He appointed regidors and ministers of justice, and called it Nueva Murcia in honor of the Murcia of España, his native region.
Certain offices of regidors and notaries have been sold by royal decree for one life.
He asks that more troops be sent to Cébu; that the Spanish settlement there be raised to the rank of a city; that the regidors be crown appointees; and that its people be permitted to send their exports directly to Nueva España.
The said seal will be contained in a box borne under a canopy, the supports of which shall be carried by the regidors of the city.
Veinte e cuatros, literally "twenty-fours," aldermen or regidors in the town councils of certain towns in Andalusia.
I therefore charge and command you to make a thorough investigation of the matter, and to remove the regidors whom you find to have been appointed through questionable means, or who are unfit for the office.
The staves of the canopy were carried by the regidors of the city, who were clad in robes of crimson velvet lined with white silver cloth, and in breeches and doublets of the same material.
The best of all is that, some days before the two per cent was laid, there was a meeting called at my request, and held in the bishop's house before him and me and all the regidors of the city.
All these regidors met, and unanimously elected and appointed the regidor Diego Hernandez Bitoria attorney-general for them and for this city.
It does not appear that the alcaldes and regidors of Manila use their offices to the good of the state, but each for his own private interests.
I also found this city without houses for the cabildo and that the regidors with great inconvenience and little dignity were going about seeking the houses of citizens for the meeting of the cabildo.
As the regidorsand people in authority are the owners of the cattle, they weigh and sell them as they please, without observing any system.
They go daily to the city hall, but they make two regidors go to their houses to get them.
There the regidors wait until the gobernadorcillo is ready to come out, and the latter then goes in solemn state to the city hall, preceded by the regidors and the alguacils, with staffs in hand.
He asks that regidors of Manila be chosen by the Audiencia, and allowed some compensation for their services; and that the governor be not allowed to compel the cabildo to meet in his house.
Item: Inasmuch as the said regidors do not have any profits, and as, on that account, those who it is important should be regidors refuse to act: if they were assigned some just reward they would be eager to defend their community.
Item: He petitions your Majesty to order your governor not to exclude the regidors of the city from appointments in accordance with their merits, since they derive no profit from the city magistracy, and are serving the community.
For sometimes the governor has ordered the regidors to meet in his house to hold a session of cabildo, contrary to the privileges of the city.
Few would be the formerregidors and alcaldes who would not be included; and it is advisable for your Majesty to be pleased to have the proper decision made known.
They offered the necessary support to the regidors of their party, in order to have them present themselves in the Audiencia under pretext of appeal.
Although time has somewhat vitiated it, the order that the regidors should give account to the governor of all that occurred has been observed.
Item: We command that our Audiencia, at the end of the two months during which the two regidorsappointed as inspectors of weights and measures have served, shall receive from them an account of their service.
The regidors are elected for life, and the alguazil-mayor remains in office as long as does the alcalde-mayor.
Alcaldes and regidors were appointed, and a regular government introduced.
To give all the names of the regidors would be superfluous, and it must suffice to mention their names as they appear in the course of this narrative.
Some of the regidors opposed this, and appealed to the Audiencia.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "regidors" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
