Promulgation Reform laws

1 promulgation

1.1 government of juan Álvarez (october-december 1855)
1.2 government of ignacio comonfort (december 1855-january 1858)
1.3 government of benito juárez
1.4 government of sebastián lerdo de tejada

promulgation
government of juan Álvarez (october-december 1855)

juárez law or law on administration of justice , courts organic nation district , territories: issued benito juarez on 23 november 1855. law rejected bishops archbishops of mexico, since restricted ecclesiastical privileges (fueros).
lafragua law or freedom of press law: allowed freedom of expression in print media, entered force on 28 december 1855. promulgated secretary of foreign affairs , interior josé maría lafragua.

government of ignacio comonfort (december 1855-january 1858)

decree abolished civil coercion of religious vows, promulgated april 26, 1856.
decree suppressed society of jesus in mexico, promulgated june 5, 1856.
lerdo law or law of confiscation of property plots , urban civil , ecclesiastical corporations: forced civil, such indian communities, , ecclesiastical corporations sell houses , land private individuals. drafted miguel lerdo de tejada (brother of sebastian lerdo de tejada) , promulgated june 25, 1856. considered controversial of reform laws, part of process had been initiated during spanish rule in eighteenth century.
lafragua law or civil registration act. through law, civil registry established births, marriages, , deaths, removing these roman catholic church had kept records of baptism, holy matrimony, , death. issued on january 27, 1857.
constitution of 1857 promulgated on 5 february 1857. republican , federalist liberal valentín gómez farías, fought these ideals throughout life, cortes of cadiz, independence of mexico , constitution of 1824 had been repealed centralist regime , dictatorship of antonio lópez de santa anna.
iglesias law or rights act , parochial perquisites: banned collection of fees, parochial perquisites , tithe poor classes. drafted josé maría iglesias , promulgated april 11, 1857. 1 of comonfort s supporters, juan josé baz, considered law provocation of lower clergy depended on such fees.

government of benito juárez

nationalization law ecclesiastical property: law complements law lerdo confiscation of church property, important change: goods no longer passed hands of rentiers. issued in veracruz on july 12, 1859. law makes explicit connection between national debt , disamortization, nineteenth-century liberal politicians , ideologues lorenzo de zavala , josé maría luis mora had written about. in fact, church held more of wealth in mortgages private landowners in property ownership itself.
civil marriage act: issued in veracruz on july 23, 1859, through law established religious marriage had no official validity , established marriage civil contract state, eliminating forcible intervention priests , collection thereof churches.
organic law on civil registration: registration of civil status of persons in charge of government employees , not church. births , deaths civil contract state declared. issued in veracruz on july 28, 1859.
decree of secularization of cemeteries declared cessation of intervention of clergy in cemeteries , graveyards, released in veracruz on july 31, 1859.
decree suppression of religious holidays: decree declared days taken holidays, prohibiting official assistance religious functions.
law on freedom of religion: law catholicism ceased 1 allowed. law allowed each person free practice , choose cult wished conducting ceremonies banned outside churches or temples. issued in veracruz on december 4, 1860.
expulsion decree: exile luis clementi apostolic delegate, archbishop josé lázaro de la garza y ballesteros , pedro espinosa, bishops , davalos , pedro moreno barajas , ordered. released in mexico city on january 21, 1861.
decree of hospitals , charity: secularized these properties. released in mexico city on february 2, 1861.
decree of secularization of nuns , friars throughout republic cloisters , monasteries decreeing exit of religious men , women living there, exception of sisters of charity died.

government of sebastián lerdo de tejada

act of september 25, 1874




^ d.f. stevens, ley juárez vol. 3, p. 409. encyclopedia of latin american history , culture. new york: charles scribner s sons 1996.
^ d.f. stevens, ley lerdo vol. 3, p. 409. encyclopedia of latin american history , culture. new york: charles scribner s sons 1996.
^ brian r. hamnett, reform laws in encyclopedia of mexico, vol. 2, p. 1239. chicago: fitzroy dearborn 1997.
^ d.f. stevens, ley iglesias , vol. 3, p. 409. encyclopedia of latin american history , culture. new york: charles scribner s sons 1996.
^ hamnett, reform laws p. 1240.
^ hamnett, reform laws , p. 1240.
^ robert j. knowlton, church property , liberal reform, 1856-1910. dekalb: northern illinois university press 1976.