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Show LAND SEIZURE DECREESIGNED Every Head of Family or Person Over 18 Is Promised Tract MEXICO CITY. April 18. (B the Associated Press; The basis under Which the new federal agrnrlnn law is to be administered is outlined In n decree de-cree signed Monday by President Obre. gon which is expected to become effective ef-fective today upon publication in the Dolro Official, TOWN'S WIL1, BENEFIT The decree contnins twenty-eight articles, ar-ticles, whh h describe the method i of land aXDfOnrlktlAn nnd distribution with a preface pointing out why certain cer-tain people have Inherent rights to th-.-lend which the federal government plans to conflsra'o. Six classes of towns, ranging from considerable villagers to the smallest communities, are named as beneficiaries bene-ficiaries and the properties to be taken Include cultivated as well as uncultivated unculti-vated lands Restriction of lands to towns is not permitted under the decree when ffie actual possessor of the property can prove his title was obtained In con-Iformitj con-Iformitj with the law of June 23, 185G and When It i an be shown that the lands asked for by the townsmen do not exceed fifty hectares In area 1 123 acres) and have been possessed by the person named In the title for more than ten years. Properties of less than fifty hectares are to be untouched In all cases ALLOTMENTS LISTED Each head of a family or Individual more than 18 years of age shall receive re-ceive land ,tho amount varying according accord-ing to its value. In the case of land under irrigation, or where the moisture mois-ture is sufficient the year around the allotments shall range from three to five hectares, lands dependent upon rains which are regular, but not as abundant as In the foregoing allotments, allot-ments, from four to six hectares, and where rainfall is variable and often scant, from six to eight hectares. The following classes are pro-hll-i. el from acquiring allotments. Professional men. those who possess lands similar to those expropriated. Persons having capital of more than iooo pesos and federal or municipal employes earning salaries of more than seenty-flve pesos a month. oo |