Preamble

The Nova Roman people enacts the following law regarding the assessment of the citizens' census as their estimated civic worth, their cultural and organizational wealth held in Nova Roman society, superseding the lex Cornelia de punctis censualibus. The form of government of the Old Roman Republic was aristocratic by plutocracy, the New Roman Republic is aristocratic by meritocracy. This law ensures that the meritocratic principles, and not money and birth, define influence and place in our revived Roman people. Accordingly, the purpose of this law is to encourage and reward merit, such as service to the res publica, work and productive activity, especially conventions and live programs of citizens, intellectual contribution and financial contribution to Nova Roma, and the noble effort of citizens to participate in all areas of Roman studies and Latin, the language of the Roman people, rewarding certified, demonstrated knowledge and expertise that are essential in the educational and historical mission of Nova Roma to restore and promote Roman culture.

I. Census Points

I.A. In ancient Rome, citizens were said "censum habere" i.e. "to possess the census of" (followed by the estimated amount of money), and this census (meaning "wealth", "value") classified them as members across five classes or the equestrian order. In Nova Roma, our "wealth", our "census" is our merit accrued through our service and contribution toward our sacred goals, and through our knowledge about ancient Rome, our expertise in studies and practices that can help bring Romanitas to life and spread Roman culture and virtues across the world. The wealth of a Nova Roman citizen is the citizen's merits toward this mission. These merits reflect a citizen's service toward the republic which embodies this spiritual and educational mission. The assessment of the census (the "wealth in Romanitas") of the Nova Roman citizens is measured in Census Points (Censualia Puncta) which are merit points given for contributions towards various aspects of Nova Roma according to the aforementioned motivations of this law. Census Points are divided into the categories of Service Points, Treasury Points, Status Points, Activity Points, Award Points and Cultural Points so that all relevant areas of civic life can be assessed and valued.

I.B. The assessment, registration and accounting of Census Points are the duty of the censors as part of their powers. It shall be the responsibility of each citizen to review their Census Point account and ensure that all of their offices, statuses, titles, awards, and acquired points are represented. The censors shall strive to be as accurate as they can be, but it is only with the active cooperation and involvement of citizens that the censors can ensure the records are as close to perfection as possible.

II. Supervision and protection of Census Points

II.A. The censors are the supreme authority over the assessment of the Census Points of citizens, the supreme guardians and judges of the Census Point system. If any of the censors suspects a misuse of the Census Points, such as accumulative and unnecessary appointments of friends as officers in order to promote them in the social hierarchy, suspicious or accumulative appointments without any evidence of real work involved, unmerited Census Point awards, or corrupt motivations, the censor is responsible to bring the case to the panel of quaestors, as described at II.C, or directly to Nova Roman court if the censor is absolutely convinced and deem that no preliminary investigation is needed.

II.B. If, during exercising the regimen morum (supervision of public morality) in their power, the censors collegially determine that the citizen in question lost his reputation due to ignominious, disgraceful behavior and infamy, they can rescind those Award Point issues which they find unmerited, disgraced and undeserved. Such a penalty cannot be reversed just by the censors or by a lex. The censors can rescind Award Points only, but cannot rescind other types of Census Points without referring the case to the panel of quaestors first, or to a Nova Roman Court.

II.C. The Census Point Jury Panel of Quaestors. In order to ensure maximum safety and fairness of the Census Point system, the quaestors are also collectively entrusted with the surveillance and protection of the integrity of the Census Point assignments. In case a quaestor suspects any abuse of the Census Point system, as described at II.A., the quaestors as a collective panel shall investigate, judge, and report the case to the censors. If the majority of the quaestors determine that an appointment of an officer or another type of allocation of Census Points has been made out of corrupt motivations, the Census Points in question shall not be counted for the citizen, and the quaestors shall bring the case to the praetor who shall determine if there is a need for a legal process against the abusers. A citizen who has lost Census Points due to the decision of the panel of the quaestors can also appeal to court if the citizen is convinced about the righteousness of his or her case. If both censors disagree with the decision of the quaestorial panel, they can jointly overturn the decision of the quaestorial panel if, at the same time, they refer the case to a Nova Roman court for a decision regarding the allocation of Census Points or the potential criminality of the involved parties. One censor alone cannot overturn the decision of the quaestorial panel, and the overturning of the panel’s decision can only take effect once the case has been referred to Nova Roman court.

II.D. In case there is any doubt regarding the interpretation of the regulations and instructions in this law or the supervision, protections, functioning and mechanisms of the Census Point system, the censors shall decide the interpretation by edict.

III. Categories of Census Points

III.A. Service Points

III.A.1. There shall be two types of Service Points, Past Service Points and Current Office Service Points, which are of the same amount, with the following exception: for the duration of service Current Office Service Points include an extra amount of Census Points to magistrates in order to enhance their social status and influence during their tenure of office which helps them in creating a stable government. Other officers don't receive an extra amount of Census Points for their Current Office Service Points. Past Service Points are given to all officers for past offices.

III.A.2. Past Service Points are given per terms at the end of each term if the position has a fixed term. If the position is repeated by prorogation, or by confirmation in office by the next employer, each started prorogation or confirmation counts as a new term. If only the title of the office changes but the duties do not, it does not count as a new term. Only a new appointment or a new prorogation counts as a new term. [1]

III.A.3. If the position has an indefinite term, or is linked to the superior's term, Past Service Points, if not regulated otherwise by law, are calculated cumulatively, and assigned, after each completed one year period (12 months): the first amount is given after starting the second year in office (the officer receives one amount of Current Office Service Points, and one amount of Past Service Points), the second amount is given after starting the third year (one amount of Current Office Service Points, and two amounts of Past Service Points) etc.

III.A.3.a. The term of apparitors and other officers appointed by higher officers, by the senate, or by other institutions, if not otherwise defined in the appointment, is considered to be the period of time between the appointment and the date when the appointing superior honorably discharges his or her lower officer, but their Past Service Points are calculated according to III.A.3, as if 12 months were the term of office that they were supposed to complete. If superiors, before the end of their term, do not explicitly remove their appointed officer, the term of office of the appointed officer is considered to end on the day when the appointing superior steps down, at which time the officer is automatically renewed for a new term unless explicitly removed by edict within one month from the new superior’s first day of term. This removal within one month shall have a retroactive effect and dates the removal to the last day of the term of the previous superior.

III.A.3.b. Governors and certain officers defined by law may not receive additional Census Points for a longer than 12 month service unless appointed or prorogued for a new term.

III.A.4. If an officer serves only part of the term of office, only partial Past Service Points shall be given. The amount of Past Service Points shall be proportional to the amount of time spent in office from the full term, and the exact method of calculation shall be defined in edict by the curator rei informaticae on the basis of practical considerations regarding the information technology aspects of the system, but each officer shall receive at least one quarter (rounded up) of the Past Service Points total just for entering office, calculated from the full length of term of their office, which is added to whatever partial amount past officers would have based on the time spent in office, so that they should have the total of what is due for 12 months after commencing the fourth quarter of their 12 month period. The curator rei informaticae is authorized to issue rules of counting partial Past Service Points in edict that are different from the one set forth by this law if there are technical problems with the program of the censorial database.

III.A.4.a. In case of officers with indefinite term of office, the basis of calculation of partial term Past Service Points shall be the one year (12 months) as described in III.A.3 (for example, such an officer serving for 2 years and 4 months will receive 2 and 1/3rd times the Past Service Point amount, plus 1/4th which is due upon entering office, after stepping down from office; while in office, partial term points will not be given: the same officer would hold only two amounts of Past Service Points for the two full years, plus the Current Office Service Points).

III.A.4.b. The Past Service Points of governors and certain officers defined by law shall be calculated the same way as described in III.A.4.a, i.e. partial points shall be calculated from a fictive 12 month full term, but they shall not receive Past Service Points for more than 12 months if their term is longer. Each appointment or prorogation is considered a term. (Example: a governor serving for 8 months would receive the Past Service Points what is due for serving the 2/3rd of a term, but a governor serving a term of 1 year and 8 months would receive only what is due for 12 months.)

III.A.4.c. If any law would penalize resignations or removal from office, mere resignation, when it is a traditional stepping down from office due to custom, does not count as a resignation: the resignation of extraordinary magistrates, the dictator, magister equitum, or of other extraordinary officers appointed for a task with a term but having finished the task sooner, or the resignation of a censor after the death or resignation of his or her colleague do not count as resignations but complete terms. Honorable discharge is also not considered removal from office, but as completion of the term.

III.A.5. In case of positions for life, priesthoods (except provincial priest), senate membership etc., Status Points are given instead of Service Points, see section III.B.

III.A.6. The senate and comitia shall have the authority to issue points for special positions, for new offices, or other positions not included in this lex, as well as for special services performed on behalf of the State.

III.A.7. The following amounts of Census Points shall allocated as Service Points:

III.A.7.a. SERVICE POINTS FOR MAGISTRATUS ORDINARII

The following amounts of Census Points are allocated for ordinary magistracies:

Censor:

1000 CP Current Office Service Point

100 CP Past Service Point

Consul:

1200 CP Current Office Service Point

120 CP Past Service Point

Praetor:

600 CP Current Office Service Point

60 CP Past Service Point

Aedilis Curulis:

200 CP Current Office Service Point

20 CP Past Service Point

Aedilis Plebis:

150 CP Current Office Service Point

15 CP Past Service Point

Tribunus Plebis:

150 CP Current Office Service Point

15 CP Past Service Point

Quaestor:

100 CP Current Office Service Point

10 CP Past Service Point

Vigintisexvir:

50 CP Current Office Service Point

10 CP Past Service Point

III.A.7.b. SERVICE POINTS FOR MAGISTRATUS EXTRAORDINARII

The following amounts of Census Points are allocated for extraordinary magistracies:

Dictator:

2400 CP Current Office Service Point

240 CP Past Service Point

Magister Equitum:

600 CP Current Office Service Point

60 CP Past Service Point

Interrex:

1200 CP Current Office Service Point

12 CP Past Service Point

III.A.7.c. SERVICE POINTS FOR LESSER OFFICES

III.A.7.c.i. State Ministers. The senate and the magistrates, directed by law, may appoint various minor state officers (similar to secretaries or ministers of a modern government), such as the curator rei informaticae, the curator aerarii, the praefectus rei publicae administrandae, or the magister aranearius (when it was moved out of the Vigintisexviri), or a Legatus when it serves in the central government etc. They shall receive the following Census Points, unless the laws otherwise state:

Curator, Praefectus, Legatus etc.: ministers of state appointed by the senate or the government:

20 CP Current Office Service Point

20 CP Past Service Point

III.A.7.c.ii. Subordinate Officers. Magistrates or other institutions authorized by law may appoint subordinate officers, higher ranking prefects, legates, provosts etc., or lower ranking apparitors. The ranks and titles of officials included in each rank are defined by each appointing magistrate or officer, unless a law regulates it otherwise. Citizens may hold more than one position in a magistrate's staff, but get points for the highest one only. The following amounts of Census Points are allocated for subordinate offices:

1st rank Official (one per magistrate): Chief Of Staff, Praefectus:

11 CP Current Office Service Point

11 CP Past Service Point

2nd rank Official: Chief Apparitor, Office Manager, Chief Of Staff, Praefectus:

9 CP Current Office Service Point

9 CP Past Service Point

3rd rank Official: Senior Apparitor, Department Manager, Praefectus:

7 CP Current Office Service Point

7 CP Past Service Point

4th rank Official: Apparitor (accensus, scriba, praeco, lictor etc):

5 CP Current Office Service Point

5 CP Past Service Point

III.A.7.d. SERVICE POINTS FOR PROMAGISTRATES AND PROVINCIAL OFFICES

III.A.7.d.i. Promagistrates. Provincial governors or specially appointed military commanders or promagistrates with imperium receive the following amount of Census Points:

Governor:

50 CP Current Office Service Point

25 CP Past Service Point

III.A.7.d.ii. Provincial Government Subordinate Officers. The system of minor provincial officials is identical to the system of the central Subordinate Officers at III.A.7.c.ii., but the titles of offices are different. Citizens may hold more than one provincial position, but get points for the highest one only. The ranks and titles of officials included in each rank are defined by each governor, unless a law regulates it otherwise:

1st rank Official (one per provincia): Vice-Governor:

11 CP Current Office Service Point

11 CP Past Service Point

2nd rank Official: Lieutenant-Governor, Province Minister, Legatus-Praefectus:

9 CP Current Office Service Point

9 CP Past Service Point

3rd rank Official: Office Manager, Chief Apparitor, Praefectus:

7 CP Current Office Service Point

7 CP Past Service Point

4th rank Official: Apparitor:

5 CP Current Office Service Point

5 CP Past Service Point

Provincial Sacerdos (this is an office rather than a for-life priesthood):

10 CP Current Office Service Point

1 CP Past Service Point

III.A.7.e. SERVICE POINTS FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICES

III.A.7.e.i. The following amounts of Census Points are allocated for municipal magistracies:

Municipal Mayor:

60 CP Current Office Service Point

12 CP Past Service Point

Municipal 2nd Rank Magistrate:

20 CP Current Office Service Point

10 CP Past Service Point

Municipal Lesser Magistrate:

10 CP Current Office Service Point

5 CP Past Service Point

III.A.7.e.ii. Municipal Subordinate Officers. Municipal magistrates or other institutions authorized by law may appoint subordinate officers, higher ranking prefects, curators etc., or lower ranking apparitors. The ranks and titles of officials included in each rank are defined by the municipal laws or the laws of the republic, or by each appointing magistrate or officer, unless a law regulates it otherwise. Citizens may hold more than one position in a magistrate's staff. Municipal Subordinate Officers may hold various titles, can be of various seniority, but they can only receive the Census Points of a 4th rank Official: 5 CP for both Current Office and Past Service Points.

III.A.7.f. SERVICE POINTS FOR OFFICERS OF RECOGNIZED CORPORATIONS

Officers of officially recognized or state sponsored sodalitates or corporations within Nova Roma shall receive Census Points. Citizens may hold more than one sodalitas position, but get points for the highest one only. The positions and titles of officials included in each rank are defined by the charters and officers of the corporations:

President:

6 CP Current Office Service Points

6 CP Past Service Points

Senior Officer:

4 CP Current Office Service Points

4 CP Past Service Points

Minor Officer:

2 CP Current Office Service Points

2 CP Past Service Points

III.B Status Points

Status Points are a category of Census Points which are not given for the time spent in service, for terms of office, or for the service per se, because they are meant to be given once and for all, for life. These include Census Points for priesthood, because they are theoretically appointments for life, and these also include various ranks, memberships in orders and types of nobility.

III.B.1. STATUS POINTS FOR PRIESTHOODS

The following amounts of Census Points are allocated for priests of the republic, of the municipalities and for altar servants and priestly assistants:

Pontifex Maximus, Rex and Regina Sacrorum, Flamen Maior, Vestalis Maxima:

50 CP Status Points

Pontifex, Flamen Minor, Augur, Vestal:

40 CP Status Points

Other Sacerdos:

20 CP Status Points

Municipal Pontifex, Flamen, Augur:

16 CP Status Points

Municipal Other Sacerdos:

8 CP Status Points

Sacerdotal Assistant (such as camillus, popa, pullarius, victimarius, pontifex minor etc.):

4 CP Status Points

III.B.2. STATUS POINTS FOR GENUS

III.B.2.a. In recognition of the founding dynasties of Nova Roma, and in consideration of their religious responsibilities towards the sacra publica, patrician citizens shall receive a small amount of Census Points for their status:

Patriciatus:

5 CP Status Points

III.B.2.b. In recognition of their sacred duty of reviving and attending the family cultus of the noble dynasties they are restoring to life, citizens of nobilis consular family names (nomen and cognomen combination) shall receive one Census Point for their status. Nobilis consular family names shall be considered those which were borne by at least one consul of the old republic and empire, or of the new republic (title starting with the offspring):

Nobilitas Consularis:

1 CP Status Point

III.B.2.c. In recognition of their personal achievement, citizens who reach the consular dignity as first of their name (nomen and cognomen combination), not bearing a nobilis consular family name as defined in (III.B.2.b. ), shall receive one Census Point for their status as Homo Novus, new entry to the nobilitas consularis:

Homo Novus:

1 CP Status Point

III.B.3. STATUS POINTS FOR ORDERS

III.B.3.a. Membership in the Equestrian Order of Nova Roma and membership in the senate of the republic or in the ordo decurionum of municipalities shall be recognized by the following Status Points:

Equestrian Order:

4 CP Status Points

Senatorial Order:

10 CP Status Points

Municipal Decurionate Order:

5 CP Status Points

III.B.3.b. The status of the first knight of the Equestrian Order of Nova Roma, designated so by the censors during census and the recognitio equitum, shall be recognized by the following Status Points:

Princeps Iuventutis

400 CP Status Points

III.B.3.c. The status of the first senator of the senate of Nova Roma, designated so by the censors during census, shall be recognized by the following Status Points:

Princeps Senatus:

1000 CP Status Points

III.C. Treasury Points

Treasury Points are given as a reward for special contributions to the Nova Roman treasury during taxation periods and serve to help establish a proper restoration of the equestrian order in Nova Roma.

III.C.1. Smaller donations (5 times the basic tax) are recognized as preliminary membership in the equestrian order, and recognized with the title “tribunus aerarius equestris”, and an advancement by one class upwards; large donations (15 times the basic tax) are rewarded with full membership in the private equestrian order:

Citizens paying 5 times the basic tax (3 times the basic tax for Roman reenactors and officially certified Latinists):

25 CP Treasury Points plus the title tribunus aerarius equestris

Citizens paying 15 times the basic tax (9 times the basic tax for Roman reenactors and officially certified Latinists):

400 CP Treasury Points plus the title eques equo privato

III.C.2. Reenactors and certified Latinists shall receive the same amounts of Treasury Points and honors for a slightly smaller amount of donation (for 3 and 9 times the basic tax). The reasoning for the reduction in case of reenactors is that reenactors might more pressingly need the authorization to wear equestrian insignia at events where they also promote and represent Nova Roma. The reduction in the required donation is therefore justified by the service they do for Nova Roma in the field, and by the fact that they are more likely than non-reenactors to buy the equestrian clothing and insignia which imposes upon them additional costs above the donation. The reasoning for the reduction in case of Latinists is that they are vital and integral in the mission of Nova Roma to restore the Roman people, because without the Roman language, there is no Roman people, and accordingly Nova Roma wishes to raise the status of accomplished Latinists within the society.

III.C.2.a. Reenactors can be recognized as such by presenting photographic evidence to the censors and registering the name of the reenactment group where they belong (if there’s any). Reenactors applying for this reduction agree that the presented photographs can be used in publications of the websites and internet pages of Nova Roma.

III.C.2.b. Latinists can be recognized as such by presenting the censors a certification, obtained through a Latin examination by a Nova Roman educational institution, or outside Nova Roma, which proves Latin fluency in writing. In the absence of such a document, the censors can assign the task of examination to a Nova Roman committee of Latin teachers, described at III.D.1.b.ii., who shall decide if the applicant for the status of Latinist may be qualified as having Latin fluency in writing.

III.D. Cultural Points

Cultural Points are given in recognition of knowledge and expertise within the subjects of Romanitas; used as a motivation and prize for studying, researching, and utilizing all the theoretical and practical knowledge that can help Nova Roma to revive and promote Roman culture.

III.D.1. CULTURAL POINTS FOR ACADEMIC DEGREES, EXPERTISE, KNOWLEDGE AND STUDIES RELATED TO ROMAN CULTURE

III.D.1.a.i. Academic Degrees. In order to receive Cultural Points for academic degrees, the MA or PhD, a digitalized copy of the certifications must be presented to the censors, and upon examination of the copy of the certificates, the censors shall issue Census Points according to the following proportions:

Citizen has MA from a Romanitas subject:

10 CP Cultural Points

Citizen has PhD from Romanitas subject:

20 CP Cultural Points

III.D.1.a.ii. Nova Roman Courses.Completing a course on Roman or Nova Roman studies held by Nova Roman educational institutions or educational institutions recognized by Nova Roma (such as the Academia Thules) are also awarded Cultural Points if sufficient evidence is given to the censors (certificate, testimony of the institution or teachers). Participation in itself, except in case of Latin (see III.D.1.b), doesn’t count, only a successful completion, absolution with a non-failure grade.

Completing a Nova Roman course::

5 CP Cultural Points

III.D.1.b. Latin Proficiency. The following amounts of Cultural Points can be given for participation in a Latin course recognized or conducted by Nova Roma, or held by an appointed censorial board of Latin examiners as described in III.D.1.b.ii., and for certified knowledge of Latin in various levels evidenced by official certificates or by an examination conducted by the aforementioned committee:

Participation in Latin course:

3 CP Cultural Points

Elementary knowledge of Latin:

5 CP Cultural Points

Intermediate knowledge of Latin:

10 CP Cultural Points

Latin speaker or writer, fluency (Latinist, same as under III.C.2.b.):

20 CP Cultural Points

III.D.1.b.i. If the description of the certification of Latin knowledge is not clear regarding the three levels of proficiency, a censorial committee of Nova Roman Latin teachers shall determine what degree of proficiency the document testifies.

III.D.1.b.ii. Censorial Board of Latin Examiners. The censorial board of Latin examiners shall consist of two Latin teachers at least with Nova Roman citizenship, who shall be appointed to this committee by the censors and shall prove their qualification to the censors with a document of MA degree from Latin studies. The censors can appoint more than one censorial board of Latin examiners at the same time.

III.D.2. CULTURAL POINT PRIZES FOR COMPETITIONS

Cultural Points must be given to the first three best places in contests and competitions held or officially recognized by the central Nova Roman magistrates, normally the aediles, or the praetors or consuls. Other magistrates and officers and even private citizens may also award Cultural Point prizes on competitions they hold but only with a special permission given by an edict of the aediles, praetors or consuls. The following amounts of Census Points shall be given to the three best places:

Contest Winner:

3 CP Cultural Points

Contest 2nd place:

2 CP Cultural Points

Contest 3rd place:

1 CP Cultural Points

III.D.2.a. If there is only one contestant, he shall receive the 3 CP, if there are two contestants, the winner shall receive 3 CP, the second 2 CP, if there are three contestants, the 3rd place has to receive the 1 CP for third place: these instructions shall be followed regardless of the quality of the work produced by the contestants. No ties are permitted, there must be a decision about 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each competition. At retroactive allocation of these Cultural Points, however, ties can be recognized and points allocated accordingly.

III.D.2.b. In case of a more serious and more difficult contest, where the work involved suggests an extraordinary achievement, the senate may decide about extraordinary Census Point prizes. The senate shall fix the amounts given to the recognized places, which can include as many as the senate deems fit (not only the first three). The upper limit of Cultural Census Point prize shall be 400 CP, the equivalent of equestrian census. Participants without a ranked place may receive no more than 3 CP.

Extraordinary Contest Prizes for Ranked Places:

1-400 CP Cultural Points

Extraordinary Contest Participants:

1-3 CP Cultural Points

III.E. Activity Points

Activity points work and involvement in Roman activities, and may be awarded independently from holding any office or title, solely for the work or activity produced by the citizen. The censors may grant Activity Points to any citizen, but only if there is sufficient evidence proving the case.

III.E.1. ACTIVITY POINTS FOR REENACTMENT

A reenactor can be registered by the censors according to the process described at III.C.2.a., and be given Activity Points. The military rank of the reenactor, or the leader of any other type of Roman reenactment group, can be recognized, and accounted, only and only if the reenactor serves in a fully Nova Roman military reenactment unit, or in an allied military reenactmant unit, as defined by the lex Aurelia de legionibus, or in a fully Nova Roman or allied gladiatorial reenactment group, as defined by the lex Aurelia de familiis gladiatoriis et ludis gladiatoriis:

Reenactor (both military, gladiatorial or civilian):

10 CP Activity Points

Roman military junior officer reenactor: from Decanus to Optio or equivalents:

15 CP Activity Points

Roman military senior officer reenactor (or group leader, even if civilian): from Centurio to Tribunus or equivalents:

20 CP Activity Points

III.E.2. ACTIVITY POINTS FOR EVENT ORGANIZATION FOR NOVA ROMA

Organizers and participants of a Nova Roman real life event, meeting, convention, festival, held fully or partly by and in the name of Nova Roma, can receive Activity Points if they demonstrate it sufficiently at the satisfaction of the censors. Photographic evidence about the citizen present at the event must be provided and uploaded to the Nova Roma website. In the absence of a visual evidence, Activity Points cannot be allocated. One, or more than one, organizer can be rewarded by the censors, at the request and testimony of the applicants for these Activity Points.

Organizer of a Nova Roman Event:

4 CP Activity Points

Participant in a Nova Roman Event:

2 CP Activity Points

III.E.3. ACTIVITY POINTS FOR WORK FOR NOVA ROMA

Any private citizen or officer may apply, or any superior who wants to reward the work of his or her subordinate may apply, for a bonus reward of one Activity Point for a project completed for Nova Roma which required at least 24 hours of work. The petition for the work bonus Activity Point shall summarize the activity, the product of work, and how it was a work for Nova Roma in one or two sentences, and shall be submitted for decision to the panel of the quaestors. An officer cannot reward the work of his or her own subordinate officer this way, they can only refer the case to the quaestorial panel for decision: in the case none of the quaestors object, the Activity Point can be issued. All bonus Activity Points granted this way shall be listed on a special page of the Nova Roma website with the name of the rewarded citizen, if there was one, the name of the magistrate requesting the higher magistrate to make the reward, and the description of the activity for which the Activity Points were given.

Significant Completed Work Project:

1 CP Activity Point

III.E.4. ACTIVITY POINTS FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCREASING THE REPUTATION OF NOVA ROMA

Any citizen may petition the censors for the recognition of a major and particularly significant achievement in the field of Romanitas, or the censors may on their own initiative or by recommendation recognize such a citizen, for example, a publisher of a high quality website on Roman studies, an author of book, film, renown blog, high quality production, or program. This recognition shall be given to citizens whose association to Nova Roma can make Nova Roma more famous and more respected. Such recognition shall be entirely within the judgement of the censors collegiately, subject to potential rejection by the quaestorial panel of Census Point jury. The censorial decision must be made in edict, in which the censors must explain the significance of the achievement and why the citizen in question deserves special treatment and advancement in status. Alternatively, the senate can make such a recognition. Activity Points for a serious accomplishment can be awarded more than once for more accomplishments.

A serious accomplishment in Romanitas:

30 CP Activity Points

III.F. Award Points

Award Points are Census Points given for excellence in public activity, for exemplary service, for singular accomplishments, for heroism, for eminence in productive, positive and exemplary public behavior, and virtues and contributions.

III.F.1. In cases where there is no objection, the four aediles may collectively award citizens who excel in public activity, in public service, in the forums with exemplary conduct, productivity, and usefulness to the commonwealth within a given month. These awards will demonstrate these citizens as examples to follow:

Award for excellence in the month:

1 CP Award Point

III.F.2. All magistrates and officers with the ius edicendi may award members of their staff, once in a year, for excellent service. This award may only be granted on the last day of the term of office of a magistrate or officer, or if the term of office does not have fixed term, on the last day of the year:

Award for excellent service in the year:

2 CP Award Points

III.F.3. Magistrates or promagistrates, with imperium, and the senate may grant awards for significant achievements, strictly within the frames of Nova Roma, that advance the cause and the mission of Nova Roma, or for extraordinarily exemplary actions, inside or outside the frames of Nova Roma, that may inspire other citizens and may increase the reputation of Nova Roma in the world. These awards may be issued only during legally defined and obligatorily observed national holidays of Nova Roma, and shall be presented as “given from the occasion and in honor of the holiday.” (At the time of the enactment of this lex, these are the New Year’s Holiday, Concordialia, Ludi Novi Romani, Anna Perenna Holiday, Megalesia, Parilia, Cerealia, Apollinaria, Volturnalia, Ludi Romani, October Horse Holiday, Ludi Plebeii, Saturnalia, Civilia). These awards may be issued under various titles decided by the awarding authority, and by future senatus consulta or leges. Governors may issue only the lowest grade of this award, 3 CP:

Award for a Nova Roman achievement:

3 CP Award Points

Major award for a Nova Roman achievement:

6 CP Award Points

Highest award for a Nova Roman achievement:

9 CP Award Points

III.F.4. The censores, jointly, may grant the censorial award for major Nova Roman achievements or extraordinary excellence in virtue, morality and civic life between two censuses, only to be awarded upon the conclusion of the census, after the lectio senatus and the recognitio equitum, as an alternative to reward those who have already been admitted to the public knighthood or to the senate, or those who should not yet receive the highest distinction of being elevated to the knighthood, but whom the censores would like to honor with a distinction:

Censorial award for most excellent citizenship and achievements in a lustrum (period between censuses):

12 CP Award Points

III.F.5. Only the senate can grant the following extraordinary awards for actions and achievements that merit extraordinary prize. These awards may have various titles decided by the awarding authority, and by future senatus consulta or leges:

Extraordinary award, amount decided by the senate depending on the merit:

13-399 CP Award Points

Major extraordinary award, equal to equestrian census:

400 CP Award Points

Highest possible extraordinary award, equal to senatorial census:

1000 CP Award Points”

III.F.6. This variant of the highest possible award can be given only at the request of a fully Nova Roman reenactment unit under the imperium of the recipient. The prerequisite of this award is the salutatio imperatoria, an exclamation after a victorious reenactment battle, which a representative of the army messages to the senate, for only the senate can recognize and grant this award for extraordinary leadership achievements in Roman military reenactment, or for major heroic leadership actions saving or advancing Nova Roma while holding imperium and command of a Nova Roman reenactment army:

Imperator:

1000 CP Award Points

III.F.7. As a variant of the highest possible awards, the title Pater Patriae can be awarded for the founding or re-founding of Nova Roma, for saving Nova Roma from ultimate peril, or for many years of taking care of most of the public affairs with an extraordinary dedication and perfection. If the recipient declines the honor, the Award Points shall still be accounted but instead of the title a note shall be added to the citizen’s public records “Declined the title Pater Pateriae awarded by the senate”:

Pater Patriae:

1000 CP Award Points

IV. Census Point Deductions

Census points can be deducted from citizens as measures defined by law in order to discourage certain behaviors and in order that the Census Points may not only accumulate but also decrease in justified cases, which creates a more balanced pattern determined by the sense of duty and commitment of the citizens.

IV.A. Deduction for non-payment of taxes: After each year that tax is not paid, the citizen shall receive a 100 CP deduction, until the census of the citizen reaches 0 CP. This deduction shall be calculated only when the citizen makes the first new payment after the hiatus. The citizen receives this deduction for the first new payment. When the citizen consecutively pays their tax again in the next year, they will start receiving back +25 CP for each new year of taxes paid, eventually reverting all the deductions for non-payment. When, after any payment hiatus, the citizen has paid continuously for five consecutive years (in the 5th year after the hiatus), they will receive back all remaining deducted CP at once.

Examples:

Citizen “A” has 64 CP, and misses paying taxes for a 6 year period from 2015-2020. He pays taxes in the year of 2021, and as is required, he is deducted -600 CP for missing the previous 6 years. CP can’t be lower than 0, so he now has 0 CP for 2021. The next year he pays for 2022 and receives back the first +25 CP. He will now have 25 CP in total in 2022, If he pays again in 2023, he will have received back 50 CP. A fourth consecutive payment in 2024 will result in the receipt of only 14 more CP, because he cannot receive more than the amount which he lost by deductions (64). Citizen “A” will have received all 64 CP back by 2024.

Citizen “B” has 135 CP, and misses paying taxes for a 2 year period from 2019-2020. He pays taxes in the year of 2021, and as is required, is deducted -200 CP. Citizen “B” will now have 0 CP in 2021. Then he pays his taxes for 2022 and then receives back his first +25 CP. He will now have 25 CP in total in 2022. If he pays again in 2023, he will have received back 50 CP. A fourth consecutive payment in 2024 will result in the accumulation of 75 CP. Paying taxes again in 2025, however, he will receive back the remaining CP to the original 135 CP. All deducted CP is reimbursed at the time of the 5th uninterrupted year of tax payment.

IV.B. Renouncing citizenship or failing to answer the census: Citizens who renounce their citizenship or who fails to register on the census loses all CP. They can regain all CP back in the same manner as described above regarding the deduction for non-payment of taxes (in a maximum 5 year process).

V. Final Provisions

As the applicability of this law depends on the technical realization and programming of the of Census Points system in the infrastructure of the Album Civium (citizen database) website, this lex will take force only after the curator rei informaticae determines that the provisions of this law have been built into the Album Civium. At that time, an edict will be promulgated by the curator rei informaticae putting this law into effect.