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Municipal Census 453
ever wishes shall have the right to enter suit for this
money.
Whoever in the municipia, colonies, or prefectures of Census-tak-
_ ..... . . , ing in the
Roman citizens,—whatever mumcipia, colonies, or pre- municipia.
fectures, there are or shall be in Italy,—shall hold the /j. 28.
highest magistracy or the highest office there at the time
when the censor or any other magistrate is about to take
the census of the people at Rome, he, within the next
sixty days after he shall know that the census of the people
is to be taken at Rome, shall take the census of all the
members of his municipium, colony, or prefecture who
shall be Roman citizens; and he shall cause them to declare
under oath their gentile names, personal names, fathers
or patrons, tribes, family names, how old each one of
them is and the amount of his wealth, in accordance with
the formula of the census which shall have been set forth
at Rome by him who at that time shall be about to take
the census of the people.
He shall see that all these data are entered in the public
records of his municipality; and he shall send these reports
to those who shall take the census at Rome,
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delegates whom the majority of the decurions or conscripti
shall have elected by vote to be delegates and
envoys for this purpose at the time when the matter was
taken into consideration; and not less than sixty days
before the day when those who take the census at Rome
(whoever they may be)
have completed the census of the
people, he shall see to it that the delegates appear before
them and present the reports of that municipium, colony,
or prefecture; and the censor or whatever other magistrate
shall take the census of the people, wdthin the next
five days after the arrival of the delegates from that
municipium, colony, or prefecture, shall receive in good
Records of
the censusi