Spanish Colonial Administration: Councils & Houses
Indian Council
The supreme direction of the Indian finances was conducted by the agency during the sixteenth and seventeenth step in that direction at the hands of the board of finance.
The decision to transfer the council‘s finance major accountancy castilla wide powers on ranch since its establishment came to enjoy the Indian board was taken by Philip II.
The activities of the council were, ensuring the development and promotion of real estate and other you monitor the performance of actual trades.
The first follows from the order received by the council, which indicated the obligation to discuss the measures parallel increase in real estate ka.
The second was done in two ways, through onsite inspections to tax districts, or through review of books that the officers was forced to lead.
Originally existed in Spain a section of the Council of Castile, which served colonial affairs. On August 1, 1524 became an autonomous body, which was reorganized in 1542.
This agency was the administration of all civil affairs, military, ecclesiastical and commercial of the Spanish colonies. Was made of a chancellor or president, a Lieutenant of the Grand Chancellor, eight Counselors Counsel, a prosecutor, two secretaries, three reviewers, a Chamber of Justice Clerk, an Appraiser an Attorney Attorney Processes and Poor. The Council of Indies everything about him corresponded to the government and colonial administration, exercising legislative, financial, judicial and ecclesiastical coordination.
In 1600 it formed a Junta de Guerra de Indias, in charge of military and naval affairs, which was composed of members of the India Council and the Council of Castille War. In 1714 created the Department of the Navy and the Indies, which took office in the War area, Navigation, Commerce, Treasury, the appointment of all officials, including the Indian Council and the House of Trade.
In the late eighteenth century created a Secretariat of the Indies to judicial office, civil and ecclesiastical patronage. The Council of Indies was abolished by the Cortes of Cadiz in 1812 and finally abolished in 1834.
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On January 20, 1503 was founded the House of Trade, which had its headquarters in Seville. It was his responsibility to regulate commerce between Spain and the American colonies. He was later conferred political powers, judicial (civil and criminal jurisdiction in the commercial area), fiscal and ecclesiastical.
Was a major source of nautical knowledge, geographical, meteorological, botanical, zoological, ethnic and social backgrounds because of the “Relations” that the explorers, conquerors and rulers was remitted.
With the creation of the Supreme Council of the Indies, the House of Trade was as a department, having been moved to Cadiz in 1772. It was closed in 1790.
Once created, the Indian board, the functions of procurement of Seville house was reduced to maintain close relationship with the factors of the Indian, he is deprived of its main responsibilities was ordained in 1722 and his transfer to Cadiz, where he continued working to its total extinction in 1790.
The Board of Finance
Also born in the first decade of the reign of Charles I the important Council of Finance (1523-1525), although not given the full jurisdiction until 1593. He had to deal with the financing of the monarchy through the control of income and wealth that was fed the real estate. The Council finally oust the old system completely Accounts (Finance and Accounts), addressing both tax policy and the procurement of outside resources for implementing the general policy of the monarchy.
With regard to the specific tasks entrusted to the Treasury Board, the Order’s founding, we have found in almost all the books consulted, it is quite thorough in its specification. First, it instructs counselors to meet, discuss and understand all the money that must be waged in favor of the treasurer general, by the Chief Accountant of the Treasury. They should worry about
understand everything that relates to real incomes, those from the military orders of the Crusades, subsidies, compositions, loans, custodial House and any other income he had to receive the king. They must also address the costs, needs and allocations to be made, and the form and manner in which
all this should be implemented and operated.
This includes, of course, take charge of the issuance of all letters, cards and supplies as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the above.
Be understood that competence in this regard was purely to propose and implement, as the approval or final approval was given by the monarch, at least in normal cases and as prescribed, as it is hard to believe, even considering the great industry for example, Philip II, in practice, all matters passed by the king’s hands. Thus, supplies, letters and warrants issued, the Council should provide their
signal or heading to the back, so that by passing them to the signature, the king knew that they were all compliant, and could sign them and dispatch them in complete safety and tranquility.