Anti-gambling bando (16 articles). Prohibits the games albures, banca, quince, treinta, dados & other…

Provincial State Papers, tomo VII–VIII · BANC MSS C-A 4, document 39

Anti-gambling bando (16 articles). Prohibits the games albures, banca, quince, treinta, dados & other *envite/suerte/azar* games; penalties escalate by offense — nobles/public officials 200 p. fine, commoners jail → 5 yrs presidio/frontier for the incorrigible; permits only naipes de Castilla, truco, villar where no *envite* (capped at 1 real/person/day); bars gaming in public & private houses; enforced by the Real Sala del Crimen. A vivid social-history / law-and-morals document. Orig. pp.76–81.

Date1773-02-15 (renewed 1787-07-18) (exact)
FromBando impreso — Viceroy Flores renewing Viceroy Ursúa's 1773 bando
PlaceMéxico
SeriesProvincial State Papers
TomoVII–VIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep.76–81
Savage copy page35–39
Scan leafn34–n38
Document typeprinted bando
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentBando impreso — Viceroy Flores renewing Viceroy Ursúa's 1773 bando, México, 1773-02-15 (renewed 1787-07-18), Provincial State Papers, VII–VIII, p.76–81, Archives of California, C-A 4, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within VII–VIII]Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca4/ca4-d39.html
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