chap, iv.] CIVIL GOVERNORS.— JUDGES. 7!) 



In each concelho there is a magistrate, entitled adminis- 

 trador do concelho; and a body called camera municipal, 

 which is elected by the inhabitants of the municipal district 

 every two years. The revenues of these corporations are 

 derived from imposts levied ou articles of food, and the rents 

 of properties within their concelhos. The collection of reve- 

 nue is entrusted to a treasurer, who receives a fixed salary. 

 The parishes contained within the concelhos are subdivided 

 into cerculos, in each of which there is a junta da parrochia 

 (vestry) and a regidor (constable). 



CIVIL GOVERNORS. 



The civil governor of Madeira has under his supervision 

 all the different branches of the public service. His prin- 

 cipal duties are, to order and regulate all government ex- 

 penses, according to the law in existence, or agreeably to any 

 special enactment of the Lisbon cabinet; to secure from 

 injury the properties and rights of the crown ; to transmit 

 all necessary instructions to his subalterns ; and to promote 

 the agricultural and industrial welfare of the people. 



JUDGES, 



There are four orders of judges: — 1. The juiz de paz. 2. 

 The juiz eleito. 3. The juiz ordinario. 4. The juiz de 

 direito. 



1 . The juiz de paz, as his name denotes, is a magistrate of 

 peace. His office is, to use all the means which prudence 

 and equity suggest, to bring the parties to an understanding, 

 so as to avoid a law-suit. No cause involving property, the 

 value of which exceeds six dollars, can be proceeded in, with- 



