The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 50: 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 close of the nineteenth century
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 50: 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 close of the nineteenth century
Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources
52. [The same governor, in view of the many things that demand
immediate remedy, notwithstanding the many government ordinances
that have been enacted by his predecessors (because new laws always
give rise to new conditions and other abuses), orders governors,
corregidors, alcaldes-mayor, and other officers of justice immediately
to "issue, and cause to be issued, the most suitable measures, so that
in the villages of their districts schools be erected, established,
and founded, now and henceforth, where the sons of the natives and
other inhabitants of their districts may be educated and taught (in
primary letters, in the Castilian or Spanish language). They shall
see to it and watch so that the people study, learn, and are taught
in this language, and not in that of the country or any other. They
shall procure its greatest increase, extension, and knowledge, without
consenting to, or permitting any person, of any rank or quality, to
violate or disobey this resolution, or schools of any other language
to be erected or established, under penalty of five hundred pesos,
applied at the discretion of this superior government. But as soon
as it is ascertained or learned that any ecclesiastical or secular
person is attempting or trying to violate this resolution, his purpose
shall be prevented, hindered, and disturbed; and a report of the one
disquieting and disturbing, if an ecclesiastic, shall be made, in order
that he may be ordered to conclude and not continue [his purpose];
and if a layman, he shall be arrested, and a cause shall be formulated
briefly and summarily, his property confiscated, and he shall be sent
a prisoner, together with his property, so that the most severe and
commensurate penalties may be applied." Ordinance 29, forbidding
Spaniards to live in the villages of the natives, is annulled, in
order that this may have better effect; but the alcaldes-mayor and
other officials must look after and correct their behavior. Such
schools are to be established at the cost of the various villages,
being paid out of the communal funds established for schools taught in
the native language. These latter shall cease in proportion as Spanish
schools are established. Future offices conferred on the natives
shall be given to those with the best knowledge of Spanish. This
ordinance was issued October 19, 1752, as were also ordinances 53-60,
which detail the report to be made to the superior government.]
53. [This ordinance commands governors, corregidors, and
alcaldes-mayor, now and henceforth, to report to the superior
government within a year after taking office, concerning the products
and manufactures of their provinces.]
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