In matters of military payment, quaestors functioned as paymasters reporting in to the consuls

Another function, carried over from the Regal Period, was to bring an accusation (equivalent to a modern day prosecutor) against persons believed to have committed a capital crime; such as murder

Quaestors were elected by the Tribal Assembly (Comitia Tributa). There were originally 4 of them. This was the lowest magistrate’s office on the Cursus Honorum.