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MEXICO. 



«emble, and in order that the executive and legis^ 

 lative powers should not remain in the hands of 

 one body, the junta shall be empowered to legis- 

 late ; in the first place, where cases occur which 

 are too pressing to wait till the assemblage of the 

 Cortes, and then the Junta shall proceed in con- 

 cert with the Regency ; and, in the second place, 

 to assist the Regency in its determinations in the 

 character of an auxiliary and consultative body. 



^' 15th, Every individual, who is domiciled 

 amongst any community, shall, on an alteration 

 taking place in the system of government, or on 

 the country passing under the dominion of an- 

 other prince, be at full liberty to remove himself, 

 together with his effects, to whatever country he 

 chooses, without any person having the right to 

 deprive him of such liberty, unless he have con- 

 tracted some obligation with the community to 

 which he had belonged, by the commission of a 

 crime, or by any other of those modes which pub- 

 licists have laid down ; this applies to the Eul'o- 

 peans residing in New Spain, and to the Ameri- 

 cans residing in the Peninsula. Consequently, 

 it will be at their option to remain, adopting ei- 



