Juan de Oñate, 1595 
243 
Let him be granted what is or¬ 
dered in article 59 of the said ordi¬ 
nances. 
Let him be granted what is or¬ 
dered in articles 43 and 64 of the 
said ordinances. 
Let it be granted to him as pro¬ 
vided in article 80 of the said ordi¬ 
nances, and let his Majesty be writ¬ 
ten to grant him the favor. 
quest and country explored there 
should not be a sufficient sum im¬ 
mediately to satisfy me and pay me 
the said salary, for whatever time 
that it may be, even though I and 
my successors may be deceased, the 
amount due us shall be paid, either 
to us or to our heirs, we to be pre¬ 
ferred to any other kind of expense 
or salary, even that of the governor 
who may be actually serving. 
10. Item: That his Majesty shall 
grant me the right to appoint to the 
office of alguacil mayor in the en¬ 
tire government, for myself and a 
son or heir whom I may name, so 
that I can remove or appoint the 
alguaciles , in accordance with what 
is granted in ordinance 59. And it 
is charged also to your lordship to 
supplicate his Majesty to grant me 
this in perpetuity, or at least for 
three more lives. 
11. Item: That after I have en¬ 
tered upon my said governorship 
and have taken possession of it, I 
shall have the power to choose and 
name a royal treasury and royal 
officials, treasurer, contador , factor, 
and the others who may be needed 
for the said royal treasury, with a 
suitable salary, which shall be paid 
from the property that will belong 
to his Majesty in the said govern¬ 
ment. 
12. Item: That notwithstanding 
that I and my heirs and successors 
in the said government will be ad¬ 
ministering it, we shall have the 
power to take up mines, or parts of 
mines, for our persons and for 
others, in accordance with the ordi¬ 
nances, and shall not pay more than 
a tenth of the silver, gold, or other 
metals or stones for the term of ten 
years, as is provided by ordinance 
