The government which Our predecessors established in Isauria is at present in Our mind, and We remember at the same time that in First Galatia and Pacatian Phrygia, We united the office of Vicegerent (as it was formerly called) to the civil magistracy, and honored the official who administers them with the ancient appellation of Count, because of which one of these dignitaries bears the title of Count of First Galatia, and the other that of Count of Pacatian Phrygia, added to the name of Our Majesty.

  We make the same provisions with reference to the Province of Isauria, for We do not wish that he who in the future may administer this office shall use double commissions, assume the title of civil magistrate and at the same time be invested with the insignia of military authority, and bear a double appellation when, in fact, the two places are combined in one; hence, in order that he may have but a single office, We decree that he shall possess military jurisdiction, collect the public taxes, govern all the inhabitants under his control, and preside over only one tribunal which shall be called that of the Count, and shall receive the letters conferring his authority from the Bureau of the Imperial Secretaries. He shall, under all circumstances, obtain the magistracy gratuitously, and shall not give or pay out any money; and in order that he may be free from corruption, We send him the law which We have recently promulgated on this subject. In addition to the commissions conferring the rank of magistrate which are delivered to him, We also give him the Imperial precepts, called mandates by former Emperors, and which have again been introduced by Us into the government, from which he may understand what is required of him in all matters both public and private, and in addition to this, what measures to adopt to prevent the Treasury from being subjected to any unnecessary expense, and learn in what way he should perform his official functions.

  He is notified that he is assigned a place among the spectabile magistrates, and that the Most Glorious Praetorian Prefect, along with Our Most Glorious Quaestor, will hear any appeals taken in his province, as the Augustal Prefect, the Proconsul, the three Praetors, whom We have recently appointed in Pisidia, Lycaonia, and Thrace, as well as the Count of the East, and the Counts of Pacatian Phrygia, and First Galatia do. When a case involving property of the value of less than fifty pounds of gold is hereafter appealed in Isauria the Count himself shall hear it, just as is done in the Auditorium of the Imperial Palace. For We grant him this privilege, adding thereby to the dignity attaching to his office.

  Your Excellency will conduct yourself towards the aforesaid magistrate just as you do toward the other magistrates hereinbefore mentioned. We append to this law a notice stating what must be paid out of the Public Treasury to the Count, his court, and his assessor, and also what he must give in consideration of receiving his commissions. These officials, who have recently been appointed by Us, are hereby notified that they must refuse to receive any money tendered for offices, which is not bestowed by Us either upon themselves, their assessors, and court attendants; for We have allotted large salaries to the Governors themselves, in order to prevent them from accepting anything from Our subjects. If you should discover that the Governors of provinces included in the jurisdiction of the Count of Isauria are negligent in the collection of taxes, you will not remove them, but you will notify the magistrates to threaten such idle and inefficient officials and exert every effort to increase their diligence; for it is only by their cooperation that the government of Isauria can be improved and acquire a greater lustre than it formerly enjoyed. The Count of Isauria shall be entitled to two hundred solidi by way of subsistence; his assessor to twenty-two; and the attendants of his court to fifty-two. He must pay the following sums for the delivery of his commissions, namely, nine solidi to the Chartularies of the Imperial Bedchamber; twenty-four solidi to the Chief of Tribunes of Notaries, and the Laterculensii; and forty solidi to the officers of the court of the Most Glorious Prefect, on account of orders and for all other purposes.