a.]

195. [No gifts may be accepted. Penalty: double the amount to the
exchequer, condemnation as forsworn, and loss of office.]

_Assigners of cases_

203. [Fees of the official who distributes the cases [_repartidor_]
among the clerks are to be two tomines for each case, [51] except
from poor suitors and others exempt.]

_Taxing of fees and costs_

204. [Records of cases transferred to the council of the Yndias are
to have their fees taxed by a special officer.]

205. [In case of complaint against the taxation, the auditor for the
week shall decide.]

_Advocates_

206-214. [These sections give minute directions as to procedure, fixing
the time and manner in which documents are to be presented, filed,
and demanded, regulating the manner of taxing advocates' fees, and
enumerating certain duties of advocates in the conduct of their cases.]

215. Counsel shall swear that they will not give their assistance in
unjust causes, or counsel the parties to injustice; and that as soon
as they discover that their client is not suing for justice they will
abandon the case. If it shall happen that through the negligence or
ignorance of the counsel, deducible from the record, the party whom
he assists shall lose his right, we command that the said counsel be
held to pay his client the damages resulting, together with the costs;
and the judge before whom the case shall be pending shall oblige him
to pay without delay.

216. [Counsel shall not dare to abandon a case once undertaken, except
because of injustice. Penalty: loss of fees and damages to the client.]

217. [Counsel is not to repeat allegations in documents; documents
are to be signed by known counsel; two pleas only are to be accepted.]

218. No counsel shall dare to make a bargain with his client for a
part of the property to which he lays claim; [52] and, if he shall
do so, he shall have no authority to act in the said office for him
or for any other.

219. [Advocates are to be examined and approved by the president and
auditors, and entered on the list of advocates; no one without a degree
may appear in a court, except the party in his own behalf. Penalties
graduated.]

220. [Advocates must use care and diligence in behalf of their clients,
and conduct their cases honorably. Penalty: suspension, in the judgment
of the court.]

221. _Item:_ We ordain and command that the advocate or advocates
shall, in cases of first instance and on appeal, pay the