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Show MEXICAN OIL OPERATORS NEGOTIATE NEW TAXES tfEJICO CITY, Jan. 27. Proposed legislation which would establish a fixed rate of taxation on the quantity of petroleum produced by development companies in Mexico was discussed here today by representatives of sixteen six-teen oil companies and Adolfo de la lluerta. secretary of the treasury. Thin legislation has been Incorporated in a bill which will be considered by congress, con-gress, which will convene In extraordinary extra-ordinary session on February 7 and is described as an effort to avoid many difficulties relative to taxes which have been eonstantH arising between be-tween petroleum companies and the government. Several oil men who have arrived here t . 1 1. 1 yesterday that the project had not been amply considered by al j the petroleum companies in the coun- try and that today's conference would probably lay only the eroundwork fOV I future meetings at which attempts -would be made to reach a complete' I settlement. |