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From the earliest days, the chief of a [[Philippine province|province]] had acted both as governor and judge. He also engaged in trade, of which he had a [[monopoly]]. With multiple duties, it was not strange that the governors were often poor rulers. They knew little of the law and therefore they sent all the important cases to Manila. For this reason there were often long delays in processing cases. Sometimes it required years to get justice and this encouraged the strong to oppress the weak. Clavería therefore ordered that the governors be men of two years experience in the law.<ref name="Jernegan"/>
Clavería mandated that the governors should not engage in [[trade]]. This decree was not fully obeyed for many years after the time of Clavería. At that time there were thirty-one provinces. The governor received a salary of from three hundred to two thousand [[Philippine peso]]s a year. The most common salary was six hundred pesos. In return for the privilege of controlling the trade of the provinces the governors paid the government as high as three thousand pesos a year. Yet they usually became rich. Men of high position tried to get these places
===Other acts during his term===
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