The Mining Laws of the Republic of Colombia

Excerpt from The Mining Laws of the Republic of Colombia: Translated With an Introduction and Notes In the earliest colonial days various isolated legal provisions (emanating from the Spanish Crown as the private owner of the Colonies) were made, but the first complete code was that constituted by the Ordenanzas de Minas del Peru, 1541. A few years later, the viceroys were directed to enforce the laws of Castille relating to mines, and were recommended to issue such further ordinances as they deemed suitable, in accordance with which recommendation the viceroy Francisco de Toledo gave out the ordinances of 1574, with the approval of Philip the Second, and these were completed 25 years later by the viceroy, the Marquis de Canete. Meanwhile, in Spain, the Mon arch published the Ordinances oi August 22, 1584, founded on the principles of the German legislation (which in turn undoubtedly derives from the Roman) 1 and these were made applicable to America. These various ordinances, together with sundry minor provisions of various dates. Were codified in the celebrated Ordenanzas del Peru, published in 1683. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.