Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03
Mexican Real Estate Law.

The following abstract of the laws of
Mexico regarding the acquisition by for
eigners of real estate in Mexico is given
in the San Antonio Express, and was
compiled by Senior Don Francisco
Gomez de Palacio, a lawyer, and now
Governor of the State of Durango:
in the Republic of Mexico can acquire
there every class of immoveable proper
ty, including mines ofevery kind. under
the same rights the civil law establishes
for Mexicans.
The following are the exceptions to
the rule:
That to acquire lands situated within
twenty leagues or less of any frontier
of the Republic a foreigner is required
to obtain the permission of the Presi-
dent.
That no foreigner can acquire real
property within five leagues or less of
any seashore of the Republic, not even
with the permission Of the President,
unless under a special law giving him
the privilege.
That no foreigner can locate any of the
public lands of the Nation, should he be
a native or n%aturalized citizen of any
country adjoining this Republic, if such
public lands are situated in any State or
Territory bounded by that.
The foreigner shall lose his rights to
real estate he may have acquired in the
Republic under the following circum-
stances:
By ~absenting himself from the coun-
try, with his family, for two years,
without permission of the Government.
Fines do not come under this rule.
These we can hold even during his alb
sence.
By residing outside the Republic, even
although he should leave an attorney,
or agent authorized to sign his name.
As alone, mines are accepted from this
rule.
BY transfer of the property, by inher-
itance, sale, or any title, to aperson not
residing in the Republic, mines ac-
cepted.
In all of the above cases the property
shall be sold, and the product of the
sale delivered to the party holding the
lands, with a deduction of ten per cent.
If land has been acquired by location
of public lands, which shall not amount
to over $500 hectares to each locator.
the right to same shall be forfeited by
failing to maintain on it one inhabitant
for each 200 hectares, such default oc-
curing by failure to maintain such in-
habitant for four months in any place.
The consequences following the ac-
QUESTION Of real estate by a foreigner in
the Mexican Republic are:
The obligation to be subject to exist
ing laws, or such as may be established
regarding ownership, transmission, use
and enjoyment of the property, and to
submit to the decisions of the Mexican
courts in everything that relates to it.
The duty to pay all taxes legitimately
assessed On said property.
To contribute with his freedom and
means toward the preservation Of peace
and order, in the place of his habitation;
this is not including the case OF disturb
ances caused by political insur-
rections or civil wal.
The status of a Mexican, which a for
| eigner assumes when he acquires that
estate, shall not exist should he declare
his wish to preserve his nationality.
j. W. Seacrest is about to take q
new departure in gold mining by tap
ping the rock bottom of Broad River at
Smiths Ford, York County, S. c.
There is an old river bed at that point
which has been dry ever since the war,
and he will sink shafts through the soil
to the rock bed, where he expects to
| find gold. The gold is found under the