190. An emissary upon the business of the community shall deliver up whatever he has received [on their account]: if he fail to deliver voluntarily, he shall be amerced eleven times the value [of what he withholds].
191. They who have direction of the affairs of the community should be such as know their duties,[288] are pure minded, and not covetous; their word for the welfare of the community is to be followed.
192. What has just been enjoined is obligatory in like manner upon communities of craftsmen, of traders, and of páshaṇḍas.[289] The monarch should preserve their distinctive character, and make them respectively adhere to their original callings.[290]
193. If one, after receipt of wages, abandon his work, he shall pay double the amount; if [he desert] when he has not received [his wages], he shall pay a sum equal [to his wages].[291]
The implements shall be in charge of the workman.[292]
194. The monarch shall oblige him who gets work done without having previously fixed the rate of hire, to pay a tenth part, [whether] earnings in trade or [in care] of cattle, or [in cultivation] of corn.
195. A master[293] may treat as he thinks right one who disregards time or place, or [so acts that he] prevents profit being earned.[294]
The more that is done, the more shall be given.
196. Where work [contracted for by two] cannot be proceeded with by the two,[295] [the one who has to abandon the work] shall be paid according to what he has performed; but, if practicable, the original contract should be carried out.[296]