Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-12
MEXICO MODIFIES
IMMIGRATION LAW
BY NEW MEASURES

ME&lCO CITY, NOV. II NpP~N
the Dispatch)--The new immigration
law prepared by Secretary oil state
1ejada and promulgated by fresl0ehS
Gales, is expected to do away WIN
many of the difficulties which arc
now being encountered by travellers
crossing the border into Mexico. INV
draft of the law is as follows
9s Article / The immigration tax
Shall be collected from all aliens, who'
under tho law, are classed as immi-
grants.
H Article 2. The tax shall be paid
sn ordinary revenue stamps, The body
of which shall be the individual caro-
tcf the immigrant when he enters
Mexican territory. The coupon snail
be reserved as proof of the payment
and shall be attached to the duph-
Gates Of the card, which shah pc
sont monthly to the department OF
finance in such manner as 1t may
direct The original and duplicates
shall be cancelled and shall bear a
statement that the tax has been palo.
Article 3. The value of the tax
shall be refunded when the persons
interested leave the country before
six months of residence, after the date
of entry and departure have been
copied and the presentation of In
dividual card of Identification.
Article 4. The aliens included IN
article "a are not entitled to the re-
turn of the tax, this tax deVolvihg
TO the benefit Of the federal treasury
Article 5. Immigrants, who, in ac-
cordance3 with the following article
may be exempted from the payment
of the tax, shall have on their identl-
fication cards the reason for their
exemption.
Article g. There are exempted from
the payment of the tax the follow
ing: First, minors who are under
the legal control of their parents
or under guard .anship when they are
accompanied by their parents or
guardians; second. married women
accompanied by their husbands, or
who are residents of MeNico thlrc,
women of more than 25 years of
age who have solvent relatives in
the country who agree to care for
them and who do not come to work.
fourth. professional or technical men
in some branch, speculation or IN
dustry contracted by or invited Dy
the executive of the country or states
In case the invitation is given by the
executive of some state or territory
the exemption shall be asked through
the department of state; fifth. Ia
borers who immigrate according TO
the provisions of the federal law on
colonization of May 10 1926; sixth,
all persons included IN article 40, or
the immigratlon law. .
Article Z. The federal offices of
finance shall furnish the stamps tn
the immigrants for, the payment OF
the tax In the manner directed by
the department of Finance
Article 8. The federal offices OF
finance when they are. occupying the
customs house, shall have chargee o.
the fiscal funct ortss and sshall keep q
record Of the slaS ial eincome from
immigratioH, whicsF moNement Shall
be vouched for ngC them with proper
documents and in Such form as pro
vided by the controllers department
Article 9; The collection offices of
the department of finance charged
with the collection of the imnigra-
ton tax have jurisdiction only IN
fiscal masters, SO compr;Grcy being
granted them in the qualification Of
the legal capacity of a person to en-
ter the, country, since they shall con-
fine themselves to the collection, OF
taxes from persons designated by the
immigration inspector.
Article 10. Steamship companies
shall send to the fiscal offices charg,
cd with the collection of the i'm
migration tax within 48 hours no.
tice of arrival of departure of ships
carrying passengers. In case of vio,
lation of this provision, the penalty
provided in the immigration regula-
tions shall be imposed
| Article II. In case of persons de-
tanned on ship or in any other place
as immigrants whose entry is later
because they are passengers included
iii articles 81. so and 35 of the I'M
migration law, the. immigration in
$pector shall transfer this order TO
the fiscal officer so that they may
+ make the collection of the tax.
| Article IL. The payment Of the tax
shall be adjusted to International
conventions now in force.
Article 13. In all matters not pro-
vided in these regulations the feG-
cral law on revenue stamps shall be
considered supplementary to it..
Article IA. The department of r.
nance is empowered 10 interpret
these regulations and to clarity it's
application.
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