a list of
the charges fixed by the royal tariff, and that each notary shall
keep one in his house._

In the city of Manila, on the twenty-first day of January, one thousand
five hundred and ninety-nine, the president and auditors of the royal
Audiencia and Chancilleria of the Philipinas Islands declared that,
whereas the king our sovereign, in his royal ordinances, decrees
and orders that a list of the charges fixed by the royal tariff be
placed in the court-room, and that likewise each notary whom it shall
concern shall keep a copy in his house, for its better observation
and execution: therefore, in order that the aforesaid may be exactly
fulfilled, they ordered, and they did so order, a complete copy of
the said royal tariff to be made by this royal Audiencia. It shall
be set forth in a list, and placed in the court-room; and all the
notaries and persons mentioned therein, and those whom it may concern,
shall make a copy, and keep the same in their houses and affixed to a
tablet in some public place, where it may be seen by those transacting
business. This they shall do and fulfil within one week after this
act shall have been made known to them, under penalty of a fine of
six pesos of common gold; and anyone incurring this penalty shall
pay this sum immediately--half of which shall be set aside for the
poor in the prisons, and the other half for the Spanish hospital in
this city--beside incurring and undergoing the penalties contained
in the said royal ordinances. By this act they so provided, ordered,
and decreed.

Before me:

_Pedro Hurtado Desquibel_

_An act decreeing that within four months the royal officials shall
close up the accounts held by the royal treasury._

In the city of Manila, on the twenty-first 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 it has come to their knowledge that in the royal accountancy
of the king our sovereign there are, at this very day, many accounts
to be balanced and closed of individuals who owe the royal treasury a
large sum of gold pesos, and others to whom money is due--whence has
resulted, and results, the lack therein of the system and management
which should be observed in the said royal exchequer: therefore,
in order that on this account no losses may result, and that the
matter may receive its due consideration, they ordered, and they