Note 236 — NO. XXXV.—EPHESUS.
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The Ephesians have a very wise law relative to the construction of public edifices. The architect whose plan is chosen enters into a bond, by which he engages all his property. If he exactly fulfils the condition of his agreement, honours are decreed him; if the expense exceeds the sum stipulated only by one quarter, the surplus is paid from the public treasury; but if it amounts to more, the property of the architect is taken to pay the remainder.—Barthelemy, vol. v. 394, 5; from Vitruvius Præf., lib. x. 203.