The Red Cloud chief., 1880-04-01

cies fha; occasionally ocrsr in is ranks
Two Executives or CAytAinsRegcn;,
one 1or Tbs Town aad 0ss tos The rural
districts. ar. chosen by the Council
every six nson;hs-in April and orto-
ber-and may not be elected fog tho
consecutive terms They may De. how
ever, and frequently are, reelected zftsr
an interval Of three years Some 81
them have thus been recho~en four or
FIVE times, Count B told me he
had himself been Captain Regrnt three
times. II must be remembered, how
ever, tha; San Manno Is small Rspub-
lie. The Regents receive no pay
another evidence thz, San Marine Is not
q Republic, SITTER cisatlsntic ideas, NJ
any rate
Ny readers are doubtless already ina,
paiien; 10 know something of the army,
which for l.3oo years hiss dehed the
manifold elements Of disorder TIA, hare
been 80 fatal 10 - many dynAs;ies and
dismembered 80 many larger and more
populous territories in Europe The
military defense, then. Of the Republic
Of San Marine is committed 10 = regular
army u thirty men, who are supposed
10 be always ready Ia respond 10 the
calls Of honor or Of patriotism A po-
ice, consisting Of i've or six persons,
protects the property of the territory
and gives peaceful slumbers 20 its hon
est burghers. In emergencies the mi
Htia Of the country may be called in aid
of its unconquered regular legions.
They have two Judges. who are, how
ever, required BY law 10 be- taken from
without the territory. and are changed
every three years. Blu, all cases Of sp-
peal are decided by the court Of casa
ton or review, in the neighboring cities
of Bologna, Padua, Turin, or wherever
that tribunal may chance 10 lee sitting
atthe time. The currency in use among
them, also, j. tina, of the Italian Gov
eminent. They had once some sous
coined, the equivalent in value Of our
cent-my host at the inn gave me two
or three of them, but they were not
coined in the Republic. Their number
was very restricted and they are rarely
to be met with except in the collections
of numismatists. Ii is certainly one of
the eccentricities which distinguish San
Marine from all other countries that il
puts its litigation out as some families
put out their washing and trades exelu-
sively with the currency of foreign
States. The country which buys and
sells with q currency over which il has
no control and submits its differences 10
foreign tribunals for adjustment, gives
pretty heavy bonds to keep the peace
with its neighbors, whatever be the title
it gives 10 its form OF government.
The expenses Of their Government
will not seem large 10 an American.
They never exceed $1,000 francs-say
S5,Uo-army, navy, p~ost-ofice, educa-
ton, prisons, police, diplomatic serv-
ice, representation, all included. This
revenue j. raised out Of the profits real
lied by the Government from the pur-
chase of some 100000 pounds Of tobacco
in the leaf, which il manufactures TO
sell at a small advance; from the sale
of about $40 sacks of salt, and a trifling
stamp tax of three cents on notarial,
judicial and other legal documents.
The health of the Republic is looked
after by one physician and one surgeon
employed by the State, who are required
to attend and prescribe for all who send
for them, but who are not expected 10
resent the offer of a gratuity from those
who a afford to pay for their advice.
These functionaries receive some $500 a
year each from the State. The Judges
receive the same. San Marine has not
only never been afflicted with a ews
paper, but no printing press has ever
stood upon its territory-John BigeioU,
in Harper's Magazine Jor Febrtary.