_ 101 _ in the current year in the fortress where he is Chief Justice, provided that he is not suspect. If he is, he will coopt the other judge. If both are suspect, he shall take the senior municipal councillor; and if he is suspect he shall take the second; and if the second is likewise suspect, he shall take the third, who is not to be held suspect. It is my wish that the documents which they draw up be as valid as if no suspicion had fallen on them. If it is judged that the suspicion is not justified, he shall proceed with the case alone as he would have done if the accusation had not been made. If it is judged that the suspicion is justified he shall proceed no further and a judge will be appointed in his place, who will hear the case in accordance with my ordinances. It is likewise my pleasure that when suspicion falls on the said Chief Justices or any case, criminal or civil, the person who is not satisfied with his deposition and wishing to give proof of the fact shall depose four copies before he shall be permitted to give proof; and he shall lose these to the poor prisoners in the prison of the fortress in which he is serving if he is judged not to be suspect. The said Chief Justices shall receive an annual salary of two hundred thousand reals paid at the factories of the fortresses in which they serve, by the factors, in the
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