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Map of Antangil
Cities & Towns of Antangil
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& the Bishops in the primitive Church, but everything is deferred to the Secular Judges.[1] Moreover, the Presidents are still like Viceroys, receiving packages from His Majesty, & making his will heard, both to the chief generals of war, to the civil authorities, as of the finances. It is also before them that the accounts of the Receivers & Treasurers of the Provinces are rendered, & who give the accounts to those who enter office after them, of the money which is in the public coffers, so that both the office of the President and of the Councillors, are very honorable & of great authority. The King gives to such Presidents a thousand escus for their vacations,[2] in addition to their maintenance; five hundred to the Councillors, two hundred to the clerks, & fifty to their deputies, & thirty to the Sergeants. Besides these wages, they are not allowed to take any presents, on penalty of being declared incompetent to hold office, & being banished for that matter from the Kingdom: or if the evil is great, to the galleys or to the gallows without remission, because there no grace is given, nor is it even lawful to intercede for the criminals, for fear that the tolerated iniquity will make the wicked more prolific in his malice, the wicked people, & the Prince & the Republic guilty before |
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1. This again points to the Gallic Church.
2. Not sure of the meaning of the word "Vacquations"... could be vacancies or vacations? |