The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-26
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
Concerning COnnsoated Church Pro

Concerning COnhscated Church Pro-
pertys
Benito Juarez, Constitutional President of the
United, Mexican States, to the inhabitants
thereof
Know ye, that in the use of the ample power
with which am invested, l have deemed well to
decree the followlng:-
Article l. The so-called decree of February
26, last past, as well as the regulations there
under made on the 5th of March folio wing by
the Emperor of Mexico, being null aud of no
validity, as are likewise all hIs other acts, owing
to want OF Legitimate authority, so the revision
referred to in said so-called decree aud regula
tions, as well as the dispositions therein made
and provided, are null and of no avail.
Article 2. And the operations of disamortise.
ment and redemption OF nationalized property
performed in accordance with the laws govern
ing SAID matter, or eventually approved by the
Federal Government, even though affected by
any irregularity, have been and do remain per-
feet and irrevocably valid as far as the rights OF
the public treasury are concerned; and the only
questions that remain pending are such as relate
to the priority OF right between individual par
ties, and which must be settled before the tribu-
nails in accordance with said laws.
Article 3. Those who were elected by virtue
of the so-called decree of February 26 and its
Complementary regulations of March 8, from
the property which they had legally acquired
in nationalized estates, have the right 10 exact
restitution of all the profits derived from said
property, as we'll as damages for the wrongs and
losses they have suffered in consequence from
the parties OBTAINING said property; and these
latter are bound to restitution and indemnlnca-
tion out of their own goods wherever found.
Article 4. Property nauonalized that mas not
legally passe under private control, owing TO
secretion or any other cause, may De denounced
in accordance with the existing laws. lnformers
in whose favor such property shall be accord
ingly adiudeed have the right to demand from
the parties OBTAINING it, under claim OF having
held Il by adjudication or private or public sale
nder the so-called decree or February 26 and
its regulations, the delivery OF the profits that
thew Shall have received, as well as the amount
of the deterioration it may have suffered while
in their possession.
Article g. The pecuniarv responsibility of
those tunctionaries of the Mexican empire who
h nd ANYTHING whatever to do with the eYecn.
tlon of the so-called decree OF February 26 and
its regulations is likewise liable for the indem 4
indications mentioned in the preceding articies
and this liability shall AFFECT such of their goo6s
as. from any cause whatever. NAV bapnen In
be comprised in the confscations to which sucb
functionarles are subject according 10 the law
of August 16, 1868.
To those efforts l owe the printing. pubhca-
tion, and circulation of this decree and its due 4
observance.
Given at Chihuahua, May IL, 1865.
BENITo JUAREz.
To citizen Jose Maria Iglesias, Minister OF JUS
tlce, Fomento and Public Instruction, In
Charge Of the Portfolio of the Treasury and
Pnbllc Credit.
The above decree has been again promul-
gated - the Governors of States throughout
Mexico.