_ 94 _ sign. This shall be put into due effect if it is within their competence. If their opinions differ, they shall consult a third party, who shall be the Chief Treasury Officer, and if he is not available, it shall be the factor of the fortress concerned. If it is the case that through some impediment it can be neither the Chief Treasury Officer nor the factor, the most senior ordinary Judge serving that year will take his place. If it is agreed by two of them the sentence shall be put into effect, and all three shall sign and it shall be duly executed by the above mentioned. Criminal cases which do not fall within the competence of the said judges will be concluded by themselves alone, granting the right of appeal in accordance with my ordinances to the Court of Appeal, where the Chief Criminal Justice shall despatch them. The said Chief Justices will hear the appeals which come before the ordinary judges of the cities and captaincies where they are serving as Chief Justices, and they alone shall despatch them. They are to pass appeals to the Court of Appeal in cases not within their competence. The said Chief Justices will hear the appeals heard by ordinary judges, and district corregidores may do the
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