UNE ORDONNANCE le 17 Jannine 1742 (an original 18th-century French ordinance)
An original 18th-century French ordinance (a public notice or "placard") issued on January 17, 1742, by Louis-Jean Bertier de Sauvigny, the Intendant of Dauphiné.
LOUIS-JEAN BERTIER DE SAUVIGNY, Chevalier, Confeiller du Roy en fes Confeils, Maitre des Requêtes ordinaire de fon Hotel, Intendant de luftice, Polices, Finances en Dauphiné.
A MAJESTÉ Nous ayant adreffe fes Ordres pour l'aug-mentation de trois cents hommes dans chaque Battaillon de Mi lices de cette Généralité, & la repartition en ayant été faite fur les differentes Communautés de la Province.
NOUS TOUS ORDONNONS à la Communauté de Chichiliane de fournir Milicien le quel fer a tiré au Sort dans le nombre des Garçons ou nouveaux Mariés par le Sr. Getta Nôtre Subdelegué; en confequence enjoignons aux Officiers & Confuls de ladite Communauté de Chichilia me de dreffer inceflament un Etat bien exact && conforme au modelle qui leur fera envoyé par le St.quan Nôtre Sübdelegué, de tous les Garçons & nouveaux Mariés depuis l'âge de 16. juſqu'à 40. ans qu'ils remettront audit Sr. Grecarr le jour qu'il aura défigné pour faire tirer au Sort, mandons auldits Offi-ciers & Confuls de faire ledit Etat bien exact & fans omiffions, à peine de 200. liv. d'amende & fous les autres peines des Ordonnances qui ne pourront être reputées comminatoires, à l'effet de quoy ordomons aux Châtelains, Greffiers & Confuls de figner & certifier veritable ledit Etat. Enjoignons audit Sr. Seccack Nôtre Subdelegué dene rece-voir aucuns defdits Etats qui ne foient dans la forme fufdite, & dans le cas où ils reconnoîtront ou aprendront qu'il y aît été omis quelques-uns de ceux qui doivent tirer, de Nous'en informer aufli-tôt, & de faire au furplus le tirage pour la levée ordonnée conformement aux Ordonnances du Roy, & fera la prefente Ordonnance exécutée ſuivant la forme & teneur par les Officiers de ladite Communauté, & publiée à leur diligen-ce à l'iffuë de la Meffe Parroiffiale, ainſi qu'il eft accoûtumé le premier jour de Dimanche ou de Fête. Fait & Grenoble le 17 Jannine 1742. Signé, BERTIER DE SAUVIGNY: Et plus bas, par Monfeigneur, DELACROIX.
Collationne
A GRENOBLE, D
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Translation
Header: LOUIS-JEAN BERTIER DE SAUVIGNY, Chevalier, King's Councilor in his Councils, Ordinary Master of Requests of his Household, Intendant of Justice, Police, Finances in Dauphiné.
Body: HIS MAJESTY having sent us his Orders for the increase of three hundred men in each Battalion of Militia of this Generality, & the division having been made among the different Communities of the Province. WE ORDER all to the Community of Chichiliane to provide a Militiaman which will be drawn by Lot from the number of Bachelors or newlyweds by the Sub-delegate Sr. Getta; consequently, we enjoin the Officers & Consuls of the said Community of Chichiliane to immediately draw up a very exact Statement & in accordance with the model which will be sent to them by the Sub-delegate Sr. Getta, of all Bachelors & newlyweds from the age of 16 to 40 years that they will deliver to the said Sr. Getta on the day he has designated to have them drawn by Lot, we order the said Officers & Consuls to make the said Statement very exact & without omissions, under penalty of 200 livres fine & under the other penalties of the Ordinances which cannot be considered comminatory, for this purpose we order the Chatelains, Clerks & Consuls to sign & certify the said Statement as true. We enjoin the said Sub-delegate Sr. Getta not to receive any of the said Statements which are not in the above-mentioned form, & in the event that they recognize or learn that some of those who are to draw lots have been omitted, to inform Us immediately, & to carry out the drawing for the ordered levy in accordance with the King's Ordinances, & the present Ordinance will be executed according to the form & tenor by the Officers of the said Community, & published at their diligence at the end of the Parish Mass, as is customary on the first day of Sunday or Holiday.
Closing: Done & Grenoble on January 17, 1742. Signed, BERTIER DE SAUVIGNY: And below, by Monseigneur, DELACROIX. Collationne. IN GRENOBLE, D.
Document Purpose
The ordinance commands the community of Chichilianne to provide a certain number of men for the provincial militia (Milice). It specifies that:
Recruitment: The men were to be selected by drawing lots (the tirage au sort) from among the "boys or newly married men" of the parish.
Age Requirements: Eligible men were those between the ages of 16 and 40.
Compliance: Officials (consuls and officers) were required to create an exact list of eligible men under threat of a 200 livre fine for failure to comply.
Publicity: The decree was to be read and posted at the end of a parish Mass to ensure the community was informed.
Key Figures
Louis-Jean Bertier de Sauvigny (1709–1788): A high-ranking administrator of the Ancien Régime. Before becoming the Intendant of Paris, he served as the Intendant of Grenoble (Dauphiné) in the early 1740s.
Monseigneur Delacroix: The signatory at the bottom who certified the ordinance.
This type of document was common during the reign of Louis XV, as the state frequently raised provincial militias to support the regular army during conflicts like the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748).
The background text, which is visible through the thin paper, appears to be an official printed ordinance or decree from the city of Grenoble, often found as recycled "waste paper" or used for official backing.
