a penalty of a third part of their salary for that year,
which must be paid immediately upon conviction of disobedience to
this decree. The said collectors shall be vested with the authority
of justice. By this act it was so declared, ordered, and decreed.

_Don Francisco Tello_
_Doctor Antonio de Morga_
The licentiate _Albaro De Cambrano_
The licentiate _Tellez Almacan_

Before me:

_Pedro Hurtado Desquibel_

_An act decreeing that the attorney for minors shall not bring a suit,
without first communicating it to the judge for minors._

In the city of Manila, on the seventh of January, one thousand five
hundred and ninety-nine, the president and auditors of the royal
Audiencia of the Philipinas Islands declared that, whereas in this
court there are many minors, whose goods and property are in the
charge of their guardians, who might spend and dissipate the said
goods beyond the use and profit of the said minors, which would be to
their great injury: therefore, because by the attorney and defender
of the said minors entering any suits and petitions with regard to
the aforesaid minors without giving notice thereof, or communicating
with the judge for minors, many inconveniences may result, as a remedy
for this, they resolved and ordered that the said attorney for minors
shall bring no suit for a minor against his guardian, without first
communicating it to the judge who sits or shall sit for minors, that
the latter may order what he deems advisable. By this act it was so
ordered, ordained, and decreed.

_Don Francisco Tello_
_Doctor Antonio de Morga_
The licentiate _Tellez Almacan_
The licentiate _Albaro Cambrano_

Before me: _Pedro Hurtado Desquibel_

_An act decreeing that all the officials, both of this royal Audiencia
and the ordinary courts, shall be present at the review of charges
against prisoners._

In the city of Manila, on the seventh day of the month of January,
one thousand five hundred and ninety-nine, the president and auditors
of the royal Audiencia of the Philipinas Islands, declared that,
whereas by the absence of the alcaldes-in-ordinary of this city, and
of the clerk, reporter, alguazils-mayor, attorneys, commissioners,
notaries-public, and other officials, not only of this royal Audiencia
but of the lower court of this city, from the review of charges against
prisoners, many prisoners are not at liberty--from which it follows
that they are vexed and annoyed by l