Laws & Statutes: Governance & Administration
This subsection of “Laws and Statutes” includes a wide variety of orders on the topic of public administration and the administration of justice, from civil procedure to the appointment of government officials, to granting the status or privileges of nobility, to grammar school education, to bridge and "highway" maintenance.
Leyes y normas: gobernación y administración
Este inciso de leyes y estatutos incluye una gran variedad de ordenanzas sobre el tema de la administración pública y la administración de justicia, desde el derecho procesal civil, el nombramiento de funcionarios de gobierno, otorgación del estatus de privilegios de la hidalguía, hasta la educación de escuela primaria y manutención de carreteras y puentes.
![Royal Order by King Ferdinand to the effect that vassals of prelates and barons can only be made knights under certain conditions. [ca. 1500].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_laws_01:00036/full/pct:6.25/0/default.jpg#h=250&w=335)
Royal Order by King Ferdinand to the effect that vassals of prelates and barons can only be made knights under certain conditions. [ca. 1500].
![Constitutions of Catalonia issued by King Ferdinand of Castile and Aragon in the courts held in Barcelona in the Monastery of St. Francis in the year of 1503 [concluded in 1526].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_laws_01:00020/full/pct:12.5/0/default.jpg#h=494&w=355)
Constitutions of Catalonia issued by King Ferdinand of Castile and Aragon in the courts held in Barcelona in the Monastery of St. Francis in the year of 1503 [concluded in 1526].
![Holograph document containing the stamp schedule in force in the Kingdom of Spain. [Ca. XVIII century].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_laws_01:00129/full/pct:12.5/0/default.jpg#h=475&w=349)
Holograph document containing the stamp schedule in force in the Kingdom of Spain. [Ca. XVIII century].
![Royal Decree appointing Fernando Benaventura as Captain General of the Princedom of Catalonia. [Ca. XVIII century].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_laws_01:00143/full/pct:12.5/0/default.jpg#h=434&w=315)
Royal Decree appointing Fernando Benaventura as Captain General of the Princedom of Catalonia. [Ca. XVIII century].
![Holographic copy of the Acts of the Courts held by the legal guardians and regents of King Alfonso in Medina del Campo on September 6, 1318. [Ca. XVIII century].](https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/service:ll:llhsp:llhsp_laws_01:00176/full/pct:12.5/0/default.jpg#h=468&w=354)