Any person who, within the limits of Spain, desires to purchase any slave from a party unknown to him, must not conclude said purchase until inquiries have been made to determine whether said stranger is selling a slave of his own, or one belonging to some other person. Said inquiries shall take place in the presence of the judge, or of persons of respectability who are present where said slave is offered for sale; and the vendor of the slave shall make his statements under oath. The slave who is offered for sale shall himself be subjected to a severe examination; and, should it be ascertained that he is not the property of the person who offered him for sale, but that he belongs to another, then the judge shall order him to be restored to his master. The judge shall retain in custody the party who attempted to sell the slave of another, as well as the slave in question, until the arrival of the master, when the judicial examination shall be completed, and the satisfaction required by law shall be made. Given and confirmed at Cordova, in the sixteenth year of our happy reign.[46] TITLE II. CONCERNING THOSE WHO REFUSE TO GO TO WAR, AND DESERTERS. =I.= _Where an Officer of the Army, Corrupted by a Bribe, Permits a Soldier to Depart, or does not Compel him to Leave his Home._ =II.= _Where Conscription Officers Appropriate the Property of Those they Call to Arms._ =III.= _Where an Officer of the Army Abandons the War, and Returns Home, or Permits Others to do so._ =IV.= _Where an Officer of the Army, Deserting the Service, Returns Home, or Compels Others to do so._ =V.= _Where a Conscription Officer Receives a Bribe to Permit Soldiers who are not Ill, to Remain at Home._ =VI.= _Concerning those who Appropriate Army Rations, or are Guilty of Fraud in the Distribution of the Same._ =VII.= _What Reward he who Rescues Slaves, or Property, from the Possession of the Enemy, shall be Entitled to._ =VIII.= _What Conduct shall be Pursued when Public Scandal Arises within the Bounds of Spain._ =IX.= _Concerning Those who Fail to Enlist at the Appointed Time or Place, or Desert; and What Proportion of the Slaves Belonging to any Person shall Join the Army._ =I. Where an Officer of the Army, Corrupted by a Bribe, Permits a Soldier to Depart, or does not Compel him to Leave his Home.=