(2) Two Councils, which considered the bills concerning foreign affairs before they went to the ordinary Councils.
(a) Consiglio del Dugento.—Two hundred of those who had held the highest offices of State.
(b) Consiglio Centotrentuno, 131 (the Signory, Captains of Guelph Party, Ten of War, Councils of craftsmen, Consuls of Guilds, and forty-eight citizens).
IV. Legislation after 1328.
A Law approved by the College went to—
1. The Two Councils of the Capitano del Popolo.
(a) Consiglio di Credenza or del Cento, 100 officials of guilds, sometimes called Senate, often disregarded. Cf. Nardi, 1, 4 (b). Symonds, Age of Despots, p. 530.
(b) Consiglio del Popolo, 300 originally chosen from the greater Arts—later from others as well, renewed every four months.
2. The Two Councils of the Podestà.