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40 GERMANY. [Hefle.-
§.
1 1. The Landgraves of Heß'e-Cajfel, and alfo thofe oi Hejfe-Darmßadf,
have each a particular leat and vote in the college of Princes, who ftiare
HeJJ'e, and are of the fix princely families, vv^ho rank alternately; both of
them alfo fit in the Diet of the Circle of the Upper Rhine ; but it has been
obferved in the introduftion to that Circle that Hejfe-Caß'el has more than
onCe feparated from it. The matricular affefTment of Heffe-Cajfel is 1096
florins, forty-five kruitzers ; and that of Hefe-Dn7-mßadt fix hundred and
fixty-three florins. To the chamber at Wetzlar, Heße-Coßcl ^&y% four hundred
and feventy-two rthler. fifty-five and a half kruitzers, exclufive of
twenty-five rthler. feventy-nine one-fifth kruitzers for the county of Katz.enellnbogen
; and Heffe-Darmßadt three hundred and thirteen rthler.
at Marburg, and the Saint-Revißons or ylppellatious-gericbt,
eighteen one-eighth kruitzers.
§.12. Both Heße-Caffel and Heffe-Darmfladt have a privy-council. In
Hejfe-Caffel are two regencies, viz. one at Cojfcl for Lower HeJJe, and one
at Marburg for the lelTer part thereof; in HeJJ'e-Darmßadt are alfo the fame
number, viz. one at Giejjen for the bailiwicks in JJpper-HeJfe, and one at
Darmfladt for the upper county oi Katzenellnbogen, and part of the country
of Epßein, exclufive of the Saint-Hofgericht, or joint court of juftice held
of which mention
has been already made ; Cajfel has no other particular court of appeals
at Cajfel, and that for Heße-Darmßadt is held at Dartnßadt. Eccleilaftical
and matrimonial cafes come before the confiftories, of which there
are tv^'O for Hejfe-Cajfel, which are held at Cajel and Marburg ; and two for
Darmßadt, namely, at Gießen and Darmßadt. For the trial of noblemen
or perfons of eminence guilty of any great crime, a particular criminal-court
is eredled, if requefted, which is called judicium honoratum, though Hejfe-
Darmßadt has conftantly a criminal-court both at Gießen -xndi Darmßadt.
§.13. The impofitlon and payment of the ordinary and extrordinary taxes
have been fettled in a Diet held at 'Treyßi in the year 1576. The countryfeats
of the nobility, together with the lands and effefts belonging to the
priefls, fchools, and churches are exempt from the ordinary taxes ; but
for the extraordinary ones, agreed on in a Diet by the States, the four hofpitals
only, with their tenants and lands belonging to the priefls and fchools
are excepted. The contribution of the nobility and prelates is in proportion
to that of the country as ten rthler. four albufes to forty-eight rthler. fifteen
albufes. The provincial chefi: is under the management of four receiversgeneral,
who are either elected out of the nobility at the Diet, or on appointing
the commifiion of accounts, and their office is for life. Thefe
nominate the coUedlors. The taxes here are paid in at three towns of receipts.
The prelates, nobility and commoners, owners of cftates which
were oiiginally invefled in noble families, (ftiled joint-contributors) in that
part of Upper He[fe belonging to Caß'el in the county of Ziegenhayn, part of
the bailiwicks of Romberg, Gudensberg and Felsberg, as alfo thofe of Doern-
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