SESSION ACTA Heading verbatim: '+ 1834 = Julio 24 = Mont. / Diputacion Territorial = Sobre Corrida de Caballada mesteña, impuestos á buques &.a' [= 1834, July 24, Monterey. Territorial Diputación. On the roundup of wild horses, duties on ships, etc.] Copied at length, one of the two most substantive sessions in the band. (A) THE MESTEÑA REGULATION, numbered propositions: the licence is extended to any individual who solicits it with the same necessity as Chavoya, 'entendidos qe. deberán pagar el 5º de la que tomen, mitad en hembra y mitad en macho, para servicio de la nación' (a one-fifth royalty, half mares half studs, to the nation); 3a, the síndico of that ayuntamiento is to take account of the number of head the fifth produces, the charge resting on whoever must pay it, the síndico advising the government; 4º, 'Los agraciados quedarán en obligacion de tumbar los corrales que pa. dhas corridas hayan levantado' (grantees must knock down the corrals raised for the roundups); 5º, on the validity of the licence. All approved. (B) THE PORT DUTIES, from the dictamen of the comisión de propios y arbitrios, incorporating an additional article to art. 6º moved by the President in the session of the 15th and a redraft of art. 9º: at the ports of Monterey, San Francisco, Santa Bárbara, San Pedro and San Diego, every national vessel that is not a warship pays a municipal duty of ½ real per bulto landed for commerce; foreign vessels pay 1 real per bulto. (C) A REGISTRO DE FIERROS DE HERRAR (branding-iron registry) to be kept by the ayuntamientos, the alcaldes exacting 12 reales per registration for the municipal fund; returned to commission for redaction. (D) A LIQUOR DUTY: 3 pesos per barrel of aguardiente, 12 reales for one of wine, 2 pesos for one of Angélica. Left 'pendiente pa. la proxima Sesion'.
| Date | 1834-07-24 (exact) |
|---|---|
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Legislative Records |
| Tomo | II |
| Original tomo page | pp. 196 = 200 |
| Savage copy page | n166 stamp 167 / ink 165 through n168 stamp 169 / ink 167 |
| Scan leaf | n166–n168 |
| Document type | acta (session minutes) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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