Council of the Indias, signed with his name and the names of the
other officials, together with the certification of the court notary
of this royal Audiencia, of the fines that shall have been imposed:
therefore, in conformity with the said royal ordinance, and in
order that its provisions may be strictly enforced, they ordered,
and they did so order, that the official judges of his Majesty's
royal exchequer in these islands be notified to observe and enforce
thoroughly the provisions of the said royal ordinance of which mention
is here made, _in toto_, without failing in any point, each one in
matters concerning him, just as is here declared. Nor shall the said
fines be expended, under any consideration, otherwise than shall be
specified by this royal Audiencia, under penalty that whoever shall
order them otherwise disbursed shall repay the amount from his own
pocket. By this act they so voted, ordered, and decreed.

Before me: _Pedro Hurtado Desquibel_





_Bibliographical Data_


All documents in this volume--translated from either the originals or
transcriptions thereof--are obtained from MSS. in the Archivo general
de Indias, Sevilla; their pressmarks are indicated as follows:

1. _Letter from Morga_, June 30, 1597--"Simancas-Secular; Audiencia
de Filipinas; cartas y expedientes del presidente y oidores de dicha