OF ASSIZES. 97 



those who have committed faults, on all which justice shall 

 be done as speedily as possible, parties being heard or 

 duly called. 



' 5. He shall also remonstrate against abuses which have 

 come to his knowledge, which shall be provided for as each 

 case may require. 



' 6. There shall be drawn up by the Registrar a register 

 of all that has been required and ordered by the police of 

 the forests, and the masters and officers shall be bound 

 to conform themselves to these presents ; and if there be 

 anything requiring explanation or addition, they shall 

 give notice immediately to the Grand-Master and to our 

 Attorney of the Marble Table, for their advice, and that 

 it may be by us attended to. 



' 7. All sentences and judgments which shall be given 

 during the time of the Assizes and High Courts shall be 

 embodied by the Registrar in his register, and shall be 

 signed by the Master, the Lieutenant, and our Attorney 

 before they separate. 



' 8. All the reports sent or brought to the Assizes shall 

 be adjudged by the Master in Audience, on advice of the 

 Lieutenant and Garde-Marteau; and if there be pre- 

 sented any case requiring a formal instruction, or legal 

 statement of the case, it shall be sent on the first day of 

 Audience to the Ordinary Court of the Maitrise to have 

 the formal statement prepared by the Master or his 

 Lieutenant. 



'9. The merchants and factors may make complaints 

 against any who have occasioned trouble to them in the 

 exploitation of their purchases, or have been guilty of 

 exaction or violence, on which complaints justice shall be 

 done as shall be made to appear proper. 



' 10. No officers, workmen, and merchant-factors, or 

 any others who may be obliged to appear at the Assizes, 

 can be condemned without knowledge of the cause or 

 disproportionately to the misdemeanours, or for reasons 

 and motives not embodied in the judgments, excepting 

 that the officers can levy certain sums to be paid: All 

 this under pain of nullification and arbitrary fine. 



H 



