[New Spain]:

$600 · Offered by William Reese Company

EXMÔ. SEÑOR. = POR EL MINISTERIO DE LA GOBERNACION DE LA PENÍNSULA SE ME HA PASADO EN 25 DE ESTE MES EL DECRETO SIGUIENTE....SABED: QUE LAS CÓRTES HAN DECRETADO LO QUE SIGUE...PARA RESOLVER LAS ... A Spanish legal document published in Mexico in 1814 reprinting an order issued by the Córtes in Cadiz in August 1813 concerning the ayuntamientos, or city councils, in the various provinces. Details are provided regarding the membership of these councils, particularly the process of filling vacant positions. The original 1813 Cadiz decree addresses the issue of council membership both in the Iberian peninsula and in overseas holdings; this Mexican publication includes the printed date of April 1814, and the fifteenth day of that month is provided in manuscript. OCLC records a single copy, at the Bancroft Library.

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