Viceregal order restricting for two years the sojourn and mercantile activities of transients, whether foreigners or newly arrived Spaniards, in mining regions, to prevent collusion and defrauding the Crown of its tax, "the royal fifth."

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Title
Viceregal order restricting for two years the sojourn and mercantile activities of transients, whether foreigners or newly arrived Spaniards, in mining regions, to prevent collusion and defrauding the Crown of its tax, "the royal fifth."
Translated Title
Orden virreinal que restringe durante dos años la estancia y las actividades comerciales de los transeúntes, ya sean extranjeros o de los españoles recién llegados, en las regiones mineras, para evitar la confabulación y el fraude impositivo a la Corona, "el quinto real".
Date
1620
Document Type
  • Official Record
Language
  • English
  • Spanish
Collection
  • Order ... so that the mayors of the mines ... do not allow any passenger ... to put up a tent ... or to settle ... in ... the said mines: Mexico City : DS, 1620 Sept. 15
Reference
BANC MSS M-M 1819
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