Pliny, Letter 10.112

Ep. 10.112.1Lēx Pompeia, domine, quā Bīthȳnī et Ponticī ūtuntur, eōs, quī in būlēn ā cēnsōribus leguntur, dare pecūniam nōn iubet;The Pompeian law, sir, which the Bithynians and Pontians use, does not require those who are enrolled in the council by the censors to pay money; Ep. 10.112.1sed iī, quōs indulgentia tua quibusdam cīvitātibus super lēgitimum numerum adicere permīsit, et singula mīlia dēnāriōrum et bīna intulērunt.but those whom your indulgence has allowed certain cities to add beyond the lawful number have paid one or two thousand denarii each. Ep. 10.112.2Anicius deinde Maximus prōcōnsul eōs etiam, quī ā cēnsōribus legerentur, dumtaxat in paucissimīs cīvitātibus aliud aliīs iussit īnferre.Then Anicius Maximus as proconsul ordered that even those who were enrolled by the censors should pay, though only in a very few cities, different sums in different places. Ep. 10.112.3Superest ergō, ut ipse dispiciās, an in omnibus cīvitātibus certum aliquid omnēs, quī deinde būleutae legentur, dēbeant prō introitū dare.It remains, therefore, for you yourself to consider whether in all cities all who are henceforth enrolled as councillors ought to pay a fixed sum for their entry. Ep. 10.112.3Nam, quod in perpetuum mānsūrum est, ā tē cōnstituī decet, cuius factīs dictīsque dēbētur aeternitās.For what is to remain in force in perpetuity ought to be laid down by you, to whose deeds and words eternity is owed.