File No. 812.512/1983
[Enclosure—Translation]
Decree granting an extension of time within
which statements required by Article 14 of the petroleum
decree of February 19 may be filed1
I, Venustiano Carranza, Constitutional President
of the United Mexican States, to the people thereof, make
known:
That in the exercise of the extraordinary powers in the
Department of the Treasury, vested in me, and whereas,
The time limit fixed by Article 14 of the tax law on petroleum
lands and contracts is about to expire, within which owners and
last concessionaires should present to the Department of
Industry, Commerce, and Labor their manifestations (statements)
covering respectively their leased and nonleased lands, and as
it has not been possible as yet to present them all, it is
deemed proper that all persons interested be given an
opportunity to take advantage of the privilege prescribed in the
said article by extending prudently the provisions thereof; and
whereas,
In case only the last concessionaires can submit their
manifestations with respect to those lands which are under
lease—in the manner prescribed by Article 14—and the said
concessionaires do not submit their manifestations within the
time indicated, the former concessionaires and the owners of
petroleum lands would suffer;
I, therefore, have seen fit to issue the following:
decree
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Article 1. The time fixed in
Article 14 of the tax law for the presentation of
manifestations and the enjoyment of the privileges
established by the said article, is extended to July 31 this
year for:
- I.
- The owners of petroleum lands who may not have in
any way rented or leased them to others for the
exploitation of the hydrocarbon solids, liquids or
gases, and who desire to exploit them for their own
account and preserve preferred rights for their
exploitation.
- II.
- The last concessionaires to the right of
exploitation, through the contracts referred to in
Article 1 of the said law, who also desire to
preserve preferred rights for the exploitation of
the lands leased.
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Article 2. Should the last
concessionaires fail to present their manifestations within
the period specified, they shall be considered as having
lost their rights or preference, and the former or
intermediary concessionaires as well as the owners of the
property leased, may present manifestations within the two
months following the date set, in order that the Department
of Industry, Commerce, and Labor may grant the privilege,
from among all those who present manifestations, to the last
concessionaire to the right of exploitation of the
subsoil.
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Article 3. The manifestations of
owners shall be submitted together with titles to the
property, or in lieu thereof, true copies of the same. The
said manifestations shall contain the following data:
- I.
- Name, age, nationality, and residence of
declarant.
- II.
- Location of the land manifested, stating the name,
number of the lot, name of the hacienda, municipality, county or district,
and state.
- III.
- Area of the land.
- IV.
- Date of purchase
- V.
- Seller.
- VI.
- Purchase price.
- VII.
- A plan, or failing this, a complete description of
the land, stating the boundaries and the names of
surrounding lands and of the owners thereof, with
all other descriptive data.
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Article 4. The manifestations
submitted by concessionaires shall be accompanied by the
concessions in their favor or by true copies thereof. The
said manifestations shall contain the following data:
- I.
- Name, age, nationality, and residence of
declarant.
- II.
- Location of the land manifested, stating the name,
number of the lot, hacienda,
municipality, county or district, and State.
- III.
- Area of the land.
- IV.
- Name of the owner.
- V.
- Date leased by owner.
- VI.
- Date of declarant’s lease.
- VII.
- Rental paid by declarant.
- VIII.
- Percentage or royalty paid by declarant.
- IX.
- Duration of contract.
- X.
- Plan, or failing this, a complete description of
the land, stating the boundaries and the names of
surrounding lands and of the owners thereof, with
all other descriptive data.
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Article 5. The manifestations of
owners or concessionaires which do not conform to the
provisions of Articles 3 and 4 respectively, shall be thrown
out as worthless.
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Article 6. The tax law of February
19, this year, shall be considered null in so far as it
conflicts with this law.
I, therefore, order that this be printed, etc.
Given at the Palace of the Executive Power of the Union, in
Mexico, on the eighteenth day of May, nineteen hundred and
eighteen.
