[15] Ibid., 3–2–1, 10 to 12, 47, 48; 8–4–24.
[16] Ibid., 3–2–8.
[17] Villacorta to the King, July 6, 1767, A. I., 106–4–15.
[18] Recopilación, 3–2–3, 4 and note, 21, 22, 47, 70; 5–2–5, 7, 8–4–1.
[19] Ibid., 3–2–1, 2, 3, 8–4–1.
[20] Ibid., 51. After February 20, 1785, this regulation applied only to offices yielding more than 2000 pesos a year.—Ibid., note 17.
[21] Ibid., 27.
[22] Ibid., 33, 38.
[23] King to the Audiencia, August 9, 1609, A. I., 105–2–1.
[24] Fajardo to the King, December 10, 1621, Blair and Robertson, XX, 138–140.