BANDO DE POLICIA, 14 articles transcribed verbatim; spans n60-n64. Art

Departmental State Papers, Monterey, tomo I–VIII · BANC MSS C-A 43, document 217

BANDO DE POLICIA, 14 articles transcribed verbatim; spans n60-n64. Art. 1 pigs at large to be penned within 12 hours, fine 12 rs; art. 2 householders to sweep frontages twice weekly, rubbish to fill the gullies caused by adobe-making, fine 4 reales; art. 3 adobe-making confined to the cañadas away from thoroughfares; art. 4 penalties for careless burning of the productive montes; art. 5 'Las públicas diversiones que llaman fandangos, no podrá ningun indivíduo verificarlo sin permiso del alcalde ó regidor en turno' [no fandango without permission; 20 rs fine]; art. 6 curfew at 10 p.m., the ronda to arrest suspicious persons; art. 7 cattle hides to be shown to the síndico procurador before sale, hide-thieves liable; art. 8 the montes are common property, no timber to be cut for sale to ships without the síndico's licence; art. 9 'Todo ciudadano ó estrangero que salga de esta poblacion á otra, ó entre en ella procedente del Territorio, deberá sacar el pasaporte corresp.te de la autoridad local' [passports required of citizens and foreigners]; art. 10 no firing ball or shot in town; art. 11 no liquor sold on religious feast days until after mass, none at all Holy Thursday to Saturday; art. 12 public card-games and habitual drunkards to cease; art. 13 'Toda persona que destinare á su servicio algun neófito que hubiese huido de su mision, dará aviso á la autoridad local' [anyone employing a runaway mission neophyte must notify the local authority]; art. 14 arms laws to be enforced severely.

Date1833 En.o 6 (year)
FromMarcelino Escobar, alcalde constitucional of Monterey
PlaceMonterey
SeriesDepartmental State Papers, Monterey
TomoI–VIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep. 131-3
Savage copy page61 [stamp] / 13 [hand]
Scan leafn60–n64
Document typebando (municipal police ordinance)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentMarcelino Escobar, alcalde constitucional of Monterey, Monterey, 1833 En.o 6, Departmental State Papers, Monterey, I–VIII, p. 131-3, Archives of California, C-A 43, 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 I–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/ca43/ca43-d217.html
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