Translation No. 050
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nor he recalls, and that he sees them returning, and whether the aforesaid ones [alcaldes] go and have gone to visit their estates and to visit and remedy the nearby land and river banks as to the insurgent Blacks or any crimes that may have occurred in the countryside, as to fires set up by the said Blacks, he does not know and it seems to this witness that for the little there is in this city to do and being that it is the site of residence the Real Audiencia, who is responsible for all matters, it would be better for the said alcaldes to be out there in the countryside, because of the crimes and insurgent Blacks and other robberies that are done out there rather than being in it [the city], but whether in the said forays they have done undue things he does not know because, as he has said, this witness considers and would consider good that one of the alcaldes were to always walk around out there; it would mean much pacifying for the island and for the denizens of this city and this is what he knows about this question
[On the left margin: 4th ] To the fourth question, he said that he does not know more about this question about the fees of the said local judges that take two cuartos for