The civil government at Grado Redenta . fell into the hands of Venice, Grado hadits own Conte chosen from among the nobles of the Grand Council. This man was a magistrate of a special character, who unitedin himself the duties ofmayor, of custom-houseofficer, of judge and ofadministrator of the Com-mune. By law he hadat disposal six well armedservants, not more thansixty or less than twentyyears of age, and one ofthem had to act as written laws were inexistence, with the excep-tion of a brief list of lo-cal customs; customaryrights and the knowledgeattained by the Conteformed the rules
The civil government at Grado Redenta . fell into the hands of Venice, Grado hadits own Conte chosen from among the nobles of the Grand Council. This man was a magistrate of a special character, who unitedin himself the duties ofmayor, of custom-houseofficer, of judge and ofadministrator of the Com-mune. By law he hadat disposal six well armedservants, not more thansixty or less than twentyyears of age, and one ofthem had to act as written laws were inexistence, with the excep-tion of a brief list of lo-cal customs; customaryrights and the knowledgeattained by the Conteformed the rules of judg-ment. There were asso-ciated with him in thegoverning body the har-bour master, the noblecouncil, the judges, thecomandador, the twochamberlains, the chan-cellor, the chief of police. Grado enjoyed many exemptions allowed by the Venetian go-vernment, in virtue of its ancient origin; notably the exemption fromall dues throughout Friuli, on fish cured in the city of glorious tra-ditions, which was treated as a privileged A casone of fishermen. Later Grado followed the fortunes of her daughter, in the splen-did orbit traced by the Republic of San Marco, in days when theswift galleys and astute traders voyaged eastward, and brought back copious results of the ne-gotiations and of the trade,then again in days whenshe shrunk into herself,waiting in the restrictedlife of old age for the endof her rule. The life of Gradowas limited to that of thefishermen, since it had be-come impossible to com-mand the means necessaryfor making good the landsthat had been invaded bythe sea. The daily la-bour was difficult and ex-acting, both at sea andon the lagoon; but theboats suited for each kindof fishing increased stea-dily in number, until theyformed quite a fleet. Thelong list of fishers was di-vided according to thearea where they were ac-tive, and thus there came to be fishermen of the lagoon, fishermenof the sea, and those who worked on the sands. Life went on through the c
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