A Compilation of Spanish and Mexican Law, in Relation to Mines, and Titles to Real Estate, in Force in California, Texas and New Mexico: And in the Territories Acquired Under the Louisiana and Florida Treaties, when Annexed to the United States. Containing a translation of the mining ordinances of New Spain, Gamboa's mining ordinances, the laws in relation to mines of gold, silver and quicksilver, contained in the "Novisma recopilacion," and the "Recopilacion de las Indias," and in the decrees of the cortes of Spain and of Ferdinand VII, also of the laws and decrees of Mexico, on the subject of mines, colonization, and the right of foreigners to hold real estate : also, extracts from public documents, and form the laws of California, in relation to mines and mineral lands, together with a digest of the common law, on the subject of mines and mining |
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... HOLD REAL ESTATE . ALSO , EXTRACTS FROM PUBLIC DOCUMENTS , AND FROM THE LAWS OF CALIFOR- NIA , IN RELATION TO MINES AND MINERAL LANDS : TOGETHER WITH A DIGEST OF THE COMMON LAW , ON THE SUBJECT OF MINES AND MINING . BY JOHN A. ROCKWELL ...
... HOLD REAL ESTATE . ALSO , EXTRACTS FROM PUBLIC DOCUMENTS , AND FROM THE LAWS OF CALIFOR- NIA , IN RELATION TO MINES AND MINERAL LANDS : TOGETHER WITH A DIGEST OF THE COMMON LAW , ON THE SUBJECT OF MINES AND MINING . BY JOHN A. ROCKWELL ...
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... hold CHAPTER VIII . Of first discoverers , and their privilege of holding several mines , an ordinary miner being capable of holding two only , unless acquired by purchase or inheritance , under which circumstances he may hold an ...
... hold CHAPTER VIII . Of first discoverers , and their privilege of holding several mines , an ordinary miner being capable of holding two only , unless acquired by purchase or inheritance , under which circumstances he may hold an ...
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... hold and work mines 387 ib . " 15. Privileges to Indians who discover mines , and rewards to Spaniards and Mestizos ib . " 16. Mines to be staked out to Indians , in same manner as to Spaniards 388 TITLE XX . Concerning miners and ...
... hold and work mines 387 ib . " 15. Privileges to Indians who discover mines , and rewards to Spaniards and Mestizos ib . " 16. Mines to be staked out to Indians , in same manner as to Spaniards 388 TITLE XX . Concerning miners and ...
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... hold shares in the mines furnished by them with supplies of money or stores ; a translation of which will be found in the subsequent pages . The following changes have also been introduced , in several of the states of the federation ...
... hold shares in the mines furnished by them with supplies of money or stores ; a translation of which will be found in the subsequent pages . The following changes have also been introduced , in several of the states of the federation ...
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... hold their said offices for their lives ; but the Deputies- General , now first appointed shall only hold their offices for the time regularly allotted to them , according to the rule that shall be laid down for their alternative ...
... hold their said offices for their lives ; but the Deputies- General , now first appointed shall only hold their offices for the time regularly allotted to them , according to the rule that shall be laid down for their alternative ...
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Page 484 - ... into the Union of the United States and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States) to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the United States...
Page 501 - Mexican republic, retaining the property which they possess in the said territories, or disposing thereof, and removing the proceeds wherever they please, without their being subjected, on this account, to any contribution, tax, or charge whatever. Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories, may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens, or acquire those of citizens of the United States.
Page 501 - Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories, may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens, or acquire those of citizens of the United States. But they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty ; and those who shall remain in the said territories after the expiration of that year, without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans, shall be considered to have...
Page 484 - The Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States and be admitted, at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 507 - And if, by these means, they should not be enabled to come to an agreement, a resort shall not, on this account, be had to reprisals, aggression, or hostility of any kind, by the one republic against the other, until the government of that which deems...
Page 499 - And, in order to preclude all difficulty in tracing upon the ground the limit separating Upper from Lower California, it is agreed that the said limit shall consist of a straight line drawn from the middle of the Rio Gila, where it unites with the Colorado, to a point on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, distant one marine league due south of the southernmost point of the port of San Diego...
Page 508 - And it is declared that neither the pretence that war dissolves all treaties, nor any other whatever, shall be considered as annulling or suspending the solemn covenant contained in this article.
Page 501 - ... new methods of navigation. Nor shall any tax or contribution, under any denomination or title, be levied upon vessels or persons navigating the same, or upon merchandise or effects transported thereon, except in the case of landing upon one of their shores. If, for the purpose of making the said rivers navigable, or for maintaining them in such state, it should be necessary or advantageous to establish any tax or contribution, this shall not be done without the consent of both, governments. The...
Page 538 - ... shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part...
Page 500 - Gila, to and from their possessions situated north of the boundary line defined in the preceding article; it being understood that this passage is to be by navigating the Gulf of California and the river Colorado, and not by land, without the express consent of the Mexican government.