<P> 16: According to Catholicism, the Indians are not allowed to have more than one wife at a time and they are not allowed to abandon their wives . </P> <P> 17: Sons of the chiefs of the Islands who are under the age of thirteen are to be given to the Friars so they can be taught how to read, write, and other things about Catholicism . When the sons reach the age of nineteen, they are to return to the encomienda and teach the others . </P> <P> 18: Pregnant women are not to be sent to the mines or made to plant the crops . They shall be kept on the estate and made to do household duties such as cooking and weeding . After the child is born, she can nurse it until it is three years old . After this time, she can return to the mines and other duties . </P> <P> 19: The Indians should not sleep on the ground . Each encomendero should provide his Indians with hammocks . </P>

What was the goal of the laws of burgos and the new laws of 1542