_ 460 _ The factor will take great care to learn from these men that are paid that they belong to that fortress, and if it is found that he has paid someone who has not served there or is not due for payment there or who come from outside, it will not be credited to his account, and he will pay triple the amount of pay to the royal treasury, which is to be his punishment. For this reason those who are to be paid will come in person and receive it in the presence of the said officials, and they will not be given anything for anyone else nor sign for anyone. If you as captain order that a payment be made contrary to this procedure and notwithstanding these standing orders, the factor will remind you, and if you ignore him he will take a statement from the clerks of the factory involved in the payment, and will send it here with the payment record book to cover himself and avoid the punishment incurred by you the captain. I order the clerks of the factory that if this happens they are to issue statements of the truth under pain of losing their posts and salaries. The said payments are not to exceed the stated amount in any way, because anything extra will not be credited to the factor’s account. When payments have been made by this procedure, the payment record book for each quarter will be closed, and at the end it will be written that payment was made in
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