Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-10
CARRANZA
ANNULS MANY
CONCESSIONS
NUMEROUS LAND SALES AND CON-
cEsSIONs SINCE 1875 ARE AT
FECTED BY DECREE.
NATIONAL AGRARlAN COMMISSION
FORMED BY DECREE AND IT'S
POWERS ARE OUTLINED.

$50 ~iiNN ANth. fNiAAlNfN tN TIT AflNN A~Ati~
Of the law Of June ., 1856. j. herewith
given III full.
Article THE following arc hereby an
mulled:
AL the sales 81 laud~. water rights
and forests pertaining tn townships, small
settlements, congregations or c~ommunitic-.
made IN political projects. governors oi
States or amy other local authorizes, CON
trary o. the provisions ~ the lam of june
-, 1856. and M other laws and provisions
relating thereto.
All concessions. composition agree
ment- or sales affecting land. water right
and forests. made hv thc departments NJ
tomcnto. hacicnda or hy auy other Federal
authuritic-. since December Il. 1876 tr
date. hv which community. Partition or ANY
other kind ~ laud-. pertaining to town
ships. small settlements, congregations
communities. may have been Illegally It'll
.vadcd and occupied; and
3-All proceedings relative tn survey
and dcmarkation carried INTO effect dur
irg the period III time mentioned IN the
preceding section by companie-. iudsc> 81
other authorities of the states ur fedora
tom. ~ which land~. water right~ ar for
.c-t- within community. partition ~ any
other kind ol lands. belonging ~ town
ships. small -attlrdmcnt-. congregations
or communities, may have been illegally
invaded or occupied.
Article The division ~ distribution
which may have been made lawfully among
uairhbur- w townships. small settlement.
Congregations or communities. and n
which there max nc some flaw. Shall only
De- a%nnullcd whenever II l. 70 requested bv
two-tiird- NJ the ~nciuhhor- ur their rep
rc~eutativc~.
Article 3-Thc towns which may need.
mot having them, their community lands.
IN which may hc unable ~ secure their
restoration. because III their lack NY title.
difficulty 40 Identification. nm because they
have been legally disposed III. shall hc able
tl secure a sufficient portion ut land ~ rc-
construct their community lands in Nv
cordancc with the nccc-~itic- of their
townships. the national government cx-
pronriatine the necessary lands tn that ef-
feet from those immediately adjoining thr
township, in interest.
Article l-Fur the purpose of this aud
other agrarian laws which may be- ruactcd.
III accordance with thr political pro-ram
81 The revolution. there shall be- created:
IA national agruriun commission ul
nine persons, who presided hy the score
tary uf iomento. Shall have the power
yhich this and subsequent law- may pro
vide.
"a local agrHrian commission W. Eve
persons tor each state and territory of the
republic. which viii have thu power pro
vidcd by law.
Article 5-The special executive com
mittce- shall depend in each state from thu
respective ngrarian commission WI thc lu-
cality. which. in IL turn. shall be- >uhorli-
nate to the national agraria. commission.
Artile 6-Thc requests for the rc~tora-
t.pn of lands pertaining ~ townships which
may have been invaded or occurpied IT,
legally. referred ~ III ARTICLE of this INV.
shall ~ presented ~ The States directly ~
the GOVERNOR. and IN thc territories anna
TIE federal district, tn the higher political
authorities. but IN the event that the lack
III communication 81 the state 1T war
would hamper the action Of the local gov
crnmcnt-. TIC petitions may also ~ sub
mitted 10 the military chicf- who may be-
authorized especially tn thai effect w thc
persons in charge of the executive power.
These petitions ~hall be accompanied hy
the document upon which they are based.
There shall br presented also before
.Ae same authorities petitions relating o.
lund runrr--ion- in order mn allnt com
muuity lands To- he townships which may
nnt have hem, pr which may not have ~uf-
acicut title to iu~tify their rights of re-
ruscry.
Article The proper authority, IN view
XII the petitions which may w filed. shall
consult the local agrurian committee re-
garding the Justice ri the recovery and
upon the convenience. necessity and ex-
tension of the concessions of lands ~
make the allotment NJ community lands.
and shall decide whether or not the rr-tu-
ration or concession should ~tny. III the
ease that il doe. the record shall be sent
~ tho proper private executive committee
20 The end that. when the lands are idcuti-
fed. outlined and surveyed. the same shall
BE Professionally delivered To the interested
parties.
Article s-Thc decisions Of the COVER
nor~ or military chief. shall bc considered
provisional, bpi they shall We immediately
executed hy toe private executive COM
mittee, and the record with al it, docu-