The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-02-23
Venezuelan Land Company.
MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR,
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II R CENTRAL SECTION,
4 CARACAs, September ID, 1865.
s. In the 2d year of the Law and
+ y The 7th of the Federation.
+ Conditions upon which the Mi
t0ister of ofAVeneznela in Washington
may contract with the proposed colo
i-nization of Mr.. Henry Price.
/. There is conceded to- him and
his associates the right to form COM
pany for the colonization of all vacant
lands which may be found in the
State of Guyana and the District of
Amazonas. -.
2. The Government grants to the
colonists all the rights and privileges
of citizenship one year after acquiring
domicile and naturalization, perfect
liberty of religion, freedom of press
and of speech, the right to be repre-
sented in Congress according to the
census, which is to be taken every
five years, the appointment of local
officers among citizens of the South
ern States by naturalization, exemp-
ton from oil taxes for five years.
3. The Government grants gratui-
tons patents and exclusive privileges
for all the unoccupied land which
lies South of the 9Th degree of north
ern latitude on. the river Orinoco,
and the boundary line of New Grana-
do. 1t will also grant vacant lands
in all the other States of the Union
to this company, to be cultivated by
the immigrants, allotting one fanega
to each one, but if the latter should
cultivate a larger extent of vacant
land and establish his permanent re-
sidence in the country and the culti-
vation of the Land, title as proprie-
TOR viii be furnished him after the
expiration of three years.
4. There is conceded to the COM
pany the exclusive right and jurisdic-
tion in all mineral and vegetable
products to be found in the lands
they occupy, the privilege of import
ing, free of duty, salt, iron, flour,
wheat, comestibles, agricultural uten-
sils, machinery, &C., the right to ex-
port freely the cotton and tobacco
they produce on their own land for
the space of five years, and this con-
eession will be extended if itso please
the General Government.
5. There will be granted to the
company the right to establish fac
tories, to construct railroads, tele-
graphs, turnpikes and canals in the
above mentioned districts.
6. IF the American immigration
intended to colonize the lands in the
State of Guyana and the District of
Amazonas should not have begun
orrivincr n xv;fb;r, o;~ltoo,, -,ooo4Ic co.,,
the date on which the present con-
tract is agreed upon, this fact alone
will render the stipulation made with
him null and of no effect.
z. The company will establish the
coming of the emigrants to whom the
preceding article refers by certifi-
cate of the highest civil authority of
the place from which they come. and
this certificate will be vised free of
charge by the Consul of Venezuela if
there be one. And the first install
ment of immigrants must not fall
short of fifty persons. ".
8 The company VIII not be allowed
to exceed either the whole or any
part of the privileges granted herein
without previous authorization by the
Government.
9. The grant of these privileges
will be limited as follows: On the
North the line that marks the 9Th de-
gree of northern latitude as far as the
town of Santa Cruz; following from
this point to the right bank of the
Orinoco, as far as the mouth of the
River Meta, following the same bank
OF this river to where it touches New
Granada, and thence this same line
on the East; on the South, the bound
ary line of Venezuela and the Empire
of Brazil, and on the West the frontier
between Venezuela and English
Guyana, and finally, the Atlantic
Ocean.
10. Controversies which may in
any way arise out of this contract
Will never give occasion for interna-
tional reclamations, and will be de-
clded before the tribunals of Justice
OF the United States of Venezuela.
and IN accordance with the existing
laws, all with the concurrence of the
Minister of the United States of
North America accredited near the
Government of the United States of
Venezuela.
IL. In conformity with the Sth
paragraph, article 12, of the General
Constitution of the United States of
Venezuela, the contract will be sub
na1tted to the next National Lepisla-
ture.
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