(b) Sixty (the Zonta, i.e. addition) elected by the outgoing Senate and confirmed by the Great Council.
(c) Ex officio.—The Doge, his six Councillors, members of Supreme Court of Criminal Appeal, and members of financial and judicial departments.
(d) Fifty minor officials, who had a right to debate, but not to vote.
Its Functions.
(a) Chiefly Legislative.—It passed laws on the proposal of the College.
(b) Elected a few of the higher officials.
The Savii Grandi.
Savii di Terra Firma.
Admiral.
(c) Sometimes tried commanders accused of negligence or incompetence.
III. The Council of Ten (Consiglio de’ Dieci).—After 1310 this Council absorbed some of the functions of the Senate. Brown, Venice, p. 177.
How elected.