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Municipal
magistrates.
Julian
Munic. Law,
23-
Qualifications
for office.
452 The Revolution
years in the legionary cavalry or six years in the legionary
The chief
magistrates infantry,—such military service to have been performed
were a " board
of two"— in camp or in a province during the greater part of each
duoviri—like
year or during half years, two of which may be properly
the consuls,
or less commonly
a
credited to him as equal to a whole year, with whatever
"board of time shall properly be credited to him in accordance with
four"—
laws or resolutions of the plebs,—or unless he shall be
quattuoviri.
exempt from military service in accordance with laws
or resolutions of the plebs or in execution of a treaty by
Councillor,
decurion,
conscriptus
all applied to
members of
the municipal
council
"alderman."
Sesterce,
about s cents.
the city on account of public religious rites of the Roman
people; whatever vehicles must be driven because of a
triumph on the day on which any one shall
celebrate a
triumph; whatever vehicles it shall be necessary to lead
or drive either because of games which shall be held at
public expense in Rome or within one mile of the city of
Rome, or in the processions at the Circensian games.
Upon the expiration of one year after the next Calends
of January no one who is or shall be less than thirty years
of age shall seek, accept, or hold the office of duovir or
quattuorvir or any other magistracy in a municipium,
a colony, or a prefecture, unless he shall have served three
reason of which he cannot properly be required to serve
against his will. Nor shall any one whose occupation
shall be that of a public crier or that of an undertaker's
assistant or that of an undertaker,—so long as he shall
be engaged in any of these occupations,—seek, accept,
hold, or have the office of duovir, or quattuorvir, or any
other magistracy in a municipium, a colony, or a prefecture;
nor shall he serve or give his vote as a councillor or
a decurion or a conscriptus in that place. If any one
of those who are mentioned above, shall have acted in
contravention of these provisions, he shall be liable to
pay to the people a fine of 50,000 sesterces; and who-