| FRAGMENT
OF A SPANISH CHARTER I ( AD 81-96 ) |
| ( Johnson, Coleman-Norton & Bourne, Ancient Roman Statutes, Austin, 1961, p. 159, n. 193 ). |
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This
fragment, on a bronze tablet reported in 1896 as found near Seville,
Spain, seems to belong to the Flavian period when Spanish towns were
reorganized. Only a part of one clause in the charter is preserved and
it deals with the procedure against officials guilty of misappropriation
of municipal funds. This clause is almost an exact copy of the same
regulation in the Charter of Malaga. |
ENGLISH TRANSLATION. |
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Any person being the cause whereby the said accounts are not so rendered
and whereby the said money is not so exacted or repaid, or his heir,
or any person to whom the matter in question appertains shall be condemned
to pay twice the amount to the citizens of this town ; and in respect
to the said money : the right to take legal action, to sue, or
to prosecute for this money shall belong to any of the citizens of this
municipality of . . . who wishes and who is permitted by this
law . . . |
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