The calculation is that the three haciendas were fifteen square leagues. that is to say. 75.000 acres. which would be about 275 acres for each family. not each individual. Article 23 contains an additional condition: If after two years from the date of the concession the eolonist should not have cultivated his land. the right of property shall be considered as renounced. in which case the respective ayuntamiento ban grant it to another. Article 27 declares thatAll foreigners who come to establish themselves in the empire shall be considered as naturalized should they exereise any useful profession or industry by which. at the end of three years. they have a capital to support themselves with decency. and are married. Those who with the foregoing qualifications marry Mlexicans will acquire particular merit for the obtaining letters of citizenship. Article 32The executive. as it may deem necessary. will sell or lease the lands which on account of their local situation may be the most important. being governed with respect to all others by the provisions of this law.
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