Imperial Valley press., 1915-06-08
Villas Proclamation Is
A Sweeping Document

quiring the trust of the authorities
or adhesion to the cause Of the usurp-
ers.
article 3 Similarly, the criminal
and civil liability of all persons a
present engaged in fomenting, either
within or without the republic, con-
spiraeies on rebellions against the law
ful provisional government Of the con-
yention, is absolute.
article l. In order to prevent that
by means of pretended or genuine OF
erations the persons enumerated in
the foregoing said articles may elude
the civil liability created by the said
articles, as well as for the purpose
of preventing their disposing of ele-
ments with which to foment a counter
revolution of reactionary character, all
transactions, whether pretended or
genuine, are hereby declared null and
void in so far as they relate to prop
erty, movable or immovable, of any
nature whatsoever, either situated or
at present within the republic, be
longing to the said persons or in which
they may have any interest by virtue
of usufruct, use, habitation, empty
teusis, partnership or any other real
or personal right in or to the said
properties.
"Article ). For the purpose of the
foregoing article, all attachments shall
have the force and effect of a tacit
and preferred mortgage, even though
no absolute attachment shall have been
in reality made. All personal property
which shall not have been secured.
but whose ownership cannot be proved
by law, and title to which shall not
have been conveyed in fact by the
owners thereof up to the date Of the
present decree, shall be subjected to
government liability, Notwithstanding
the fact that a sale or other trans
fer may have been subsequently made.
"Article 6. All contracts entered in
to abroad by MeXicans or foreign or
Mexican corporations shall require for
their validity the approval of the ex-
ecutive, whenever the said contract
shall relate to the properties situated
within the republic.
ARTICLE 7. The executive shall be
empowered to authorize the contracts
referred to in the foregoing article.
whenever the interested parties SHAH
present satisfactory proof that they
do not come within any of the pro-
visions of Articles l, = and 3 of this
decree, and provided, also, the trans
fer be bone fide.
"Article 8. Whenever a corpora
ton, organized according to the laws
of Mexico, or according to foreign laws
but dOmiciled within the republic or
owning property within the same, any
one of whose members shall be com
prised within the persons described in
Articles l, , and of this decree, shall
attempt to convey its assets and La
bilities or to reorganize under new
conditions, or to effect merger with
any other corporation, all shares per
tanning to such persons shall be sub
ject to liability in favor of the ma
ton, and only on this basis and with
the approval of the executive may any
contracts be binding which relate to
the organization or merger. etc, Of
corporations, in so far as concerns
property situated within the repub-
lie.
"Article 8. All foreigners and Mex
lean citizens residing abroad who shat,
attempt to celebrate within the re-
public any operation of sale, exchange,
transfer, etc, of any property stu
ated within the said Republic of Mex
leo, or to be there found, including
shares of stock, bonds, federal or
state debt certificates, or of compa-
nies Gomieiled in the republic or with
branch establishments therein, shall
inform themselves as to whether said
properties are subject to any liabil-
ity.
Article l. In order to prevent that
persons resident in foreign countries
may be deceived by the owners of
properties to which this decree re.
fers, this said decree shall be given
publicity by the delegations, conf
Dental or commercial agencies, con-
sulates, and by the press, and it shall
likewise be brought to the attention
officially of foreign governments, in
order that their respective subjects
and citizens may not be harmed or suf-