that which is there entered and signed; and that,
if they shall accept or give more, they will enter and sign it as has
been said. The penalty of the first offense is a requirement to repay
fourfold to our exchequer that which is taken otherwise than as herein
ordained; for the second, the same penalty and dismissal from office;
and if the party or the attorney shall give information that he has
given moneys to the said clerk, and they shall not be endorsed as
aforesaid, let him be believed on his oath as to the amount that he
shall have given.

139. [Clerks and commissioners are to undertake no official
investigations without signed warrant from the court. Penalty:
two years' suspension and a hundred pesos for the first offense,
and dismissal for the second.]

140. [More than one demand [_peticion_] in appeals is not to be
accepted from either party. Penalty: two pesos.]

141. [Abbreviations or numbers in dates are not permitted, for fear
of fraud. Penalty: damages of the parties and twenty pesos for the
exchequer and court-rooms.]

142. [Memoranda of testimony in criminal cases must be given to the
fiscal for correction. Penalty: four pesos.]

143. [Clerks in all depositions are to put questions as to age and
the like, to avoid fraud. Penalty: two pesos to the court room.]

144. They shall accept no food, fowls, or other things in satisfaction
of their fees, on pain of being required to repay fourfold what they
thus accept, to our exchequer.

145. [No fees are to be accepted from a defendant who swears on
preliminary examination that he owes nothing, in case the plaintiff
does not prove his case on judicial examination. In such case, the
plaintiff is to pay the fees.]

146. [Copies of decisions are to be promptly given to the party
requesting it. Penalty: two pesos to the court-room.]

147. [Notice of fines and penalties must be sent to the fiscal
weekly. Penalty: two pesos to the court-room.]

148. [Evidence of poor suitors is to be taken with care and
promptitude.]

149. [Notifications of hearings in cases concerning small amounts
are to be sent to the parties. Penalty: two pesos to the court-room.]

150. [Personal presence is required at examinations in criminal cases
and the execution of sentences. Penalty: suspension from office.]

151. [Lists of fees allowed by law must be posted in their offices,
as well as in the public hall of the Audiencia. Penalty: five pesos
to the poor of the prison.]