administration of any hospital or a sacristy or churchwardenship, or
the stewardship of a hospital, or any other benefice or ecclesiastical
office, shall become vacant, or when it has to be filled for the first
time: the prelate shall order a written proclamation to be posted
in the cathedral church, or in the church, hospital, or monastery
where such benefice or office is to be filled, with the suitable
limit, so that those who desire to compete for it may enter the
lists. From all those who thus compete, and from all the others whom
the prelate shall believe to be suitable persons for such office or
benefice, after having examined them and after having informed himself
concerning their morals and ability, he shall choose two persons from
them--those whom, in the sight of God and his conscience, he shall
judge most suitable for such office or benefice. The nomination
of the two thus named shall be presented to our viceroy or to the
president of our royal Audiencia; or to the person who, in our name,
shall exercise the superior government of the province where such
benefice or office shall become vacant or must be filled, so that he
may select one from the two appointees. He shall send that selection
to the prelate, so that the latter in accordance with it, and by
virtue of that presentation, may grant the appointment, collation,
and canonical installation--by way of commission and not by perpetual
title, but removable at will by the person who shall have presented
them in our name, together with the prelate. And should there be
no more than one person who desires to compete for such benefice or
office, or the prelate shall not find more than one person whom he
desires to receive the nomination to it, he shall send the name to our
viceroy, president, or governor, as above stated, so that the latter
may present him. Then by virtue of such presentation, the prelate
shall make the appointment in the form above directed. But it is
our desire and will that when the presentation shall be made by us,