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Nature of the charter
A charter is a document defining the responsibilities of actors of the French state (the king and the two chambers).

In his Souvenirs de 1814, Louis-Philippe claims that Louis XVIII didn’t conceive the charter as a new fundamental law of the French Kingdom- as those were still in place and couldn’t be changed- but rather as a document stating the replacement of the Estates General and Parliaments by two Chambers, and defining the new responsibilities of these two Chambers.

Drafting committee
On May 18th 1814, Louis XVIII created a drafting committee, nominating its twenty- two members. He doesn’t trust Talleyrand so doesn’t include him, even though the latter played a key role during the constitution of April 6th.

In this commission, chaired by the chancellor Dambray, we find:


 * Three royal commissioners: Montesquiou, Ferrand and Beugnot;
 * Nine senators: Barbé-Marbois, Barthélemy, Boissy d’Anglas, Fontanes, Garnier, Pastoret, Huguet de Sémonville, Sérurier and Vimar;
 * Nine members of the “Corps législatif”: Blanquart de Bailleul, Chauvin de Bois-Savary, Chabaud-Latour, Clausel de Coussergues, Duchesnes de Gillevoisin, Faget de Baure, Faulcon, Lainé and Perrée-Duhamel.

On May 22nd, the commission had its first meeting at Dambray’s place*, staying there six days long. The 26th of May, she offers her projects to the private counsel that approves it.