The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-11-07

oCnll the families in tho state but this was
found SO large and cumbrous an assembly,
that i'll 1917 q council was substituted of
sixty members twenty mobiles, twenty citi-
zcns and twenty farmers or peasants who
were chosen by tho old assembly. Any va
cancy that occurs by death or otherwise in
the council is filled up by new members
chosen by themselves; consequently, the
Government is now rather oligarcic than
democratic in its character.
Thirty members must be present TO make
the meeting II legal one. The council elects
two presidents, or, as they arc called
'Capitan Rcgcnt,' every six months. One
prcsidcs over the upper village, The othcr
over The lowcrand the surrounding country !;
at present Signor Innocent Boncll is Cap.
tain Regent Of the city, as tho upper village
is called, and Amicalc Vita is Captain Re
gent Of the burgo At tho end of the six
months, and before tho election Of the new
president is held there is an intorrcgnum
OF three days, syndic during that time
aud during this period any one is al liberty
to impcnch hc cx presidents for their con-
duct during their term of office. The clco.
iion of the presidents is conducted in the
following manner: Six names are chosen
hy the council, the names are written upon
papers, and the council then proceed to
the church, where. after mass is celebrated
and special prayers offered up, two names
nrc drawn by lot, aud these two are the
presidents for the next six months.
Twice every year there is q grand as
scmbly of the heads ofall the families of
the Republic, aud these can then prot est
against 'nny measure adopted by the Coun-
Gil. None Of the officers OF State arc paid,
but the Captain RcSentsnrc allowed scvcn-
-, -,
their term Of Office, and the foreign and
home ministers have an anuual allowance
of two hundred and fifty francs each for
office expenses, postage, SO. The Comman-
der Chief Of tho army receives no pecu.
mary consideration for his services. The
highest paid officials Of the Republic arc the
medical mcn-thcro are two doctors and
one surgeon, who receive two hundred and
fifty scuds, or thirteen hundred and fifty
francs, year each. There arc no doctors
bills to pay in San Marino for this munif-
cen! salary Of fifty four pounds u year each
the doctors render their services gratis to
all the citizens Of the State but if they arc
sent for out OF The two towns the patients
have to provide conveyance.
''Thc revenue Of the State nnd its cXpcn-
diturc alike amount to about c3 900 year.
This sum is raised by profits upon the sale
vi toDiCco anu SAT-, bOtli, rs IN Italy, state
monopolics, and by very amai ta.s upon
the landed pr"prietors. There is in aidi.
,ion to this, which forms the ordinary bud
get, the sum of 5000 francs n year paid
by the Italian Government, and which is
used for making roads, assisting tho poor,
giving aid in eases of losses by fire or OF her
mistor'uncs, andrcpairing tho public build.
inSs. This sum is paid by The Italian dow
crnmcnt for custom duties or couryc San
Marine wo,;l1 have had right to have
brought its goods in free Of duty, but this
would have caused so much difficulty nj tho
ltalinn custom houses that tho Government
agreed to pay instead an annual sum equal
to the proportion of custom dues which
would TO paid by On equal population Of
Italians. This sum was found upon calcu-
la'i"n TO amount to eighteen thousand
francs, winch sum accordingly the Italian
Government pays annually to San Marino.
The Hcpublc is represented at all the for
cgn Caurts. AT London and Paris their
Ambassador is the Duke Of A1uavivn. |
presume that the duties arc not oncrous,