PENSIONARY, is also the first minister of the regency of each city in Holland. His office is to give his advice in affairs relating to the government, either of the state in general, or of the city in particular; and in assemblies of the states of the province, he is speaker in behalf of his city. The function, however, of these pensionaries is not everywhere alike; in some cities they only give their advice, and are never found in assemblies of the magistrates, except when expressly called thither; in others they attend constantly; and in others they make the propositions on the part of the burgomasters, draw up their conclusions, &c. They are called pensionaries, because they receive an appointment or pension.