D. Francisco Ruiz Tagle, miembro de la Legion de Mérito de Chile, y Juez de Policia urbana &c. [text begins:] Por cuanto el Señor Ministro de Estado en el Departamento de Gobieno [sic] ha servido dirigirme el oficio siguiente ....

(Santiago de Chile), Imprenta Nacional, dated 3 June 1823).. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, disbound. Caption title. In good to very good condition. 8 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION? of these regulations for keeping Santiago clean and safe, which give a vivid picture of urban life in the early nineteenth century. No obstructions are to be built in the street, including steps or extensions of buildings. Ditches are to be checked monthly by the police. Dead animals and garbage are not to be tossed into the street. Laundry may not be washed in the Mapocho. No stills or pigpens are permitted. Convents, monasteries, and houses on corners must erect street lamps. The streets are not to be used as playing fields or abattoirs. Dogs must be chained. Vendors of food and clothing must stay in their appointed places in the plazas.Ruiz Tagle (1790-1860), who served in the Chilean parliament as early as 1811, became mayor of Santiago in 1814 and provincial governor in 1817. When this decree was issued, he was superintendent of police. He later served as finance minister (1828-1829), and for 6 weeks in early 1830 was president of Chile, resigning in favor of his vice-president José Tomás Ovalle on March 31.*** Briseño I, p. 116. Not located in CCPBE. Not located in Rebiun. Not located in Jisc.