Proclamation of General Treviño., October 1, 1871

Proclamation of General Treviño.

Geronimo Treviño, constitutional governor of the state of Nuevo Leon, and general-in-chief of the army of the north, to the inhabitants thereof. Know ye:

That, considering that the present paialyzation of commerce is owing, in great part, to the highly exorbitant duties paid in the ports upon foreign goods, which evil redounds to the prejudice of the people.

Considering that, in order to provide the resources demanded by the situation, without extortions upon the people, it is necessary to give an impulse to commerce, the principal source of public riches, and that this impulse may conciliate the necessities of the government with those of the consuming class, without any sacrifice of national interest; and,

Considering, finally, that the work of political regeneration cannot be accomplished without a supreme effort on the part of all the inhabitants of the republic, which is now suffering a lamentable prostration; and

Being invested with ample faculties, I have thought fit to issue the following decree:

• Article 1. The so-called Vidaurri tariff of February 6, 1858, is declared in force, as well for the collection of import duties as for the exportation of money, revoking only the first article, which treats of a discount of 40 per cent.
• Article 2. The duties of consumption and exportation prescribed by the said tariff shall be collected in this capital, both for effects to be sold here and for those to be sent into the interior, which shall be allowed to pass freely.
• Article 3. All the goods found outside of the regular route, and destined for places other than this citv, shall incur the penalty of confiscation, to be applied by the officers in command of forces depending from this headquarters, they giving due notice immediately after the seizure.
• Article 4. The importation of articles of prime necessity for the consumption of the villages between this capital and the frontier is permitted, upon payment of 5 per cent, upon the estimated wholesale price in this city.
• Article 5. The general customs code and other laws opposed to this decree are hereby repealed.

And that it may come to the knowledge of all and be duly obeyed, I order the above decree to be printed, published, and circulated.