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SANTOS, Second Secretary to Presidential Palace , San José , May 22, 1883 . Let it be executed. P. FERNANDEZ, May 22, 1883

[Inclosure 1 in No. 241.—Translation.]

Law No. 6 of May 22, 1883, making Limon a free port.

The Constitutional Congress of the Republic of Costa Rica decrees:

  • Article 1. The district of Limon is declared to be free of customs imports. The importation of material of war is alone excepted from the exemption established by this article.
  • Art. 2. The Executive is authorized to make the demarkation of the zone which is declared free, for which the port of Limon and Rio Sucio must be taken as starting points.
  • Art. 3. He is authorized also to remove the custom-house to Rio Sucio, to dictate all measures conducive to that end, and to incur the expenses required for the execution of this law.
  • Art. 4. The exemptions thus established shall commence to take effect on the 10th day of August next, and shall continue during ten years.

  • JUAN M. CARAZO, President.
  • VICENTE C. SEGREDA, First Secretary.
  • A. SANTOS, Second Secretary.

Let it be executed.

P. FERNANDEZ.

The Secretary of State for the Department of Finance, Bernardo Soto.

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