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The posi- tion of alcalde de la Hermandad, thus disposed of in 1671, pro- duced thirteen hundred pesos. Lesser municipal offices, as those of escribano (notary) and alguacil mayor, were leased or farmed for a lump sum to be covered by the incumbent from fees collected. 11 Navarro y Lamarca, following several writers of the epoch during which the practice of selling offices was in vogue, thinks that the system has been overcriticised, and that the men who bought offices were more inclined to adm...inister them consci- entiously than were the "irresponsible and voracious minions of the viceroys. " The same author calls to attention the fact that Montesquieu considered the practice advantageous and per- fectly proper. 12 Insofar as his efficiency was concerned, it may be safely asserted that whether the position of the regidor was obtained by purchase or by election, that accident was of less importance in determining his value to the State than was the fact that the whole political heirarchy of the Spanish empire, colonial and peninsular alike, Was characterized by malfeasance and graft with such notable exceptions that honesty in office was the crowning virtue whereby many names of colonial administra- tors have become conspicuous if not illustrious.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The posi- tion of alcalde de la Hermandad, thus disposed of in 1671, pro- duced thirteen hundred pesos. Lesser municipal offices, as those of escribano (notary) and alguacil mayor, were leased or farmed for a lump sum to be covered by the incumbent from fees collected. 11 Navarro y Lamarca, following several writers of the epoch during which the practice of selling offices was in vogue, thinks that the system has been overcriticised, and that the men who bought offices were more inclined to adm...inister them consci- entiously than were the "irresponsible and voracious minions of the viceroys. " The same author calls to attention the fact that Montesquieu considered the practice advantageous and per- fectly proper. 12 Insofar as his efficiency was concerned, it may be safely asserted that whether the position of the regidor was obtained by purchase or by election, that accident was of less importance in determining his value to the State than was the fact that the whole political heirarchy of the Spanish empire, colonial and peninsular alike, Was characterized by malfeasance and graft with such notable exceptions that honesty in office was the crowning virtue whereby many names of colonial administra- tors have become conspicuous if not illustrious.
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