'Reglamento Provisional para la secularización de las Misiones de la Alta California' (*Doc. impreso*) — the foundational secularization decree: per the spirit of the 17 Aug 1833 law & the Supremo Gobierno's instructions, the missions partially converted to pueblos beginning Aug (10 first, then the rest); the padres relieved of temporalities & confined to spiritual ministry until formal parish division; territorial govt reassumes temporalities. Distribución de intereses y terrenos: each family head & everyone over 20 (even without family) gets from the missions' common lands a solar ≤ 400 varas + watering commons, with ejidos & propios per pueblo; half the livestock (*semovientes*) & up to half the tools distributed proportionally; the surplus held under a Gefe-Político-named administrator (approved by the Sup. Gob. Federal); provision for padres' subsistence, mayordomo pay, worship, schools & police from the common mass. Gobierno Político de los Pueblos: ayuntamientos formed, elections held; economic govt to the ayuntamientos, contentious justice to the nearest 1ª-instancia judges; emancipados owe communal labor on the still-undivided vineyards/orchards & personal service to the padre. Prevenciones — Art. 18 anti-alienation: emancipated Indians may not sell, encumber or alienate granted lands or cattle; violating sales are void, the govt reclaims, buyers lose their money; heirless lands revert to the emancipated body (art. 19). Art. 22 bars padres from large-scale cattle slaughter before enactment; passive mission debts preferred (art. 23)
| Date | 1834-08-09 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José Figueroa & Agustín V. Zamorano |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | State Papers, Missions and Colonization |
| Tomo | II |
| Original tomo page | p.253–257 |
| Savage copy page | 165–169 |
| Scan leaf | n163–167 |
| Document type | abstract (verbatim, printed decree) |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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José Figueroa & Agustín V. Zamorano, Monterey, 1834-08-09, State Papers, Missions and Colonization, II, p.253–257, Archives of California, C-A 53, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.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/ca53/ca53-d88.html