Article XV. The government reserves unto itself the right to fix the time when the provisions of the present law shall cease to be enforced. Each of our ministers is bound, as far as his department is concerned, to enforce the present law and to issue such orders as will secure its strict observance.
Issued in the Palace of Mexico, October 3, 1865.
Maximilian.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, intrusted with the Department of State,
Jose F. Ramirez.
The Minister of Commerce, Luis Robles Pezuela.
The Minister of the Interior, Jose Maria Esteva.
The Minister of War, Juan de Dios Peza.
The Minister of Justice, Pedro Escudero y Echanove.
The Minister of Public Instruction and of Cults, Manuel Siliceo.
The Under-Secretary of the Treasury, Francisco de P. Cesar.