"Any foreigner who desires permission to own real estate within the above-mentioned limits, must address his petition to the Secretary of Public Works at the City of Mexico, accompanied by a report from the government of the State or Territory where the property is situated.
"The foreign proprietor of real estate forfeits his rights of possession under any of the following circumstances:
"1st. By being away from the Republic with his family for more than two years without permission from the General Government.
"2d. By residing outside of the Republic, even though he has a representative residing upon his property or in the Republic.
"3d. By transferring or conveying said property by inheritance or any other means to any person non-resident in the Republic.
"Any foreign property-owner, who may fall into any of the three conditions above stipulated, is compelled to sell his real estate to a Mexican citizen, within two years from the date of his absence from the Republic; or, in case he fails to comply with this prescription, the public authority will effect the sale of the property, depositing the proceeds of it to the order of the owner of the property. If said sale has been made by 'denouncement' of the property, one tenth of the proceeds shall go to the person who made the 'denouncement' and the balance to the absent foreigner. . . . Aliens who are members of a mining company that has either discovered or reopened any abandoned mine are exempt from these rules.
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"Foreigners who have acquired real estate from private owners, or the Government of Mexico, are subject to all kinds of taxation, and are bound to do military duty whenever called upon to protect the property they have acquired, or preserve public order and tranquillity in the place where they reside, and are bound to take part in the elucidation of all questions that may arise in regard to said property, according to the existing laws, and before the tribunals of Mexico, without ever appealing to their rights of foreign citizenship, or to any intervention from a foreign power."
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" Grantees of public lands are compelled to locate on their grant
