Manuscripts
"Law Regulating Article 27 of the Constitution With Reference to Petroleum and Regulations to the New Petroleum Law." This is strictly a copy of the translation of this text in Spanish, which appeared in "Diario Oficial," No. 31, Vol. 45, on It addresses the effect of the Petroleum Law of 1925 on Article 27 of the 1917 Constitution. (~50 pp.) [2 copies]. [related to oil]
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"Opinions of Lic. Eduardo Castaneda, Attorney for the East Coast Oil Company, S.A., Covering Status of East Coast Oil Co., S.A.; Paso del Haba Company; and H.B. Titcomb Company, S. en C., under the new Petroleum Law and its Regulations." About 20 pp., noting the effects of the petroleum law on each of these three companies
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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Loose copy of the Diario Oficialfor [had Huntington staff refolder this delicate item]
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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"Mexican Labor Law of 1931 -- Effective " (~1.75"). File No. SPM 013-2, Section 2. From Obviously contains detailed information on Mexican railroad labor and the law for that period. Calles in power at the time. TERRIFIC detail on labor and the SPM. Also includes important article-by-article description and discussion of the Federal Labor Law of August 27, 1931, which includes a list of all SPM officials and their titles at the time; 26 pp., signed by Titcomb. Very important item! Envelope at end also contains copy of the 131-pp. Federal Labor Law in its entirety, in English
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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Folder, entitled "Purchase and Sale of Property. SP de México 311." Detailed comparative discussion of the Law of General Ways of Communication [enacted in and the Expropriation Law [apparently late This is clearly an attempt to enforce provisions of Article 123 of the 1917 Constitution. Most of this is simply a translation of the 1936 law and a point-by-point comparison with the 1931 law. Perhaps 20 pp. of material
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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[Items 4 and 5 are both in a folder marked "Taxes and Assessments," SPM 073 (even though one is SPM 071).] This item is 073. Two pages of correspondence, noting new Mexican tax laws as detailed in the Diario Oficial, Last item from E.B. Sloan to Guy Shoup details the new laws, decrees and regulations (including what would quickly become a very important and disputed 10% gross tax on incomes received by railways, which amended the Railway Law of see notes about elsewhere in this summary)
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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"Proposed Regulation of Article 27 Mexican Constitution (Also SPdeM Properties at Nacozari)." File 070, Section 1. From (~.5", including blueprint related to CRYyP RR.) Title's pretty self-descriptive. Good correspondence in Spanish and English from within and without SPM
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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