_Don Francisco Tello_ _Doctor Antonio de Morga_ The licentiate _Tellez Almazan_ The licentiate _Alvaro Cambrano_ Before me: _Pedro Hurtado Desquibel_ _Proclamation_: In the city of Manila, on the twenty-second day of the month of January, one thousand five hundred and ninety-nine, the president and auditors of the royal Audiencia and Chancillería of these islands, who signed their names to the above act, declared and proclaimed it in public session. _Pedro Hurtado Desquibel_ _An act decreeing that the interpreters shall not trade or traffic with the natives._ 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 and Chancillería of these Philipinas Islands declared that, whereas it has come to their knowledge that the interpreters, as a result of their occupation as interpreters, and being for the most part friendly to the natives, seek and attempt to acquire, with trinkets and other illegal means, jewels, slaves, and other things, at lower prices than they are valued by the said natives: therefore, in order to put a stop to the aforesaid evil by applying a remedy for it, they resolved, ordered, and decreed, that now and henceforth, no interpreter shall buy from the said natives any jewels, slaves, or other valuables, except in the presence of the magistrate, under penalty of confiscation of what shall have been bought by the interpreter violating this law, half of which is immediately to be applied to his Majesty's treasury, and the other half to the expenses of justice; and furthermore, he shall not be allowed to exercise the said office any longer. By this act they so provided, ordered, and decreed. _Don Francisco Tello_ _Doctor Antonio Morga_ The licentiate _Tellez Almazan_ The licentiate _Cambrano_ Before me: _Pedro Hurtado Desquibel_ In the city of Manila, on the twenty-second day of the month of January, one thousand five hundred and ninety-nine, the president and auditors of the royal Audiencia and Chancillería of these Philipinas Islands, who signed their names to the above act, declared and proclaimed it in public session. Diego de Mercado and Juan Garcia, interpreters, were present and were notified. _Pedro Hurtado Desquibel_ _An act decreeing that the probate judge shall examine the accounts of guardians of minors in this court._