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electorsprescribedthateachSundayonepamaswouldmeettogether
withthetrusteescollectorsoftheincometaxandseeifthetaxwas
properlycollected.[37]Thesameprocedurewasfollowedin1703due
toproblemswithtaxcollection:themonthlypamashadtoattendtax
collectionatleastonceaweek“inordertoimplantfearandto
reprimandthosewhorefused[topay].”[38]In1712,thePoznań
electorsrecordedthatthemonthlypamashadbeenchargedwithtoo
manydutiestobeabletooverseetaxcollection,andthereforethey
orderedthekahaltoappointtwotaxpayerswhowouldattendtax
collectioninturn.[39]Areservationwasmadesomewhereelsethat
neitherthemonthlypamasnoranyotherpamaswasallowedto
exemptanyonefromtaxpaymentforsometime,unlessthree
pamasimknewaboutit.[40]
InSwarzędz,themonthlypamaswasobligedtospendevery
Friday,theeveoftheSabbath,ofhisterminofficewiththetrustee,
andhewasalsoauthorizedtocallinoneofthekahalmembersand
twotaxpayers,whowerenotmembersofthecommunityauthorities
(yeḥideisgulah)andwerechosenbyadraw,sothattheywouldseeto
itthatthetaxcollectionwasconductedappropriatelyandnofavors
weregiventoanybody.[41]
OnecanreadintheSwarzędzpinkasthatritualslaughterreceipts
aretobesignedbythreepamasim,andinterestinglyenough,thesame
entryalsospecifiestheorderinwhichtheyshouldaffixtheir
signaturesafterthemonthlypamas.Thiswasduetoanearlierdispute
betweentwopamasim,Avraham,sonofrebN.,andAvrahamKats,
whoofthetwoshouldhaveprecedence.[42]
Eachmonthlypamaswasobligedtomake,usuallytogetherwith
thetrustee,alistofrevenuesandexpensesmadeinhismonthinoffice
notonlyincashbutalsoingoods.ThePoznańelectorswrotedown
thatthemonthlypamashadtobeaccompaniedbythreetaxpayersin
ordertoaccepttheaccountsfromtrusteesandtaxcollectors,and
beforehehandedhisofficeovertohissuccessorhewouldhaveto
squaretheaccountsinaclearandtransparentway.[43]
In1652,thePoznańelectorsorderedthemonthlypamastohand
overtheaccountsforhismonthinofficetoaccountsupervisors