In most places treasury officials had already had their trading privileges withdrawn; they soon lost the right to operate productive enterprises such as ranches, sugar mills, or mines, for every time a royal official engaged in private business there was fresh proof of why he should not. [Note 21: Recop. 2/15/1528 to 10/4/1600] The laws of the Indies lay lightly on St. Augustine, where the proprietors were more apt to be governed by circumstance, and in 1580 the restriction on ranches and farms was removed. [Note 22: Council, Madrid 6/4/1580] (Bushnell KC)