Note XXXV‑28 — Chapter XXXV · GUATEMALA AND CHIAPAS. 1601-1700.
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The right to bear the city flag on public occasions belonged to the officers of the cabildo, but the audiencia usurped the momentous prerogative and gave it to the alguacil mayor. The king was requested to interfere. Arévalo, Col. Doc. Antig., 126-7.