[35] Ibid., 2–16–59, 62 to 64; 3–3–39. A confirmation of the latter was so often reported that it seems to have been expected, and nothing was done about it. It would seem that practically every official in the colony conducted a mercantile business as a side-issue.
[36] Felipe IV to Fajardo, October 9, 1623, Blair and Robertson, XX, 259; Recopilación, 2–16–66, 67.
[37] Recopilación, 2–15–36, 39, 40.
[38] Ibid., 2–16–82 to 84.
[39] Ibid., 87.
[40] Ibid., 82, note 20 (Cédula of January 23, 1754).
[41] Cédula of July 13, 1789, A. I., 107–5–20. On June 21, 1784, the Council of the Indies recommended that permission to marry within his district be accorded to Oidor Ciriaco Gonzales Carvajal (A. I., 105–3–2); the same concession was recommended in the case of Oidor Felipe Cisneros, June 30, 1788 (A. I., 105–3–4), and again to Francisco Xavier de Mendieta, January 22, 1791 (A. I., 105–3–5).
[42] Royal order of April 3, 1848; Rodríguez San Pedro, Legislación ultramarina, VII, 79.
[43] Royal order of December 2, 1804, A. I., 106–4–18.
[44] Royal decree of October 13, 1806, A. I., 106–4–18.