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[D. JOSÉ I]. FAZENDA — Alfândegas, Tabaco e Administração Fazendária. 1751–1767. - [D. JOSÉ I] FAZENDA — Alfândegas, Tabaco e Administração Fazendária . 1751–1767. 5 diplomas: 3 Alvarás, 1 Instrucções (Cópia de Regimento de 1656), 1 Alvará com força de Lei. A collection of five decrees on tax administration, covering the regulation of tobacco, customs duties in the Northern customs houses, deposits, and the remittance of thirds of municipal assets. The collection includes, exceptionally interestingly, a copy of the 1656 Regulations of the Tax Council—documentary evidence of an earlier period of royal administration, preserved in the archives and used as a reference tool by jurists and ministers of Joseph I. October 11, 1656 (D. João IV) — Copy of the Regulations of the Council of Finance and State of Our Lady Queen, established on October 11, 1656; defines the composition of the Council (Overseer, Auditor, Deputies, Attorney, Clerk, Chancellor, Porter), days and hours of dispatch, and duties of each official; archival document of unusual historical interest. May 25, 1751 (King Joseph I) — Abolishes the two Offices of Depositaries of the Court and City; creates and establishes in their place a new Administration for the safekeeping and management of the two Deposits; reforms the treasury custody services. January 10, 1757 (King José I) — Abolition of the Rio de Janeiro Tobacco Contract; replaced by taxes of 800 réis per slave, ten tostões per pipe of geribita (a type of tobacco), and three thousand réis per pipe of fish oil for local consumption; reform of the colonial tobacco tax system. October 15, 1766 (D. José I) — Declares §20 of the Law of December 22, 1761, determining that the Providers remit the thirds of the Councils' assets to the Royal Treasury by June of the year following the due date, without extension. July 28, 1767 (King José I) — In the Customs House of Porto da Figueira and in all others to the North, the 2% contribution for the expenses of the Coast Guards shall be paid; in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Charter of the Customs House of the City of Porto. The collection brings together documents from different periods and subjects in the field of finance, with particular emphasis on the presence of the 1656 Regulation, which confirms the practice of preserving and citing old documentation as a source of law. This documentation is of interest for the study of Portuguese tax administration over more than a century. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate