What is it that the law commands these men to do? Not to “serve,” but “after approval by the court1 to hold office” （for even the officers who are selected by lot are not exempt from the scrutiny, but hold their office only after approval）; “and to submit their accounts before the clerk and board of auditors,” precisely as other officers are required to do. As proof of the truth of my statement, the laws themselves shall be read to you.“Laws”
1 All incoming officials were required to pass a formal “scrutiny” （δοκιμασία） before entering upon office. In the case of most officials this was conducted before a court. Aeschines mentions this preliminary scrutiny here because it would naturally follow that any person who had to pass the official scrutiny before entering on his work would have to pass the official accounting on laying it down.
Aeschines. Aeschines with an English translation by Charles Darwin Adams, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1919.
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