(c) To stand responsible for the fulfillment by the colonists of the conditions stipulated in paragraphs 1, 2, and 3.

10. All immigrants wishing to obtain for themselves the concessions granted by the Presidential Decree of January 27, 1921, and all the authorized persons and companies to which reference is made above, will observe the following procedure:

I. They will address the proper application, as soon as the colonists arrive on Mexican territory, to the agent authorized by the Department of Agriculture and Development or to the Bureau of Colonization of the same department, giving in full, in addition to the general information required, the following:

(a) Place of their location and that of their proposed destination, with the postal address of the former.

(b) A triplicate list of the furniture and personal belongings, agricultural implements, animals, etc., which according to the decree can be transferred free of custom duty and on which 50% of the transportation charges in the Republic is to be discounted.

II. The applications must be sent together with the certificates provided for in paragraphs 1 and 3 of these regulations.

III. As a result of the application referred to, the colonists will receive: (a) An order for the issuance by the proper railway office of a second-class ticket, chargeable to the Department of Agriculture and Development, from the place of their location to that of their destination.

(b) An order for the discount, by the same office, of 50% of the freight rates on the transportation of their animals and personal belongings, which are specified in the Decree of January 27, 1921.

IV. The payment of 50% of the freight rates will be made by the colonists or by the contracting company at the place of entry in the Republic.

11. The colonists or their representatives shall prepare a list of the articles to be imported, certified by the Consular agent, in which no inclusion shall be made of articles subject to custom duty, whether or not they are for the use of the colonists.

12. The agents of the Department of Agriculture and Development will procure from the private colonization companies advance notice of the colonists which they have contracted for and the places at which they will make their entry into the Republic, so that notice may be given by the agents to the proper customs authorities and avoid any unnecessary delays in dispatching the furniture, animals and other articles belonging to the colonists. The names of the colonists must necessarily be given in this advance notice.

13. The agents of the Department of Agriculture and Development shall in person witness the dispatch of the articles and animals belonging to the colonists in order to establish that the said articles and animals are included in the exemptions granted by the Colonization Law and by the Decree of January 27, 1921. If the articles and animals intended for importation by the colonists are others and different from the exemptions granted by the before mentioned Law and Decree, the agent and the customs administrator will decide the proper course to follow, in accordance with the general customs regulations, and they will give notice thereof to the Department of Agriculture and Development.

14. As soon as the importation is completed, the colonists or their agents will formulate the application for delivery as provided for by the customs regulations, and present it to the Custom House. If the latter finds it to be in conformity with the document or documents authorized by the agent of the Department of Agricluture, delivery will be made of the articles which according to the above mentioned Law and Decree can be imported free of duty. If there should be found any difference, the procedure shall be in conformity with customs regulations.

15. Under their most strict responsibility, the agents of the Department of Agriculture will see to it that the colonists are not given permission for the importation of articles other than those specified in the Decree of January 27, 1921.

16. In case of further orders by the Department of Agriculture and Devel

opment, adding to or restricting the customs privileges established by the Decree, the agents will be governed by the instructions received by the department.

17. In case that the colonists or the persons and companies engaged in colonization should abuse the concessions granted, selling or trafficking in any other form with the articles imported free of duty, the agent of the Department of Agriculture and Development will turn the case immediately to the judge of the proper district for his attention, that he may proceed, in conformity with the proper laws, to punish the offender or offenders for smuggling.

18. Upon the receipt of the application mentioned in section 1 of paragraph 10, the colonization agent or bureau, dependent from the Department of Agriculture and Development, will issue the necessary orders to the railway offices for the issuance of second-class fares and for the transportation of the baggage, with a 50% reduction in the rates, from the place of their location in the Republic, to the place of destination, and the necessary orders to the administrator of customs for the importation, free of duty, of the articles and animals specified in the Decree of January 27, 1921.

19. The colonization agents of the Department of Agriculture and Development will keep a record of the following:

I. The progressive number of the applications received.

II. The date of their presentation.

III. The general information of the colonists, names and number of the persons constituting their families, if any, and the colony of their destination. IV. The date of the granting of the application.

V. Specific information of the articles, animals. etc., which each colonist is permitted to import.

VI. The name of the Custom House where the importation is made.

VII. The name of the person or company authorized to colonize, if the entrance of the colonists is effected through either.

20. Of the contents of the above record, the agents will send a monthly report, in triplicate, to the Bureau of Colonization of the Department of Agriculture and Development.

21. In each case, the colonization agents of the Department of Agriculture and Development will notify the department of the applications received and of their results, with a monthly report of the same and complete and specified information as to the articles imported by the colonists during the month.

22. The Bureau of Colonization and the agents of the Department of Agriculture and Development will keep a record of the colonies established in privately-owned lands and of the colonists established in each of them.

23. In doubtful cases or in cases where no provision is made herein which may confront the agents of the Department of Agriculture and Development in the performance of their duties, if the case in question does not come within the jurisdiction of custom houses, the agents will consult with this department through the quickest means of communication according to the urgency of the case. Doubtful cases or where no provision is made herein which fall within the jurisdiction of the custom houses, will be disposed of in conformity with the general custom's regulations by the agents of this department and the proper customs administrator, notifying, in all cases, this department in the matter.

In compliance of which I order this to be printed, published, and circulated. Given at the Palace of the Federal Executive Power of Mexico, on the twenty-second day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-one.

The Constitutional President,

A. OBREGON.

The Secretary of Agriculture and Development,

Effective Suffrage, No Re-election.

A. I. VILLARREAL.

Mexico, May 2, 1921-By order of the Secretary, J. I. LUGO. Under Seo

retary.

FORM OF APPLICATION.

Form No. 1

Petition number.... for acceptance as settler in the United States of Mexico. To the Mexican Consul.

The undersigned......in his own name and in that of his family,-list of whom appears in the back of this page-being desirous of entering the United States of Mexico as colonist that he might enjoy the franchises which the laws of the country grant to settlers, hereby requests you to issue the certificate of identity necessary to be considered as such. To that effect he hereby swears to submit himself to the Mexican laws in all actions that he may perform as settler; and further states that he has sufficient agricultural knowledge, that he has never served judicial penalties and that his occupation up to......

was.....

In proof of which he hereby encloses a certificate of good conduct and his passport issued by..

. Certificate No..
....certifies that Mr..

The undersigned, Consul for Mexico at.. appeared before this Consulate declaring his intentions of going to the United States of Mexico as settler, solemnly swearing, in order to become such, to submit himself to the laws of the country and to adjust all his acts to the said laws after he has become a settler, and having duly proved before this Consulate his good conduct and capacity for devoting himself to agricultural pursuits and having also showed a passport issued by...... in compliance with Article 7th of the corresponding regulations, this Consulate in accordance with the said regulations issues the present Certificate.

Mr.........is accompanied by the persons whose names appear on the back of this page and who are all members of his family.

Issued at......on the...... of the month of......192...

Seal of the Consulate.

The Consul.

APPENDIX VI

OIL PRODUCTION 1921.

(Preliminary Estimate)

The total shipments for 1921 were 191,418,421.56 barrels. The shipments for the year by companies were as follows:

Huasteca Petroleum Company, 28,711,456.63 barrels; Transcontinental Petroleum Company, 25,494,174.22; Mexican Aguila (Eagle) Oil Company, 25,459,220; Mexican Gulf Oil Company, 13,722,034.15; Agwi Oil Company, 12,125,992.67; Texas Company, 11,263,412.54; International Petroleum Company, 9,994,378.36; Island Oil and Transport Company, 8,895,955.60; Corona Oil Company, 8,548,411.96; Freeport and Mexican Fuel Oil, 8,113,551.42; Cortez Fuel and Oil Corporation, 8,109,121.56; East Coast Oil Company, 5,681,641.86; Penn Mex Fuel Company, 3,582,722.74; New England Fuel Oil Company, 2,563,738.84; Pierce Oil Corporation, 1,766,098.48; National Oil Company, 1,551,491.18; Continental Mexican Petroleum Company, 1,467,293.53; National Petroleum Company, 1,374,016.56; Interocean Oil Company, 821,617.73; U. S. Mex. Oil Corporation, 664,525.60; Tal Vez Oil Company, 480,889.24; Cochrane and Harper, 165,055.45; Cosmos Compania Mexicana de Petroleo, 37,757.

APPENDIX VII

TREATIES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES

AND MEXICO1

1828.a

TREATY OF LIMITS.

Concluded January 12, 1828; ratification advised by the Senate April 4, 1832; ratified by the President April 5, 1832; ratifications exchanged April 5, 1832; proclaimed April 5, 1832.

I. Boundary.

II. Boundary line.

ARTICLES.

III. Commissioners.
IV. Ratification.

The limits of the United States of America with the bordering territories of Mexico having been fixed and designated by a solemn treaty, concluded and signed at Washington on the twenty-second day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, between the respective Plenipotentiaries of the Government of the United States of America on the one part, and of that of Spain on the other; and whereas the said treaty having been sanctioned at a period when Mexico constituted a part of the Spanish monarchy, it is deemed necessary now to confirm the validity of the aforesaid treaty of limits, regarding it as still in force and binding between the United States of America and the United Mexican States:

With this intention, the President of the United States of America has appointed Joel Roberts Poinsett their Plenipotentiary, and the President of the United Mexican States their Excellencies Sebastian Camacho and José Ygnacio Esteva;

And the said Plenipotentiaries, having exchanged their full powers, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles:

ARTICLE I.

The dividing limits of the respective bordering territories of the United States of America and of the United Mexican States being the same as were agreed and fixed upon by the above-mentioned treaty of Washington, concluded and signed on the twenty-second day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, the two high contracting parties will proceed forthwith to carry into full effect the third and fourth articles of said treaty, which are herein recited, as follows:

ARTICLE II.

The boundary line between the two countries west of the Mississippi shall begin on the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of the river Sabine, in the sea, continuing north along the western bank of that river to the thirty-second degree of latitude; thence by a line due north to the degree of latitude where it strikes the Rio Roxo of Natchitoches, or Red River; then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward to the degree of longitude one hundred west from London and twenty-three from Washington; then crossing the said Red River, and running thence by a line due north to the river Arkansas; thence, following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas, to its source, in latitude forty-two north; and thence, by that parallel of latitude, 1 Reprinted from Malloy, Treaties and Contentions, I, 1082-1205

The commission referred to in this treaty was never appointed. The accession of Texas and the war between the United States and Mexico rendered the treaty inoperative.