The aim was to organize the country into units with equal numbers of primary assemblies ( hence the small Amstel department with its large population ).
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The civil-jury table for a department is made up twice a year by the election of one jury for every 100 citizens registered on the citizenship tables of the primary assemblies.
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During the period in which the constitution was in force, the system of primary assemblies that elected delegates who voted for the respective organs of government worked efficiently, and kept the voters engaged.
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However, in these exalting times, like many of the young French aristocrats, he started supporting the rising democratic movement and, when on 14 July 1793 ( year 2 of the French Republic ) the primary Assembly of Le Merlerault adopted the new Constitution, Fran�ois Pouqueville was its Secretary.
