Manuscripts
"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
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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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"History --- Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Mexico (MJW-275)." File No. SPdeM 110-3 (History). Part I. From (~2 linear inches). Very rich internal material. Examples: A list of resolutions adopted by the Board relative to concessions and construction, from 1910 to 1931; an internal study of the SPM's operations from 1920 to 1935 inclusive, including very important "plan for restoring that line to its former importance as a feeder company to Southern Pacific Company," along with discussion of waning importance of line to SP and increasing importance to National Railways of Mexico; lengthy excerpts (perhaps 25 pp. worth) from 19th-century SP annual reports talking about the importance of present and future lines in Mexico; copies of the SPM's Articles of Incorporation; includes large confidential file in envelope at end detailing Mexico's reparation payments to SPM; etc
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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Concessions of the line; noting dates, dates amended, dates of expiration. Includes info on 40-year bonds owed to SPM by Mexican govt., etc
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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"Income and Absentee Taxes on Equipment Rents -- Mexico." File SPM 073, Part 5. From (~1"). More of the same. Details of paying taxes due to Mexican government
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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"Income and Absentee Taxes on Equipment Rents -- Mexico." File No. SPM 073, Part 3. From (~1.25"). More material on issues of rental and income taxes between Mexican govt. and SPM. Largely covers the issue of the 4% Exportation of Capital Tax placed upon the SPM by the Mexican government. The SPM seems to have wanted to appear as a Mexican corporation when convenient, and as a U.S. corporation when convenient
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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