decree, and of section twenty-four of it, that the governor of
Philipinas gave the title of auditor of accounts and results
[_resultas_] to Francisco Lopez Tamayo, October 6, 610, in the
following words:
"Inasmuch as his Majesty has ordered that the office of auditor of
accounts be again established in this city, so that the accounts of
the royal officials of all the royal estate and other royal possessions
that ought to be given might be audited, etc."
The title proceeds, appointing him for such time as may be the
pleasure of his Majesty and of the said governor in his royal name;
and the latter assigns him an annual salary of one thousand pesos of
common gold, to be paid from the royal treasury in accordance with the
resolution made at the preceding meeting of the treasury on September
30 of the said year.
The above-mentioned tribunal of accounts of the governor and two
auditors has punctually fulfilled its duties; and, as well as the said
office, still exists--although there has been a change in regard to
the title of "auditor of accounts," as will be stated later.
Point 2
In case that your Majesty may be pleased to order that this office
exist, will you be pleased also to ordain and determine the manner and
form in which it is to be exercised, in order to avoid the differences
and encounters that there have been and that may occur between the
auditors of accounts and the royal officials. I shall relate in
general terms the litigations that they have had hitherto, and the
decisions therein of that Audiencia and the tribunal of accounts.