CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION. - Lot 22

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CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION. - Lot 22
CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION. Commission appointing Jean-Baptiste Pelluch as lieutenant in the Royal Customs Service. Paris and Charleville, 1816. Printed administrative document with numerous handwritten notes, 1 large folio sheet, printed on both sides, bearing the royal coat of arms. Official commission issued by the Customs Administration during the Second Restoration, appointing Jean-Baptiste Pelluch, born in Reims on August 7, 1777, as a lieutenant in the Customs Service at the Signy-le-Petit post, within the Charleville District, effective June 1, 1816. The decree, dated June 6, 1816, is signed by the Councilor of State, Director General of the Customs Administration, and certified as true by the director of field operations. The reverse side lists the duties associated with this position: supervising patrols, collecting customs duties, prosecuting violations, maintaining discipline, training staff, enforcing laws regarding prohibitions, and taking the oath prescribed by law. The document bears several handwritten endorsements and annotations, notably its registration at the Charleville Customs Directorate office on July 30, 1816, under No. 179, with the director’s handwritten signature. An interesting account of the reorganization of the Royal Customs Service following the fall of the Empire, this commission illustrates the formalities surrounding the appointment and assumption of duties by an officer responsible for overseeing border patrols in the Ardennes. A fine administrative document from the Second Restoration, richly annotated and signed, offering a remarkable insight into the territorial organization and operations of the French Royal Customs Service in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.
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