In the same month, a salary system was established for kazoku (former tosho [high court nobility]) and for former governmental officers, and it was promulgated that former governmental officers should be given the new statuses "Shizoku" (warrior class) or "Sotsu" (lower warrior class), and all people including kazoku should belong to the local governments (to belong to the local governments was especially called "kanzoku").
また同月、華族（元堂上）ならびに旧官人の禄制が定められ、旧官人らは士族、卒とし、華族以下すべて地方官の貫属とする旨布告された。