Among these Acts there was a general code of laws, entitled Codigo Santa Cruz.
[1] This title is evidently in imitation of the title of Code Napoleon; for Santa Cruz is the name of the general who was elected president of the Republic in 1828; and under his presidency, the Codigo was published.
In 1892, the mining laws of Bolivia consisted of the Ley de mineria (Mining Law) promulgated on the 13 October 1880, and the Reglamento de la ley de mineria (Rules for the application of the Mining Law) made on the 28 October 1882.
The International Bureau of the American Republics said that the "provisions of the Ley de mineria are simple and wise.
They are contained in no more than twenty-seven articles and leave little room for casuistics or embarrassing technicalities.