PRIMERA SECRETARIA DE ESTADO. DEPARTMENTO DEL EXTERIOR.1. EL TERRITORIO MEXICANO SE DIVIDE EN TANTOS DEPARTAMENTOS CUANTOS ERAN LOS ESTADOS, CON LA VARIACIONES SIGUIENTES.[caption title and first line of proclamation]

PRIMERA SECRETARIA DE ESTADO. DEPARTMENTO DEL EXTERIOR.1. EL TERRITORIO MEXICANO SE DIVIDE EN TANTOS DEPARTAMENTOS CUANTOS ERAN LOS ESTADOS, CON LA VARIACIONES SIGUIENTES.[caption title and first line of proclamation].

A scarce and important decree from Mexican President José Justo Corro promulgating one of the "Siete Leyes," a group of laws that essentially rewrote the Mexican constitution of 1824 and converted the country from a Federal to a Centralist Republic. Corro became President shortly after Santa Anna resigned to fight the rebellion in Texas, after the immediate successor, Barragán, died of typhus. In his one-year term, the highly religious Corro slowly lost nearly all of his political support through a series of economic and military failures, although he did manage to earn the Pope's recognition of Mexican independence. His most significant undertaking, however, was the institution of the "Siete Leyes," which in essence rewrote the entire Mexican constitution. The laws established literacy and property requirements for the vote, gave the President considerable powers over Congress and the courts, reorganized legislative and judicial branches, and, perhaps most importantly, changed Mexico's semi-sovereign states into "departments" whose governments were appointed by the President. The overall effect of these laws was to dramatically increase the power of the President, and ultimately consolidate much of the administrative strength of the "republic" into a single man (i.e. Santa Anna). By the time this decree was issued the Mexican government had already been moving strongly toward centralized power, so much so that on November 7, 1836, the rebellious authorities in California had declared independence from Mexico. The present broadside is Corro's proclamation promulgating the law which reorganized the Mexican states into departments. The congressional decree divides the country into as many departments as there were states before the Texas War. The old state of Coahuila y Tejas is divided into two departments, New Mexico becomes a department, and the Californias, Alta and Baja, will be one department. Also, "when order is re-established in the department of Texas," the authorities will select a capital and appoint its governor and legislators as well. The document is signed in type by José Maria Ortiz Monasterio. OCLC locates copies of this individual broadside only at Baylor, Brigham Young, Brown, and the University of North Texas (an equally rare printing exists of the "Siete Leyes" proclamations as a group). We are also able to locate copies at Yale (the Streeter copy) and Southwestern University. A scarce and vital document in the history of Mexico's government. STREETER TEXAS 882. OCLC 367540299, 37962422. [1]p., on a bifolium. Folio. Light general wear. Near fine. Nº de ref. del artículo: 57419

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