Assemblies And Legislation

III. Assemblies and Legislation

  **Laws and Legislation**

    Any new law or legislation must be initiated by a magistrate, 
    discussed and debated among the Senate, and then brought before one
    of the people's assemblies for a vote.

   **Comitia Centuriata (Assembly of the Centuries)**

    The people shall be divided, by class, into 170 centuries. 
    The first class shall be divided into 80 centuries; the second, third,
    and fourth, each into 20; the fifth into 30. The Head Count shall
    consist of one century.

    The majority of each century shall hold the vote on any matter 
    brought before it, causing the entire century to cast its vote with 
    its own majority. A simple majority of centuries will decide the
    matter for the assembly.

    The comitia centuriata shall decide matters of peace and war and bear
    the responsibility of electing higher magistrates. It shall also 
    serve as a body of appeal in criminal cases in which the death 
    penalty has been imposed.

    The assembly shall be convened by a magistrate who bears Imperium. 
    It meets on the Fields of War.


   **Comitia Tributa (Assembly of the Tribes)**

    The people shall be divided into their thirty-five tribes for the 
    Comitia Tributa.

    The majority of each tribe shall hold the vote on any matter 
    brought before it, causing the entire tribe to cast its vote with 
    its own majority. A simple majority of tribes will decide the
    matter for the assembly.

    The comitia tributa is responsible for electing lesser magistrates
    and serves as a body of appeal for any case in which capital 
    punishment is not involved.

    The assembly shall be convened by tribunes, praetors, or consuls, and
    shall convene in the Iridine Forum.

   **The Senate**
    The Senate shall consist of 300 patricians of the republic and shall 
    serve to advise the elected and chosen magistrates. The Senate shall
    itself not possess lawmaking power, but shall have the ability to
    issue decrees. It shall be divided into thirty groups of ten called
    decurion, each of which shall be led by a senior senator.

    Membership in the Senate shall be determined by the censors. In order
    to be considered, a citizen must be thirty years of age, have
    property- and land-based income of more than 1 million denar per year,
    as well as have an unimpeachable reputation. A member of the Senate
    is not allowed to engage in common commerce or trade.