68. States called patrimonial,
69. Every true sovereignty is unalienable,
70. Duty of a prince who is empowered to nominate his successor,
71. His nomination must be sanctioned by at least the tacit ratification of the people,
72. The object of society points out the duties of the sovereign:—he is bound to procure plenty,
73. to take care that there be a sufficient number of workmen,
74. to prevent the emigration of those that are useful,
75. Emissaries who entice them away,
76. Labour and industry must be encouraged,
CHAPTER VII Of the Cultivation of the Soil.
78. Regulations necessary in that respect:—for the distribution of land,
79. for the protection of husbandmen,
80. Husbandry ought to be placed in an honourable light,
81. Cultivation of the soil a natural obligation,
83. Domestic and foreign trade,
84. Utility of domestic trade,
86. Obligation to cultivate domestic trade, <xxv>
87. Obligation to carry on foreign trade,
88. Foundation of the laws of commerce:—right of purchasing,
90. Prohibition of foreign merchandises,
91. Nature of the right of purchasing,
92. Each nation to determine for herself how she will carry on commerce,
93. How a nation acquires a perfect right to a foreign trade,
94. Simple permission to carry on trade,
95. Whether commercial rights be subject to prescription,
96. Imprescriptibility of rights founded on treaty,
97. Monopolies, and trading companies with exclusive privileges,
98. Balance of trade, and attention of government in that respect,
CHAPTER IX Of the Care of the public Ways; and of Tolls.
100. Utility of highways, canals, &c.
101. Duty of government in that respect,
102. Its rights in that respect,
103. Foundation of the right to demand toll,
CHAPTER X Of Money and Exchange.
106. Duty of the nation or prince with respect to the coin,
107. Their rights in that respect,
108. How one nation may injure another in the article of coin,
109. Exchange, and commercial laws,
CHAPTER XI Second Object of a good Government,—to procure the true Happiness of a Nation.
