Although the king filled the factorship once more (or honored a commitment) with Juan de Cueva, this time was recognized to be the last. Governor Salinas suggested in 1620 that an accountant and a steward were all Florida really needed. The Council, considering his letter four years later, recommended that the royal will be to suppress the office of factor-overseer in Florida and combine the positions of treasurer and steward. A certain delay in implementing this will would be unavoidable, treasury officials being lifetime appointments, but Florida officials might be given first consideration for vacancies elsewhere. In 1624 Francisco Ramirez, the accountant, was offered a transfer to the treasury soon to be established at the mines of San Luis Potosi in New Spain; Factor Juan de Cueva was to become Florida accountant in his place. Ramirez declined to move. In 1628, the year Francisco Menendez Marquez won his case to be recognized as Florida treasurer, Cueva began serving as accountant in place of Ramirez, who was semiretired. He may have continued his stewardship duties as well, but not with his old title of factor-overseer. After the king’s new appointee arrived in 1631, Cueva left for San Luis himself, to be that treasury’s accountant. [Note 26: Council re the royal officials 9/4/1628; Juan de Cueva, seen in Council 5/25/1629; Council re accountant for Florida 5/24/1630] (Bushnell KC)