corregidors

The provinces of Chili are governed by officers who were formerly called corregidors, but are now known by the title of sub-delegates, which ought to be nominated by the crown, but are generally appointed by the governor, owing to the distance from Spain.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Robert Kerr 1784

After he had shaken hands with all his visitors, he presented me to them, and I found that I was in the presence of no less important persons than the Ayuntamiento of San Felipe de Austin; and that two of my worthy countrymen were corregidors, one a procurador, and the others

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Various

He called for a light, and he and the procurador and corregidors sealed up the papers and money.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Various

The procurador, corregidors, all, in short, stood in open-mouthed wonder at this strange proceeding.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Various

One of the corregidors now announced that Johnny and his mulatto had left their house and fled.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Various

One of the corregidors now passed the noose of the lasso round Bob's neck, another bound his eyes, a third person drew his feet out of the stirrups, while a fourth stepped behind his horse with a heavy riding-whip.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Various

Bob, the judge, and the corregidors, remained sitting on their horses, but several of the other men dismounted.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Various

Although each port had three corregidors who audited the finances, as they also paid for their places, they connived with the governors.

The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Clarence Henry Haring 1922

The visitors and corregidors of the districts shall take especial care to prohibit them, and shall reform those who shall be guilty.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. James Alexander Robertson 1906

The sum paid to corregidors is as follows: to two, for the island of Mindoro and the province of Catanduanes, at the rate of 100 pesos, to two, for the islands of Mariveles and Negros, at the rate of 150 pesos; to those of the islands of Leyte, Samare,

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century James Alexander Robertson 1906