OF

SPANISH AND MEXICAN LAW,

IN RELATION TO.

MINES, AND TITLES TO REAL ESTATE,

IN FORCE IN

CALIFORNIA, TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO;

AND IN THE TERRITORIES ACQUIRED UNDER THE LOUISIANA AND FLORIDA
TREATIES, WHEN ANNEXED TO THE UNITED STATES.

VOLUME I.

CONTAINING A TRANSLATION OF THE MINING ORDINANCES OF NEW SPAIN-GAMBOA'S MIN-
ING ORDINANCES--THE LAWS IN RELATION TO MINES OF GOLD, SILVER AND
QUICKSILVER, CONTAINED IN THE

'NOVISIMA RECOPILACION," AND THE "RECOPILACION DE LAS INDIAS;"

AND IN THE DECREES OF THE CORTES OF SPAIN AND OF FERDINAND VII.,
ALSO OF THE LAWS AND DECREES OF MEXICO, ON THE SUBJECT

OF MINES, COLONIZATION, AND THE RIGHT OF FOREIGN-
ERS TO HOLD REAL ESTATE.

ALSO, EXTRACTS FROM PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, AND FROM THE LAWS OF CALIFOR-
NIA, IN RELATION TO MINES AND MINERAL LANDS:

TOGETHER WITH

A DIGEST OF THE COMMON LAW, ON THE SUBJECT OF
MINES AND MINING.

BY JOHN A. ROCKWELL,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

NEW-YORK:

JOHN S. VOORHIES, LAW BOOKSELLER AND PUBLISHER.