we permit them to issue
writs of delay for six months to particular persons, and not in
general--provided first that such person for legitimate causes which
have intervened is unable to pay; and that he offers approved security,
not clerical or noble, [46] that at the end of six months he will
pay the debt. This term may be allowed for the same debt only once.

14. _Item_: We ordain that the appeals taken from decisions for
plaintiff or defendant in pecuniary suits, and in suits involving
only private interests, when said decisions are pronounced by those
who report to the governors and corregidors of the district of our
said Audiencia, shall go before it; but as for all other matters
heard by such judges, and as for the results of secret investigation,
they shall go before our council of the Yndias.

15. _Item_: Our Audiencia shall appoint no judge in cases of residencia
[_juez de residencia_], or governors for the provinces subject to
their jurisdiction, or judges for special criminal investigations
[_pesquisidores_]. If any individual bring complaint or charges
against the governor, and the Audiencia shall see that the matter is
of such nature that it is of importance to know the truth concerning
it, in such case they shall send one person to obtain the necessary
information. The complainant or accuser must give bonds that he will
pay the costs and the penalty which will be assessed against him in
case the accusation proves false. In other cases special judges of
investigation shall not make inquisitions, except with regard to
riots and seditious associations, or other matters of so pressing
importance that the delay requisite for consulting us would produce
notable inconvenience.

16. In cases which occur outside of the five-league limit, our
president and auditors may appoint judges by commission [_jueces de
comision_], to hear the cases and to administer justice with regard
to them. Care must be taken that they make their inquiries in cases
which warrant inquiry, and in no others. Such judges by commission
for crimes and misdemeanors shall be given authority only to carry
on a legal inquiry [_informacion_], and to arrest the delinquents and
convey them to the prison of the Audiencia. They may also collect their
fees from those who owe them. The clerks before whom the cases are
carried on shall hand the records in their entirety to the clerks of
the Audiencia, where the matter shall be completed in such manner t