the following rules and conditions shall be observed:

First: In the encomiendas of his Majesty as well as in those of private
persons, where they have Christian instruction and the administration
of secular justice for the maintenance of law and order, the entire
tribute levied may be collected from the natives; and the encomendero
is bound, with that part of the tribute which falls to him, to aid in
the support of the minister or ministers of religion who belong to
his encomienda. The said tribute shall be collected in its entirety
in the aforesaid encomiendas where justice and religious instruction
exist, and equally from all the Indians therein, whether believers
or unbelievers. I also order all encomenderos who are or shall be
appointed in the encomiendas, to provide with the utmost punctuality
and promptness, each in his own encomienda, that part of the tribute
which is due from them for the maintenance of religious teaching,
churches, and all other purposes of religion, under penalty of being
deprived of their encomiendas; and the collectors, under the penalties
hereinafter written, which will be most vigorously executed.

_Item_: In those encomiendas where justice is administered, but where,
through lack of ministers, there is no religious instruction, the
tribute shall be collected, reserving that part which would be due
to the minister, if they had one--namely, a fourth part of the tax,
a little more or less, which part shall be left and freely surrendered
to the Indians.

_Item_: In those encomiendas which, on account of their remoteness,
have neither justice nor religious instruction, no tribute shall be
collected until such time as God shall order the affairs of these
islands; and his Majesty, informed of their condition, shall make