In 1592 the crown forbade anyone to approach the salvaging and amber-trading Indians without presenting himself to the Florida governor beforehand for permission, and again afterwards to pay his quintos to the Florida treasury. AN90 The penalty for skipping this routine was confiscation of all booty, and a 2,000-ducat fine. Governor Ybarra asked the crown to concede to him 1/3 of the proceeds in these cases on account of the trouble smugglers caused him. The Council replied that judge and informer together could keep 1/3, but the fine could be no more than 600 ducats. Nobody in the coastal trade was likely to have 2,000 ducats, they told the governor, and no one honored a law that was unenforceable. It was the original ordinance, however, with the 2,000-ducat fine, that remained on the books. [Note 89: Cedula re bartering in Florida 4/21/1592; Gov. Ybarra n.d. with Council replay 11/21/1605] (Bushnell KC)