_An act decreeing that a book be made in which to enter the fines
applied to the poor of the prison and other pious works, and to the
courts, and the manner of their distribution._

In the city of Manila, on the twenty-eighth of January, one thousand
five hundred and ninety-nine, the president and auditors of the royal
Audiencia and Chancillería of the Philipinas Islands declared that,
whereas the aforesaid Audiencia imposes certain fines of small amounts,
some of which are applied to the poor of the prison, and others to the
courts and other pious works: therefore, because it is advisable that
there should be an account and report of these moneys, and of their
source and the manner of their distribution, they ordered, and they
did so order, a book to be made in which to enter the said penalties,
applied as aforesaid, with the day, month, and year, in what cases
they are imposed, and likewise a report of how they are expended and
distributed; and this shall be done with all clearness, so that the
aforesaid may be evident for all time. This act is to be placed at
the beginning of said book. So they provided, ordered, and decreed.

Before me:

_Pedro Hurtado Desquibel_



_An act decreeing the collection of all the debts which are in any
way owed to the royal treasury of the king our sovereign._

In the city of Manila, on the thirtieth of January, one thousand
five hundred and ninety-nine, the president, and auditors of the