The wardens of the city shall be three in number, and they shall have the care of the streets, roads, buildings, and also of the water-supply.

They shall be chosen out of the highest class, and when the number of candidates has been reduced to six who have the greatest number of votes, three out of the six shall be taken by lot, and, after a scrutiny, shall be admitted to their office.

The wardens of the agora shall be five in number--ten are to be first elected, and every one shall vote for all the vacant places; the ten shall be afterwards reduced to five by lot, as in the former election.

The first and second class shall be compelled to go to the assembly, but not the third and fourth, unless they are specially summoned.

The wardens of the agora shall have the care of the temples and fountains which are in the agora, and shall punish those who injure them by stripes and bonds, if they be slaves or strangers; and by fines, if they be citizens.