Die JOH fli^MT. Bf oonzpaxkn, pnfesskm. P. Cl

L 13, Méfier, loom.

15. ÉtailmorUàlapeiM/t. Died in tfae hazneas. 24. Avait VortSOe, ûe,, potaédait la ccn.fance^ 24. Seeritaire-OéméraL A kind of first secretaiy or oonfidential derk to tfae i^/et (cf. n. p. 55, L dO), but af a well leoognized officiai status in the préfecture^ where he ninks after ihe préfet himself. Hé reprasents the latter wben absent from bis post and is tbe bead of tbe staff of employées in tbe préfecture. He is nsoallj appointed from among tbe eous-préfets (beads of arrondisaementB^ tbe administrative division nezt below the départementa), and is considered to be in the Une of promotion to the post oî préfet. At the outset i

of bis professional career he is usually a licencié i

en droit (one admitted to the bar) , who bas been |

appointed to the dignity of comeiller de pré* \

fecture,