The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 05 of 55: 1582-1583; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 05 of 55: 1582-1583; Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century
Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources
147. [Notice of fines and penalties must be sent to the fiscal
weekly. Penalty: two pesos to the court-room.]
148. [Evidence of poor suitors is to be taken with care and
promptitude.]
149. [Notifications of hearings in cases concerning small amounts
are to be sent to the parties. Penalty: two pesos to the court-room.]
150. [Personal presence is required at examinations in criminal cases
and the execution of sentences. Penalty: suspension from office.]
151. [Lists of fees allowed by law must be posted in their offices,
as well as in the public hall of the Audiencia. Penalty: five pesos
to the poor of the prison.]
152. [No fees may be taken for keeping or looking for records. Penalty:
fourfold to the royal exchequer.]
153. [Copies of penalties and memoranda of fiscal cases must be sent
to the fiscal every week. Penalty: six pesos to the royal exchequer.]
154. [Examinations are to be dated by the time of examination, and
not by that of taking the oath. Penalty: four pesos to the exchequer.]
155. In inquisitions and examinations which they shall make they shall
put thirty lines on a page, and in every line ten parts [_i.e._],
words divided by spaces]; and they shall write a good hand and shall
place at the foot of each inquisition or examination the fees to be
received therefor, under a penalty of eight pesos to our exchequer
for a violation.
156. [Fees for single documents are not to be augmented because other
documents are incorporated within them. Penalty: fourfold repayment
to the exchequer.]
157. [Cases affecting the treasury, in which no party appears therefor,
are to be brought to the attention of the fiscal.]
158. [Fees are not to be charged to poor suitors; if the poor suitor's
opponent is condemned in costs, the fees are to be paid by the poor
suitor and added to the costs.]
159. [Fees for permitting an examination of records are not to
be charged, unless the examination is made by the party or his
representative. Fourfold penalty to the exchequer.]
160. [Copies of essential documents are to be included in the record
of a case without extra fees. Penalty: twenty pesos to the court-room
of our Audiencia.]
161. [Unsigned interrogatories are not to be accepted. Questions must
be put only by the counselor of the Audiencia.]
162. [Cases requiring to be divided by assignment among various clerks
shall not be accepted without immediate reference to the official
whose duty it is to assign cases. Penalty: loss of cases for two
months, and loss of the case in question.]
163. [Records and documents must not be committed to the care of
any but attorneys or counselors, and to them only on their giving a
receipt. Fines are imposed for delay in returning them.]
164. [No record is to be kept of a case of twenty pesos or less,
and no fee of more than half a peso from each party is to be taken
in such case. Fourfold penalty to the exchequer.]
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