Note 72 — Chapter VI · THE AUDIENCIA AND THE GOVERNOR: GENERAL RELATIONS

There were many occasions in the history of the Islands when the acuerdo was influential in the formulation of far-reaching reforms. The well-known “Ordinances of Good Government,” issued by Governor Corcuera in 1642 for the observance of the provincial officials, and repromulgated with modifications by Cruzat y Góngora in 1696 and by Raón in 1768 were formulated by the acuerdo.72 Similarly were those formulated that were proposed by Marquina in 1790. The local regulations for the consulado, established in 1769, were formulated by the audiencia largely on the recommendations of the able fiscal, Francisco Leandro de Viana. In the same manner the new plan of constitutional government given to the Philippines in 1812 was drafted by the audiencia at the request of the Council of the Indies.73 Likewise the plans for the government of the intendancy were submitted to the acuerdo by Governor Basco y Vargas in 1785. Indeed, these, as well as the scheme of 1787–8, were actually written by two magistrates of the audiencia, the former plan by Oidor Ciriaco Gonzales Carvajal, subsequently intendant, and the latter by Oidor Castillo y Negrete.74