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    The document outlines the local government structure in the Spanish colonial era Philippines. It describes the hierarchical roles from the barangay level up to the provincial level, including chieftains, gobernadorcillos (mayors), alcalde mayors (governors), corregidors (district administrators), and junta provincial (provincial council). It also discusses the roles of supporting officials like tenientes (lieutenants), cabezas de barangay (barangay heads), capitan municipal (municipal captain), and alguaciles (assistants).

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    The document outlines the local government structure in the Spanish colonial era Philippines. It describes the hierarchical roles from the barangay level up to the provincial level, including chieftains, gobernadorcillos (mayors), alcalde mayors (governors), corregidors (district administrators), and junta provincial (provincial council). It also discusses the roles of supporting officials like tenientes (lieutenants), cabezas de barangay (barangay heads), capitan municipal (municipal captain), and alguaciles (assistants).

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    Philippine History

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    (LESSON 8)The-Local-Government

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    The document outlines the local government structure in the Spanish colonial era Philippines. It describes the hierarchical roles from the barangay level up to the provincial level, including chieftains, gobernadorcillos (mayors), alcalde mayors (governors), corregidors (district administrators), and junta provincial (provincial council). It also discusses the roles of supporting officials like tenientes (lieutenants), cabezas de barangay (barangay heads), capitan municipal (municipal captain), and alguaciles (assistants).

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    The Local Government in Spanish Colonial Era

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    The Local Government

    In Spanish Colonial Era


    TIMELINE OF PHILIPPINES
    GOVERNMENT

    THE BARANGAY THE 2 Alkalde, a


    LED BY SULTANATE Mayor, 12
    CHIEFTAIN LED BY SULTAN Regidores and
    one escribano
    or court clerk
    Alcalde Mayor
    • for Provinces
    • Exercised executive and judiciary powers in the province
    • Collected tribute
    • Until the mid-19th century, he had the privilege to engage in trade
    (indulto de comercio), which occasioned many abuses against the local
    population
    • No provision was made restricting the alcalde mayor to engage in
    trade
    Corregidor

    • for Districts
    • If a provincia was large, the alcalde mayor had a
    corregidor to administer
    over corregimientos (provincial district)
    • Exercised executive and judiciary power
    Junta Provincial 

    •Provincial council which assisted


    the alcalde mayor
    •They are the court in the province
    Gobernadorcillo
    • Little Governor, The Mayor
    • Administered over a municipal, assisted by other
    municipals officials
    • By 1768, the position became elective. Any person elected
    acquired elite status, diluting the political power given by
    the Spanish to the hereditary datus the old Principalía class.
    Capitan Municipal 

    • Head of the tribunal municipal


    • Elected by the residents of the municipio
    • He/she help the gobernadorcillo in
    managing the municipality
    Tribunal Municipal
    • Municipal council composed of the municipal captain
    • the chief lieutenant
    • the lieutenant of police
    • the lieutenant of fields
    • the lieutenant of livestock
    • all of which were elected by the residents of the municipio
    Tenientes

    • The leader or chief of a barangay in the 


    Philippines during the Spanish colonial
    period.
    • They are Cabeza de Barangay before
    becoming a Teniente
    Cabeza de Barangay
    • Administered over a barangay of 40 to 50 families
    • Collected tribute in the barangay
    • Position was originally hereditary among the local elites of the pre-colonial
    period
    • Position was made elective in 1786; the gobernadorcillo and other cabezas
    chose a name and presented it to the Governor General for appointment to the
    position in a specific barangay.
    • After three years of service, a cabeza was qualified for election to becoming a
    teniente
    Alguaciles

    • They are the supporting official that help


    other officials
    • In collecting money or any kind of activity
    implemented to the Philippines

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