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within24hoursafterhistermwasover.[44]In1706,theyorderedthat
hisaccountsquaringshouldbeassistedbyonemorepamasortovi,
andfrom1761hismonth’saccountswerealsotobesigned,apart
fromhimself,byanotherpamas.[45]
In1705adecisionwasmadeinSwarzędzthatontheeveofanew
monththemonthlypamaswouldconvenethekahalandaccounttoit
forhistermofoffice,andshouldanymemberofthekahalbeabsent,
thenhewouldbereplacedbyoutstandingpeople.Thelatterwere
calledyeḥideisgulahandthetermstoodforpeopleofmeans,with
outstandingknowledgeandothervirtues,whodidnotholdany
communitypositions.[46]Shouldthemonthlypamascontravene
theforegoingorder,thenhewouldbeobligedtocoverallexpenses
thathehadmadeinhismonthinofficeoutofhisownpocket.[47]It
wasalsoprescribedonseveraloccasionsthatthesquaringofaccounts
shouldbeattendedbyaccountsupervisors.[48]
Theoutgoingpamashadtosquarehisaccountsclearlysothat
thefollowingonecouldassumehispostforanothermonthlyterm.
ThePoznańelectorswarnedin1655thattheoutgoingandincoming
pamaswouldbefinedifthepostwerehandedoverwithout
therequiredsquaringofaccounts.[49]Theoutgoingpamaswasalso
supposedtohandovertohissuccessorallpledgesandnoteshehadin
hispossession.
BeforePassover,thepamasimsquaredannualaccountsandthen
handedthemovertoelectors.
Thepamasimandthekahalalsoexaminedcourtcases,whichwill
bediscussedinthechapterdevotedtojudiciary.Everytrialin
theundervoievode’scourthadtobeheldinthepresenceofapamasor
anappointeeofthemonthlypamas,inPolish,akahalnik.[50]
Thelatterwassentcopiesofcourtsentencesmiedbyothercourtsthat
operatedinthecommunity(e.g.,aguildcourt[51])andhewastheone
toauthorizethecommunity’sshamestocarrytherulingintolifeby
meansofcoercivemeasuresorpenalties.
Apamaswhohadaseatinthesynagoguewouldconfersynagogue
honorssidebysidewithitsgabaimandkeeparegisterofthose
appointedtothereadingoftheTorahortoascendtotheTorahon