ; and in defaultof such, the wife shall have the interest and use thereof. Ifno heirs remain, such as above, the property of the defunctshall go to the general fund of casual aid, and to that of1 orphans equally.

“ Funerals shall be modest and all alike; performed by theparish priest at the expense of the family of the deceased.

■ No sign of mourning to last more than two months.

“Every child, shall be inoculated at the proper time, asshall be directed by the magistrates, without regard toparental authority or caprice.

“ Every child of both sexes, shall attend the Normalschools, at which reading, writing, arithmetic, and the artsconnected with their profession, shall be taught them gratis.

1 The magistrates of the people shall attend to this direc-! tion.

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