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The Circuit Court of Panama was the first established on the 

 Spanish Main. The President receives 4,500 ducats annual salary. 

 It has 4 Associate Justices (Oidores), who are Alcaldes de Corte, 

 and an Attorney (Fiscal), each with 2,000 assay pesos; it has the 

 necessary additional functionaries. 



2023. The Circuit Court of Santa Fe de Bogota in the New 

 Kingdom of Granada has a President with 6,000 ducats salary, 6 

 Associate Justices who are likewise Alcaldes de Corte, and an At- 

 torney, each receiving 800,000 ( ?) maravedis, and the other necessary 

 functionaries. 



2024. The Circuit Court of San Francisco de Quito has a President 

 with 4,000 assay pesos, 4 Associate Justices, who are likewise Alcaldes 

 de Corte, and an Attorney, each with 2,000 assay pesos ; it has the 

 other necessary functionaries and officers. 



2025. The Circuit Court of Lima has a Viceroy with a salary 

 of 30,000 ducats ; 8 Associate Justices, 4 Alcaldes de Corte and 2 

 Attorneys, each with 3,000 assay pesos ; it has Relators and the other 

 necessary functionaries and officers. 



2026. The Circuit Court of the Provinces of the Charcas, which 

 has its seat in the city of La Plata, has a President with a salary of 

 5,000 assay pesos, 4 Associate Justices who are Alcaldes de Corte, 

 and an Attorney, each with a salary of 4,000 assay pesos ; it has the 

 other necessary functionaries and officers. 



2027. The Circuit Court of Santiago de Chile has a President who 

 is Governor and Captain General of that Kingdom ; he has a salary 

 of 5,000 mine-gold pesos (de oro de minas). It has 4 Associate 

 Justices who are Alcaldes de Corte and an Attorney, each with 2,000 

 assay pesos. There are in this court the other necessary functionaries 

 and officers, not counting many representatives appointed in its 

 districts. 



So that His Majesty appoints, in the district of Peru and the 

 Spanish Main, to 47 posts : one Viceroy, 5 Presidents, 30 Associate 

 Justices, 4 Alcaldes de Corte and 7 Attorneys, not counting the other 

 necessary functionaries and officers, like Secretaries and Relators. 



2028. The Circuit Court of Panama has in its district the State 

 of Veragua, and in church matters, the Diocese of Panama. 



2029. The Circuit Court of Santa Fe de Bogota has in its district 

 5 States, to which His Majesty appoints in consultation with the 

 Supreme Council : Cartagena, Santa Marta, Antioquia, Los Musos, 

 and Merida ; and 3 Corregimientos : Tunja, Mariquita, and Tocaima ; 

 and part of the State of Popayan. In church matters, it has the 



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