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Spanish treasury officials were not supposed to conduct cattle business
Source: The Menendez Marquez Cattle Barony at La Chua and the Determinants of Economic Expansion in Seventeenth-Century Florida #163
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Royal instructions prohibited the treasury officials in the Indies from introducing cattle and having income-producing ranches, but this restriction, like many others, was not enforced in Florida. The beef was needed for food, the hides and other ranch products for exports. (Cedula to royal officials of Florida, September 30, 1580; Brme Arguelles, August 3, 1598.) Few persons had the capital of a royal official or the interest in investing it locally. It was usual for the treasurer or accountant to engage in trade and production ("tratos y granjerias") of his own. Retail trade was not allowed to a gentleman, but a good head for business was always respected. (Fr. Juan Luengo, [Madrid], November 30, 1676.)
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