A key document on the limits of alcalde authority. Governor forbids the alcalde ever to use arms in apprehending defenceless citizens. Verbatim: 'Que nunca haga uso de armas para la aprencion de ciudadanos sin defensa.' [= that he never use weapons to arrest defenceless citizens]. Second sub-entry of the same grouped heading; an explicit gubernatorial limit on an alcalde's coercive power.
| Date | 1833-06-04 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | El Gov.r al alcalde de Branciforte |
| Place | Monterrey |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, Benicia |
| Tomo | Prefecturas y Juzgados I–VI (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p. 573 |
| Savage copy page | 40 |
| Scan leaf | n456 |
| Document type | oficio |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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El Gov.r al alcalde de Branciforte, Monterrey, 1833-06-04, Departmental State Papers, Benicia, Prefecturas y Juzgados I–VI, p. 573, Archives of California, C-A 42, 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 Prefecturas y Juzgados I–VI]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/ca42/ca42-d1290.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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