Iglesias to Citizen, April 23, 1867

[From the Sombra de Zaragoza of San Luis Potosi, April 24, 1867, No. 32.—Translation.]

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT—SECTION FIRST.

The citizen President of the republic has been pleased to address to me the following decree:

Benito Juarez, constitutional Presidene of the United Mexican States, to its inhabitants:

Be it known, that, using the ample faculties with which I am invested, I have been pleased to decree the following:

ONLY ARTICE.

The port of Tampico is hereby declared closed to foreign and coasting trade so long as it continues in disobedience to the government. For that reason I order this decree to be printed, published, circulated, and obeyed with due respect

Palace of the national government, in San Luis Potosi, this 23d April, 1867.

BENITO JUAREZ.

Citizen José Maria Iglesias, Minister of Justice, Industry, and Public Instruction, in charge of the Department of Finance and Public Credit.

And I make it known to you for your information and consequent action.