Royal cédula : Madrid, to the Real Audiencia of New Spain in Mexico City, concerning the corn paid by the Indians as taxes, 1576 June 4.

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Royal cédula : Madrid, to the Real Audiencia of New Spain in Mexico City, concerning the corn paid by the Indians as taxes, 1576 June 4.

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Royal cédula from King Philip II to the president and judges of the Audiencia in Mexico, concerning the corn received from the Indians as tax payments and then sold at auction. The king states that corn purchased from these auctions must be collected from the Indian villages within 2 months at harvest time; and orders the court to take whatever measures it deems necessary to see that the interests of the buyers and the royal treasury are not jeopardized. The cedula is dated in Madrid, June 4, 1576, and is signed in the king's name by his secretary Antonio de Crasso. The verso of the cédula contains the cumplimiento or carrying out of the king's order by the Audiencia in Mexico City, dated November 11, 1577.

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