Senate Handbook (Nova Roma)
DRAFT (Pending approval)
Introduction
Over the years a number of handbooks or guides for various Nova Roman offices have been created. This has been done so as to have in one place all of the relevant information on the rules and procedures of a given magistrate or position. It is the intent of the Committee on Rules that this "Senate Handbook" will serve the same function for senators both new and old. It is hoped that this "Vade mecum" (lat. "go with me") will be a useful tool in providing both senators and the Senate's presiding officers with a readily available reference tool for quick and efficient use. It is also our hope that it will also serve as a source of reference for information to help provide, in a clear manner the rules and procedures of the Nova Roman Senate.
It is our goal to have this Senate Handbook available both online and in a downloadable form (printed form).
Within this handbook are the current constitutional and legal rules and procedures of the Nova Roman Senate. It also includes all senatus consulta ("advice of the senate") currently in force.
As always we would like input on updating and improving this "Senate Handbook" so please feel free to drop a note to any member of the Committee at any time.
- L. Equitius Cincinnatus Augur (Term ending December 31, 2763)
- C. Equitius Cato (Term ending December 31 2763)
- Po. Minucia Strabo (Term ending January 1, 2764)
- Dec. Iunius Palladius Invictus (Term ending January 1, 2764)
- Ti. Galerius Paulinus (Term ending January 1, 2764)
- Ex-offico non-voting members for 2761
- M. Moravius Piscinus Horatianus, Consul
- T. Iulius Sabinus, Consul
- M. Curiatius Complutensis, Praetor
- M. Iulius Severus, Praetor
Constitutional authority establishing the Nova Roman Senate
Article V. The Senate
The supreme policy-making authority for Nova Roma shall be embodied in its Senate. The album Senatorum (list of Senators) shall be maintained by the censors according to qualifications set by law.
Rank of Senate actions within our constitutional framework
Rank of Senate actions within our constitutional framework
- 1st Constitution
- 1st when in effect the edits of a legally appointed dictator
- 2nd "edicta issued by consuls acting under the Senatus consulta ultima”
- 3rd "laws properly voted and passed by one of the comitia"
- 4th "decreta passed by the collegium pontificum"
- 5th "decreta passed by the collegium augurum"
- 6th "Senatus consulta"
- 7th magisterial edicta of a Censor
- 8th magisterial edicta of a Consul
- 9th magisterial edicta of a Praetor
- 10th magisterial edicta of a Curule Aediles
- 11th magisterial edicta of a Plebeian Aedile
- 12th magisterial edicta of a Quaestor
- 13th magisterial edicta of any of the Vigintisexviri (The Twenty-Six)
"Legal precedence. This Constitution shall be the highest legal authority within Nova Roma, apart from edicts issued by a legally appointed dictator. It shall thereafter be followed in legal authority by edicta issued by consuls acting under the Senatus consulta ultima, laws properly voted and passed by one of the comitia, decreta passed by the collegium pontificum, decreta passed by the collegium augurum, Senatus consulta, and magisterial edicta (in order of descending authority as described in section IV of this Constitution), in that order. Should a lower authority conflict with a higher authority, the higher authority shall take precedence. Should a law passed by one of the comitia contradict one passed by another or the same comitia without explicitly superseding that law, the most recent law shall take precedence.
Constitutional powers of the Senate
Legal (Nova Roman) powers of the Senate
Current Senate Procedures
The Senate as the Board of Directors of Nova Roma,Inc.
- C. This Constitution shall serve as the bylaws for Nova Roma, a legally incorporated entity in the state of Maine, USA (hereafter referred to as "the corporation").
The conduct and procedures of the Board of Directors and the officers of the corporation shall be according to the guidelines and strictures set forth in this Constitution.
The Board of Directors of the corporation shall be composed of the Senate of Nova Roma (as described in Section V of this Constitution), and the officers of the corporation shall be composed of the magistrates of Nova Roma (as described in Section IV of this Constitution), as follows:
- 1. The co-presidents of the corporation shall be the consuls of Nova Roma;
- 2. The co-vice-presidents of the corporation shall be the praetors of Nova Roma;
- 3. The co-treasurers of the corporation shall be the quaestors of Nova Roma;
- 4. The co-secretaries of the corporation shall be the censors of Nova Roma
