The law of 28 Pluviôse Year VIII placed at the head of each department a prefect appointed by the government, seconded by sub-prefects and mayors also nominated from above. Local election disappeared and administration became a chain of command. Chaptal, Minister of the Interior, made it the instrument of censuses, roads and statistics.
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Characters Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Count of Chanteloup
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