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... executive of the nation . year later the same congress drafted a provisional constitution for the new nation . By this time , however , the brief glory of Morelos had begun to dim . His congress , like the Second Continental Congress of ...
... executive of the nation . year later the same congress drafted a provisional constitution for the new nation . By this time , however , the brief glory of Morelos had begun to dim . His congress , like the Second Continental Congress of ...
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... executive branches of government were modeled closely after those of the United States . Congress consisted of two houses , the one comprised of two members from each state , the other chosen according to population . The president was ...
... executive branches of government were modeled closely after those of the United States . Congress consisted of two houses , the one comprised of two members from each state , the other chosen according to population . The president was ...
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... executive responsibility for all the national ills . The country's external problems had also reached a critical pass . Popular clamor was demanding an impossible invasion of Texas ; California was on the point of declaring her ...
... executive responsibility for all the national ills . The country's external problems had also reached a critical pass . Popular clamor was demanding an impossible invasion of Texas ; California was on the point of declaring her ...
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... executive body of three members selected by the Junta , and an Assembly of Notables composed of the Junta and two hundred and fifteen additional members also chosen by the Junta , proceeded to establish an hereditary empire in the form ...
... executive body of three members selected by the Junta , and an Assembly of Notables composed of the Junta and two hundred and fifteen additional members also chosen by the Junta , proceeded to establish an hereditary empire in the form ...
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... executive was left with congress . Here a combina- tion was formed to defeat Diaz and elect Juárez . As a result , the Diaz faction proclaimed a revolution ; but this met with only fair success . In the summer of 1872 , Juárez died very ...
... executive was left with congress . Here a combina- tion was formed to defeat Diaz and elect Juárez . As a result , the Diaz faction proclaimed a revolution ; but this met with only fair success . In the summer of 1872 , Juárez died very ...
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Page 438 - 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 438 - 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 elected...
Page 425 - It shall continue and remain in full force for the term of ten years from the day of exchange of the ratifications, and further, until the end of one year after either of the contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same...
Page 437 - ... to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to its western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila...
Page 136 - Art. 83. The President shall enter upon the duties of his office on the first day of December, shall serve four years and shall never be reelected.
Page 424 - In order that the Consuls and Vice-Consuls of the two contracting parties may enjoy the rights, prerogatives and immunities which belong to them by their public character, they shall, before entering on the exercise of their functions, exhibit their commission or patent in due form to the Government to which they are accredited: and, having obtained their exequatur, they shall be held and considered as such by all the authorities, magistrates and inhabitants in the consular district in which they...
Page 446 - Hidalgo, thence as defined in the said article, up the middle of that river to the point where the parallel of 31° 47' north latitude crosses the same, thence due west one hundred miles, thence south to the parallel of 31° 20...
Page 438 - The river Gila, and the part of the Rio Bravo del Norte lying below the southern boundary of New Mexico, being, agreeably to the fifth article, divided in the middle between the two republics, the navigation of the Gila and of the Bravo below said boundary shall be free and common to the vessels and citizens of both countries; and neither shall, without the consent of the other, construct any work that may impede or interrupt, in whole or in part, the exercise of this right; not even for the purpose...
Page 435 - In the name of Almighty God: The United States of America and the United Mexican States, animated by a sincere desire to put an end to the calamities of the war which unhappily exists between the two republics, and to establish upon a solid basis relations of peace and friendship, which shall confer reciprocal benefits upon the citizens of both, and assure the concord, harmony and mutual confidence wherein the two people should live, as good neighbors...
Page 496 - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offence had there been committed...