sentences:  Initially, it served as a headquarters for police and justice services, and also for tax collection in Paipa and surrounding villages.On November 4, 1755, Paipa was designated as a Corregimiento, and Don Ignacio de Caicedo was named as first Corregidor.In 1758 he appointed Juan Avellaneda, Miguel Rodriguez and Esteban Lara as the first mayor of Paipa.