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all of the papers listed were found, and, on the other hand, legajos were found 
not contained in the list. It will be seen, also, that the dates in the inventory 
and those ascertained by actual examination do not correspond in all cases. 
Since the presumption was that after 1848 the Department of the Interior 
would have little to do with territory now within the United States, few of the 
bundles of later date were examined. 
PRINCIPAL ITEMS. 
Actas de Juramento (Acts of Allegiance). 
1822-1823. Juramento al Imperio (Oaths of Allegiance to the Empire). 
Legajo 1386. 
Oaths of jefes politicos, ayuntamientos, governors, and other local 
officials, including those of Sonora, Coahuila, and Chihuahua. 
No. 34. Correspondence of Antonio Argiiello, of Monterrey, Cali- 
fornia, on this subject. Original acts of obedience of Monterrey. 
Apr. 2. 
No. 39. Expulsion of Spaniards. 1828. 
1823. Actas de Adhesion al Plan de Casa Mata (Acts of Adherence to 
the Plan de Casa Mata). 
Correspondence with the commandants of the Interior Provinces of 
the East and of the West, and with other chiefs of the North. 
1824. Actas de Juramento a la Constitucién (Acts of Allegiance to the 
Constitution). 
Acts of governing bodies in Coahuila and Texas, California, Sonora 
and Chihuahua. 
1835. Actas de Juramento a las Bases Constitucionales, con arreglo a la 
Ley de 27 Oct. (Acts of Allegiance to the Constitutional Bases, 
conformable to the Law of October 27). 
Reports by Chico, of California, with a discourse by him on the sub- 
ject. May 20, 1836. Printed at Monterrey. 1o ff. 
Various reports from different localities of Coahuila and Texas, 
New Mexico, Chihuahua, Sonora, and Sinaloa. Many folios. 
1841. Actas de Juramento a las Bases de Tacubaya (Oaths of Allegiance 
to the Bases of Tacubaya). 
Acts from all over the Republic, including especially: New Mexico, 
Californias, Tamaulipas, Chihuahua. 
Acusos de Recibo (Acknowledgements of Correspondence Received). Nu- 
merous legajos. 
Acknowledgments of correspondence, circulars, and decrees received by 
and from the local authorities. These might be of value as a 
means of tracing out the course of correspondence. 
Aduanas (Custom-houses). 
Legajo 1820 contains a printed proclamation (bando) entitled Sistema 
General de las Aduanas de la Monarquia Espanola en Ambos 
Emisferios, etc. (Madrid, 1820). About 300 pp. It gives com- 
plete schedules and regulations regarding all countries. 
Archivo General y Publico. 
Reports of the custodians of the archive, and correspondence relative to 
it for the periods indicated. There are legajos marked 1830-1838; 
1832-1847; 1853-1854. These papers belong in the section of 
“ Archivo General ” of the Secretariat of Relations, but have be- 
