M. Madrid Road, provision for settlement on the, Majorca, re-establishment and settlement of Alcadai in, Memorials, for rewards for services, to set forth nature and evidence of service, not received if unsupported by certificate, if presented for rewards for services rendered by another person, to be all services to be set forth in memorial-none admitted to be set forth thereafter, memorials may be received for additional services, Page: 114 120 19 19 a memorialist alleging uncertain or unproved services, to forfeit claim not to be considered if presented a third time, records and proceedings in cases of memorials not to be given to the 21 the King's Attorney to defend public interest against memorials of indi- Mines, one-fifth of proceeds to be rendered to the King, Moralles' Regulations, for granting Lands Mountains, common to all persons Municipal Domains, see Cities, Towns. 21 33 208 44 N. National Domains, see Lands. Naturalization, strangers may be naturalized for the purpose of carrying on trade Naval Stores, Order to encourage trade in Naval Stores in Florida Nobility, titles of nobility conferred on discoverers, who fulfil their engagements enquiry into qualifications of applicant proceedings on applications 0. Vice Roys to forward information respecting applicants for 24, 25 45 45 50 54 55 85, 89, 134 Opelousas Claims, report by Commissioners in 1815 O'Reily's Regulations for granting lands Auditors and Alcades not to interfere in duties of Justices appointment, duties, &c. of Superior Juntas appointment, duties, &c. of Accountant General of muni. division of authority among various 54, 55, 133 division of authority between Secretary of State and De- 133 58 83 220 not allowed to raise grain Captain General to act as President of Audiencias Note. The various duties of Presidents will be found under the appropri Primogeniture, principal settler in new settlements may establish right of special law respecting rights of all rights of primogeniture are abolished Property, extracts from the laws of Spain, being on the subject or nature of Domi- Provinces, the Indies divided into Provinces and Districts Regidores-See Corrigidores. R. Register of Inhabitants, order to keep a Religious Establishments, forbidden to acquire real property Renting, proceedings in cases of complaints and damages concerning the renting of mode of terminating suits relative to renting Domains of Council 84, 85, 87 Regidores to attend to renting Municipal Domains, and not to suffer offi- 155 revenues of towns and cities placed under direction of Council of Castile See Cities for further provisions as to proceeds and management of Munici Reservations, certain parts of commons to be reserved to be laid out on founding towns and villages when usurped from cities, towns, and villages, to be restored and not Salamanca, provision for restoring settlement of city of Salt, authority for working salt mines Sea Ports, no grants of land to be made in licensed strangers not permitted to reside in Seigneural Rights, jurisdictional Lords re-invested with all Service, nature and evidence of service to be set forth in applications for rewards for rewards may be granted for additional services claims for services uncertain or unproved, will destroy claim for services claims not to be presented a third time records and proceedings on claims not to be given up to parties, to be kept secret the Kings attorneys to plead against memorials for services orders for rewards for services, and appointments to be directed to Vice Roys, orders for compensation must be taken out within four months services to be rewarded in the Province in which rendered, and in no other Service, Vice Roys and Tribunals to grant rewards and to report to Council of the Settlements, Proceedings on, applications to make - to be made on lands already discovered, before making new discoveries cities, towns, and villages, to be founded on new descoveries distribution of lands amongst settlers to be according to advice of Cabildo natives not to be molested in forming new settlements time in which a settlement is to be made, may be extended settler may dispose of lands after four years new settlers coming to old settlement, how provided for persons possessing lands in old settlement not to be entitled in a new settlement until after four years residence in old settlement lands forfeited unless improved within a given time provisions relating to depopulation and re-population of settlements provision for re-population of Ciudad Rodrigo provision for settlements on Madrid road by Estramadura provision for forming settlement of Encinas del Principe provision for re-settlement of city of Alcadia in Majorca provision for restoring settlement of city of Salamanca Page: 35 31 31 32 39 32 33 34, 35 36, 38, 39 36 39 37 37 38 38 38 39 39, 40 37, 44 104 105 113 113 114 115 120 122 127 See Cities, Lands. Sierra Morena, regulations for the settlenent of a colony of German and Flemish stranger to own real estate of certain value to entitle him to naturalization Supplies, directions for obtaining supplies for cities and towns 105 37 85 Taxes. See Cities, Towns, Villages. T. Testamentary system, principal settler in new colony may establish a special laws respecting Things, [that is property,] treatise on the second object of law which relates to Titles of Nobility, conferred on discoverers who fulfil their agreements Towns, to be laid out and settled on new discoveries division of lands among settlers distribution to be made by lot no house to be erected within 300 paces of walls time for settlement may be extended houses to be erected within a given time manner of making application for lots Towns, lots forfeited unless improved within given time grants of municipal domains null and void all lots, houses, &c. properly belonging to towns, and held by individuals, directions in respect to suits concerning municipal domains and rents Page. 40 37, 44 83 83 84 84, 85, 87 officers of government not allowed to rent municipal domains 84 85, 89, 134 where municipal domains are not sufficient, how deficiency is to be supplied towns not to be dispossessed of any lands, forts, or tenements, without no- municipal domains and reservations occupied by individuals to be restored, prosecutions to be instituted against persons seizing and bolding municipal 94 96, 97 98 98 further grants of commons, and the ploughing of the same altogether pro- 98 towns adjoining foreign States to take measures for clear definition of boun- 99 manner in which restitution shall be made, and the proceedings to be insti- instructions to judges as to proceedings to compel restitution of town pro- property adjudged to Town Council cannot be granted to any person. tax laid on persons cultivating municipal domains Corregidores and Governors to visit hereditraments of towns, to see that further directions as to these visits, compensation, penalties, &c. taxes and proceeds of municipal domain to be collected and faithfully ap- 99 100, 101, 102 104 104 plied, no new taxes without authority of the King 128 certain towns, the title to which is doubtful, confirmed to Proprietory Lords Jurisdictional Lords re-invested with all seigneural rights which had been order directing the Council of the Indies to be advised as to the settlement all matters touching municipal domain to be communicated through Trea- 136 139 144 148 Superior Alcades to preside over Board of Public Granaries in all towns stranger must own real estate of a certain value to entitle him to naturali- Trade with Indians, no Governor to grant license to trade with Indians who do not reside within his district 32 Page. 77 166 170 179 258 Treasury, extracts from so much of the laws of Spain as relate to chattels, which Treaty, of cession of Louisiana to U. States of friendship, limits, and navigation, between Spain and U. States extracts from Treaty of 1763 defining the Boundaries between the posses- Tribunals, [Audiencias] orders for rewards, appointments, &c. not to be directed to forbidden to take cognizance of affairs relating to the Indies, the Indies further divided in provinces and districts, not allowed to interfere in matters touching war, appeals may be taken from decisions of Vice-Roys and Governors to in case of absence, &c. of Vice Roy, government to be administered by Vice-Roys to act as Presidents of Tribunals, (See Judicial Proceedings.) NOTE. The various duties of Tribunals will be found under the appropriate V. Vargas, Don Pedro, grant to, grant annulled, - · 195, 196 186 Vice-Roys, appeals from their decisions to Tribunals, to exercise jurisdiction in matters of civil government, Tribunals to administer government in case of absence, &c. of Vice- to forward information respecting applicants for office or rewards, to grant rewards for services, &c. to grant lands for new settlements, division of authority between Vice-Roy of New Spain and Intendant of NOTE.-The various duties of Vice-Roys will be found under the appropriate Villages, to be established in new discoveries, provision for formation and settlement of villages, taxes and proceeds of village domains to be faithfully collected and appli- Visits, Corregidores and Governors to visit hereditraments of cities, towns, and vil- officers to visit once only during their continuance in office, 100 101 these visits, 102 |