Savage heading: '1789 - Novre. 14 - Chihuahua. / Jn. Gasiot y Miralles: Instrucn. aprobada pr. S.M. qe

Savage heading: '1789 - Novre. 14 - Chihuahua. / Jn. Gasiot y Miralles: Instrucn. aprobada pr. S.M. qe. se formó pa. el establecimto. de la nueva Villa del Pitic, en la Provª. de Sonora, mandada adaptar á las demás nuevas Poblaciones proyectadas y qe. estableciren en el distrito de esta Comandancia General.' [= the PLAN DE PITIC, the royally approved instruction for founding the new villa of Pitic in Sonora, ordered to serve as the model for all other new settlements projected in the Provincias Internas]. Art. 1 rehearses 'la Ley 6ª. tit.º 8. lib.º 4º' prohibiting viceroys, audiencias and governors from erecting ciudades or villas, and rules the prohibition limited to already-founded towns, so the governor may 'declarar villa á la nueva Poblacn. señalandole el nombre qe. deba usar', the site 'fertilizando con el benefº. del riego pr. medio de la gran Azequia construida á este fin'. Art. 2 (leyes 6ª tit. 5º and 10ª, lib. 4º) grants the new villa '4 legs. de termino ó terrº. en cuadro, ó prolongado, segn. lo proporcionare la mejor disposicn. del terreno qe. se distinará y amojonará', being more than 5 leagues from any other Spanish villa, ciudad or lugar and injuring no particular person 'ni á ningn. pueblo de Indios'; the existing Seri rancheria is to remain 'dentro de esta demarcacn. como parte ó barrio de la nueva Poblacn., sujeto á su jurisdiccn.', the natives enjoying the same public and common benefits as the settlers 'reservandoles la facultad de eligir sus Alcaldes y regidores con la Jurisdiccn. economica' (leyes 15 y 16, tit. 3º, lib. 6º). Art. 3: 'Habiendose trasladado el Presº. de Sn. Migl. de Orcasitas al parage del Pitic, pa. qe. á su resguardo y abrigo se forme la nueva Poblacion', per arts. 1 and 2, tit. 14 of 'el nuevo Reglamto. de Presºs. de 10 de Setre. de 1772' and art. 50 of the old reglamento of 'el Sr. Virey Marqués de Casafuerte de 20 de Abl. de 1729' (ordered observed by Real Orden of 15 de Mayo de 1779), the political government and ordinary civil and criminal jurisdiction in first instance would belong to the presidial captain, with appeal to the Real Audiencia — but the company now being considered detached, [text continues past n340]. Marked 'o' in the margin. Spans n338 (lower half) - n340 AND CONTINUES BEYOND THIS CHUNK. ⭐ SPAN AND ENDPOINT ESTABLISHED 2026-08-27 by reading every leaf n339-n354: the text runs unbroken as arts. 1-24 and closes on n355 with Savage's cite 'pp. 853-68'. This is the Plan de Pitic entire, and the article-level substance sits in those interior leaves: 4 leagues of termino (art. 2); the Seris incorporated as a barrio with their OWN elected alcaldes and regidores (art. 2); the ayuntamiento at 30 vecinos = 2 alcaldes ordinarios, 6 regidores, 1 procurador sindico, 1 mayordomo de propios (art. 4); commons of pastures, woods, waters, hunting, fishing, stone and fruit trees shared by Spaniards and Indians (art. 6); the town plan by engineer Manuel Mascaro (art. 8); the suerte of 400 x 200 varas (art. 13); ⭐⭐ the HIJUELA as title of ownership for the settler, his children and descendants (art. 17); tenure 'p.r juro de heredad' conditioned on arms, horses, 4 years residence and 2 years cultivation (art. 18); the MORTMAIN BAR forbidding sale to any church, monastery or 'manos muertas' (art. 18); a full irrigation code with the hila, the azequia madre and annually elected ditch alcaldes (arts. 19-21); field guards day and night and the Corral del consejo (arts. 22-23); and municipal ordinances as particular local law (art. 24). Border: Borica's Branciforte instruction begins immediately below on n355.

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