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
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30. [Girls and women must not be employed in the missions in
pounding rice among the men; neither shall they be employed to
sweep the cemeteries of the churches, or the houses of the curas and
missionaries; for this results often in great sin, and is contrary
to the laws of the kingdom, especially law xi, título xiii, book i,
of the Recopilación. Alcaldes-mayor shall not permit this under a
charge of the same in their residencia, and a fine of 500 pesos, in
accordance with the ordinance of November 23, 1757, which was enacted
because of the many complaints. Those suitable for such duties are
the old and crippled who have been exempted from tribute, and the
schoolboys (of whom the curas may make use freely so long as they are
schoolboys, but no longer.) Alcaldes-mayor shall not employ women;
and gobernadorcillos shall not make use of the services of schoolboys
to the detriment of their instruction.]
31. [The Indians shall not be required to supply the curas,
missionaries, or alcaldes with fish. If the latter permit this, they
shall have to pay for the fish at a just price, and a sum four times
as great as a fine, and shall be deprived of office perpetually,
as transgressors of law xii, título xiii, book i, and law xxvi,
título ii, book v, of the Recopilación.]
32. [In order that curas and missionaries may not be compelled to go
without cooks and necessary servants because the Indians are unwilling
to serve them, the gobernadorcillos of the villages shall furnish men
for such service (not to exceed four in the large villages). From
the stipend of the curas and missionaries, they shall be paid one
real per week, and be given their food. In villages too small to
warrant this expense on the part of the ecclesiastics, the village
shall maintain the servants, and they shall not become an expense on
the royal treasury.]
33. [Similar to ordinance 22 (q.v., ante, p. 206). This ordinance adds
that deprivation of office shall be the penalty to the secular person
violating its orders, while the ecclesiastical person who violates
it shall be proceeded against according to law.]
34. [Similar to ordinance 9 (q.v., ante, pp. 197, 198). The prices
in Tondo and the coast of Manila are as follows: "one hen, one and
one-half reals; one dumalaga, three cuartillos; and one chick, four
granos." This ordinance is in accordance with law i, título xvii,
book iv.]
35. [This ordinance cites and reiterates ordinance 42 of the old
regulations (q.v., ante, p. 219), and is in accordance with law xliii,
título vii, book i of the Recopilación.]
36. [Alcaldes-mayor and census-takers shall not exact the two reals
from the natives which they are accustomed to take as a fee for
enumerating them, under penalty of a fine of 500 pesos, and a sum
four times as great as that they shall be proved to have taken. This
ordinance shall be a special charge in the residencia.]
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