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Show - 20- na. a to menos como la de los habitantes de .Ia Luisiana y las Floridas, cnando estas provincias, por las ces•ones ~ue. de ellas hicieron Ia repUblica f1·ancesa y Ia coro.na de Espana, pasaron fl. ser territories de Ia Union nortc-amencana.. Disfrutaran igualmente la mas amplia ga~a~Ua todos los eclesiMticos, corporaciones y comunicla?~s re.hgwsas, tanto en el dcsempciio de las funcioncs de su mwisteno, como :n el. gocc de su propiedad de todo genera, bien pertenczca e~ta a las personas en particular, bien a las corporacioncs. L.a ~1cha g~rantia se estendera a todos los temp los, casas Y cdlficws ded•cados al culto cat6lico romano, asi como a los bienes destin ados a su mantenimiento y al de las escuelas, hospitales Y demas fundacioncs de caridad y beneficcncia. Ninguna propiedad d!! est a clase se considerara que ha pasado ;i ser propiedad del gobicrno america no, 6 que puedc Cstc disponer de ella, 6 destinarla a otros usos. Fiualmcnte, las relacioncs y comunicaciones de lo~ cat6licos ecsistcntes en los predichos tcrritorios, con sus respectwas autoridades cclesilisticas, scran francas, libres y sin embarazo alguno, aun cuando las dichas autoridades tcngan su residencia dentro de los Jimites que f]Ucdan seil.alados por el presente tratado n la RepUblica 1\Iexicana, mientras no so haga una nueva dcmarcacion de distritos eclesiiisticos, con arreglo a las leyes de Ja Iglesia cat6lica romana. ARTICULO X. T odas las concesiones de tierra hechas por el gobierno mexicano 6 por las autoriJadescompetcntes,en territoriosque pertenecieron antns a Mexico y quedan para lo futmo dentro de los limites de los E stados-Unidos, seran rcspetadas como validas, con Ia misma cstension con que lo serian si los indicados territorios permanecieran dentro de los limites de Mexico. Pe. ro los concesionarios de tierras en Tejas que hubieren tornado posesion de elias, y que por razon de las circunstancias del pais dcsde que comenzaron las dcsavenencias entre el gobierno mexicano y T ejas, hayan estado impedidos de 11enar todas las co~diciones de sus conccsiones, tendn\n Ia obligacion de cumphr las mismas condiciones dcntro de los plazos scfialados en aqne- -21- ces, by transfer from the French republic, and the crown of Spain, became territories of the United States. rrhe same most ample guaranty shall be enjoyed by all ecclesiastic and religious corporations, or communities, as well in the discharge of the olfices of their ministry, as in the enjoyment of their property of e\'cry kind whether individual or corporate. 'l~his g uaranty shall embrace all temples, houses, and edifices dedicated to the Roman Catholic worship; as well as all property destined to its support, or to that of schools, hospitals, and other foundations for charitable or beneficent purposes. No property of this natnre shall be considered as having become the property of the American government, or as subject to be by it disposed of, or diverted to other uses. Finally, the relations, and communications between the Catholics living in the territories aforesaid, and their respective ecclesiastical authorities, shall be open, free, and exempt from all hindrance whatever, even although such authorities should reside within the limits of the Mexican Republic, as defined by this treaty; and this freedom shall continue, so long as a new demarcation of ecclesiastical districts shall not have been made, conformably with the laws of the Roman Catholic Church. ARTICLE X. A II grants of land made by the Mexican government or by the competent authorities, in territories previously appertaining to Mexico, and remaining for the future within the limits of the United States, shall be respected as valid, to the same extent that the same grants would be valid if the said territories had remained within the limits of Mexico. But the grantees of lands in Texas, put in possession thereof, who, by reason of the circumstances of the country since the beginning oft he troubles OOtween Texas and the Mexican government, may have been prevented from fulfilling all the conditions of their grants, shall 00 under the obligation to fulfil the said conditions within the periods limited in the same respectively; such periods to be now counted from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty; in |