otondo, Palombara, Tivoli, and thence, keeping always at a
distance of two miles inland from the sea, returns to Arteveri.

"Art. 4. The lands of all communes intersected by the above line form
the territory of Rome, excepting all lands that lie between the line
and the sea coast.

"Art. 5. A Senator and a Magistracy of forty Conservators are to form
the Government of the City and its territory.

"Art. 6. The executive power resides in the Senator; the legislative
with the Magistracy of the Conservators. The Senator has the
initiative in all projects of law.

"Art. 7. The office of the Senator is for life; that of the
Conservators for four years. The Magistracy is to be renewed every
year for one-fourth of its members. In the first three years, lot is
to decide who go out; afterwards, the members shall retire by
rotation.

"Art. 8. Ten Conservators, at least, shall be chosen from the
different communes which compose the territory of Rome.

"Art. 9. The Senator is always to be nominated by us and our
successors. For the first election alone we reserve to ourselves the
right of nominating the Magistracy of the Conservators. Hereafter, as
vacancies occur, the Senator shall nominate the Conservators from a
double list presented to him by the Magistracy.

"Art. 10. The judicial functions are to be exercised in the name of
the Senator, by judges nominated by him. Their appointment shall be
for life. They cannot be removed except for fraud or neglect of duty,
recognised as such by the Magistracy, or on being sentenced to any
disgraceful or penal punishment.

"Art. 11. Five AEdiles, nominated after the same fashion as the
Conservators, shall superintend the preservation of the ancient
monuments and the repairs of the public buildings. For this purpose a
special fund (the amount to be determined by the Government) shall be
placed yearly at their disposal.

"Art. 12. Between the kingdom of Italy and the Roman State, there
shall be no intermediate line of customs or duties. The Government of
Rome may, however, impose an _octroi_ duty on victuals at the gates of
the city.

"Art. 13. For . . . years no ecclesiastic can hold a civil office in
Rome or its territory."

The second decree declares that the Papal States, with the exception of
the Roman territories above described, are irrevocably a