If a decurion should leave his command and return to his home, or should refuse to leave his home and join the army, while he is in good health, he shall pay ten _solidi_ to the governor of the city. And if he should permit anyone else to leave the army, he shall pay five _solidi_ to the governor of the city; and said governor shall inform us of the fact, that, under our direction, said sum may be divided among the members of the command of said decurion. If a soldier, without the permission of any of his officers, should desert the army, and return home, or should refuse to leave his home in order to be enrolled in the forces of the king, he shall pay ten _solidi_, and shall be publicly scourged in the market-place. =ANCIENT LAW.= =V. Where a Conscription Officer Receives a Bribe to Permit Soldiers who are not Ill, to Remain at Home.= Where any conscription officer accepts anything from any person, to release him from military service, he shall be compelled to pay to the governor of the city, ninefold the amount which he accepted; and where he neglects to enroll a person in the army, who was in good health at the time, even though he accepted no bribe from him, he shall be compelled to pay five _solidi_ to the governor of the city. The commander of a thousand men shall make diligent inquiry by his centurions, and the centurions by their decurions, and if it should be ascertained that anyone was released from the service, either through bribery, or entreaty, or, remaining at home, refused to join the army, the _tiuphadus_ shall then notify the lieutenant-general who, in his turn, must write to the governor in whose jurisdiction the offence was committed, in order that the latter may enforce the law provided in such cases; and said governor, as soon as they are collected, shall deliver all sums received as penalties to the officers entitled to receive the same. And if said governor should receive said penalties and appropriate them, or not surrender the same, he shall restore ninefold the amount which he received; and if, through the bribery or entreaty of anyone, he should delay to pay over any of said sums, he shall be compelled, out of his own property, to pay double the amount, to those among whom they should have been divided. If, after the collection of said penalties, he should not notify the king, in order that the latter may provide for their proper distribution, and should not surrender them, he shall be compelled to pay elevenfold the amount, by way of reparation. =ANCIENT LAW.= =VI. Concerning those who Appropriate Army Rations, or are Guilty of Fraud in the Distribution of the Same.=