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[Message from Jose Lafuente in Laredo]

Description: Message from Jose Lafuente to people in Laredo concerning people who were using flower decorations reserved to Corpus Christi processions must pay a fine of of five pesos within fifteen days; jail sentences are to be issued without payments. Lafuente also references a recent drought.
Date: 1808-06~
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Request from Melchor Vidal de Larca y Villena]

Description: Request from Melchor Vidal de Larca y Villena asking for a list of all justicias mayores during the previous three provincial governments. According to the orders, there is a fine attached to those who fail to comply within a month.
Date: unknown
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Orders from Santiago de Jesús Sánchez to Citizens]

Description: Orders from Santiago de Jesús Sánchez to citizens of Laredo saying that all capable children are to be sent to school to learn the Christian doctrine. According to the order children up to 12 years old who are not well versed in doctrine should go, and there are fines for disobedience.
Date: 1783-03~
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Decree from Santiago de Jesús Sánchez]

Description: Decree from Santiago de Jesús Sánchez forbidding card playing and gambling, and laying out fines for those who disobey.
Date: 1783-11~
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Decree from Tomás Sánchez]

Description: Order from Captain Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera to settlers near Laredo to report to the villa within three days to avoid a fine of 12 pesos.
Date: July 9, 1774
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[$20 Bond Against Sanchez, Benavides, and Salinas]

Description: Text of a bond statement testifying that M. Sanchez (principal), R. Benavides and J. J. Salinas (seconds) will pay $20 to the chief justice in Webb County as a fine for violating an ordinance that regulates straying animals in Laredo, Texas.
Date: August 24, 1860
Creator: Sanchez, Margarito; Benavides, Refugio & Salinas, Juan José
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[H. Kempner, Fine, Horseback Speed Ticket]

Description: Transcription and two copies of court record no. 116, The Mayor, Aldermen and Harris Kempner, in which Kempner was charged with the offense of "running through the streets of Houston on horseback at a rate quicker than 5 miles an hour." Kempner was brought into court and, after evidence was presented, ordered to pay a fine of $5.00 plus the cost of the court for this offense.
Date: May 1888
Creator: Ander, William
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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