Mr. Plumb to Mr.
Seward.
No. 161.]
Legation of the United States,
City of Mexico, July 17, 1868.
Sir: Among the important provisions of the
Mexican constitution is the power given to the congress, “of approving
the federal estimates of expenditures, which shall be annually presented
by the executive, and of imposing the taxes necessary therefor.” (Art.
72, clause 7.)
This is followed, in the general provisions of the constitution, by the
prescription that “no payment of money shall be made that is not
embraced in the fiscal estimates or determined by previous law.” (Art.
119.)
For the first time, however, since the adoption of the present
constitution, in 1857, has the congress of Mexico, as stated by the
president of that body in his address at the adjournment on the 31st of
May last, occupied itself with these labors. In the second period of its
late sessions, in compliance with the constitution, it gave preference
to financial affairs, and after mature deliberation revised the estimate
of expenditures, and issued a law classifying the revenues, as also an
estimate of receipts.
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These recent laws, therefore, afford the most reliable data attainable
regarding the revenues and expenditures of the republic of Mexico, and
the sources from whence its income is proposed to be derived.
The publication of the estimate of expenditures, or appropriation bill,
as it would be termed with us, was not completed until the 8th instant,
and I am consequently only now enabled to transmit to the department, as
I do herewith, translations of the three laws which embrace the above
important subject.
In the law classifying the revenues there is established what is the
national property, and what are the revenues of the federal government,
as distinguished from those of the States.
The sources of federal revenue that are specified are twelve in number,
and are as follows:
1. Duties on importations.
2. Duties on exportations.
3. Assay and coinage.
4. Stamped paper.
5. Half of the proceeds of the public lands, the other half belonging to
the States.
6. Guano deposits.
7. Pearl and other fisheries.
8. Interest on capitals due the treasury.
9. Post office.
10. Patents.
11. Taxes in the federal district and territories.
12. Such other imposts as in conformity with clause 7, of article 72
(first cited) of the constitution, may be decreed by congress. Of these
sources of revenue, not all appear to be available at the present
time.
In the law of estimate of receipts the supposed income for the present
fiscal year is set forth.
It is to be derived from nine sources, which are specified, and the
different amounts with the sum total estimated as follows:
| 1. |
From the maritime and frontier custom-houses— |
|
|
Duties on importations |
$11,742,711 |
|
Duties on exportations |
1,254,000 |
|
|
12,996,711 |
| 2. |
Excise duties in the federal district |
1,500,000 |
| 3. |
Stamped paper |
2,000,000 |
| 4. |
Direct contributions in the federal district |
500,000 |
| 5. |
Nationalized church property |
600,000 |
| 6. |
Coinage and assay |
200,000 |
| 7. |
Tax in favor of public instruction |
100,000 |
| 8. |
Public lands and other sources |
300,000 |
| 9. |
Tax on carriages |
25,000 |
|
Total estimated receipts |
18,221,711 |
It will be observed that one-ninth of the above sum is derived from taxes
in the federal district; one-ninth from stamped paper, and that more
than six-ninths, or a little over two-thirds of the entire estimated
income, is to be derived from import and export duties, and of this sum
nine-tenths from duties on importations.
If, then, importations should fall off, or the possession of the ports
not
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be maintained, or their
revenues not be duly received, the income of the general government, it
is obvious, would be very sensibly affected.
On the other hand, should the tariff of the republic be simplified and be
every where equally enforced, trade, with the maintenance of peace,
would be stimulated and the revenue would undoubtedly be largely
increased.
The most immediate and effective stimulant that could probably be
applied, within this country, to the revival of its industry and
commerce, in addition to the maintenance of tranquillity and security,
would be the removal of the burdens now resting upon its most available
and peculiar means of wealth—its mining interests.
In my dispatch No. 149, of the 24th ultimo, I referred to the appointment
by this government some time since of a commission to examine into the
subject of the present condition of the mining interest, and especially
the burdens now resting upon it; and I alluded to the recent report of
this commission, which, with the approval of the minister of treasury,
Mr. Romero, had been submitted to congress just at the close of the last
session, and in which the entire exemption of the products of the mines
from all imposts and duties was recommended.
I also transmitted with that dispatch statements showing that the burden
now resting upon that branch of industry is upwards of 25 per cent, upon
its gross products, in addition to the loss of nearly as much more of
the silver contained in the ore, in the process of reduction.
In the law of estimate of federal receipts the congress has taken a step
in the direction of this important reform, by the abolition of five of
the charges heretofore made on mining products, viz:
The three per cent. mining tax.
The real per mark, equal to one and one-half per cent.
The federal contribution of twenty-five per cent. on the two preceding
charges, or one and one-eighth per cent.
The circulation duty of two per cent. and the federal contribution of
twenty-five per cent, on the export duty (five per cent.) and above
circulation duty, making one and three-quarters per cent.
The sum of these several reductions is nine and three-eighths per
cent.
In place of the former export duty of five per cent. on silver, however,
that duty has been raised by congress to eight per cent. The net
reduction, therefore, made by the congress amounts to six and
three-eighths per cent.
But since congress adjourned decrees have been issued by various of the
States, re-establishing these duties on their own account.
The State of Guanajuato, for instance, by a law issued on the 28th
ultimo, has established, from the 1st instant, a duty of four and
one-half per cent. on silver deposited in the assay offices of that
State, and two per cent. extraction duty on all coin and bullion taken
from the State. I inclose herewith translation of this decree and also
of a similar law issued by the State of Michoacan, imposing a
circulation duty of two per cent. and an extraction duty of the same
amount, both increased by an additional duty of fifteen per cent. upon
each charge.
In this connection I also transmit translation of a decree recently
issued by the legislature of the State of San Luis Potosi, imposing a
tax of one and one-quarter per cent. upon all mercantile transactions,
such as sales of merchandise, the collection of bills of exchange,
&c.
A further valuable reform has been attempted in the law of estimate of
receipts, in the abolition of the duty on mortgages in the federal
district, and the duty on transfer of real estate throughout the
republic.
The first of these duties was two per cent, on the sum expressed in
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a mortgage, payable upon the
execution of the same, and another two per cent. payable at the
redemption.
The duty on the transfer of real estate was ten per cent. upon the amount
of the sale, payable in government obligations, which were worth, say
eight per cent. on their face, and twenty-five per cent. upon the ten
per cent. payable in coin, making a total of, say, three and one-third
per cent. government charge upon the amount of each sale of real
estate.
But the repeal of this latter tax by the general congress appears also to
be nullified, for by the decrees of the States of Guanajuato and
Michoacan, inclosed herewith, it will be seen that it is already being
reimposed by the States.
In Guanajuato that duty is now fixed at five per cent., and in Michoacan
at two per cent.
The difficulty in carrying out reforms in this country is greatly
increased by the want of sufficient control on the part of the general
government over the States, and the action of the former is often for
this reason entirely nullified.
In article four of the same law of estimate of receipts, a very important
reform has been really achieved in the abolition of the system of
special funds, which has so long prevailed in this country.
Under this system, in each collection office accounts were kept of the
different purposes to which funds collected were to be applied, and
special orders were constantly being given by the government for the
separation in subordinate offices of specific amounts for account of
special objects, to the extreme confusion and embarrassment of the
general financial administration.
This was especially the case in the different assignments and engagements
made on account of the foreign debt.
All funds collected are now to go into a common chest, and to be paid out
only by the general treasury, in conformity with such appropriations as
shall be made by law.
In my dispatch No. 45, of the 12th of December last, I called the
attention of the department to a decree issued on the 19th of November,
by this government, in the exercise of the extraordinary powers not then
expired, which abolished all tolls upon the public highways of the
republic, and to provide means for the preservation of the roads
substituted therefor a tax of fifty cents per thousand on landed
property, manufactures, and mills, a tax on stages, and a duty of one
dollar for every two hundred pounds’ weight upon all foreign effects
introduced into the republic, including machinery, agricultural
implements, &c., that before had been free.
In article 2 of the present law of estimate of receipts, the tax for the
above purpose on landed property, manufactures, and mills, is repealed;
and as the tax on stages or carriages, item 9 article 1, is estimated at
only twenty-five thousand dollars, it is seen that the entire burden of
the maintenance of the roads of this country, to the extent of the
amount that may be derived from the charge of one dollar on each two
hundred pounds, weight of foreign effects imported, falls upon foreign
commerce, and mainly upon commerce with the United States; for under
this form of duty two hundred pounds of heavy machinery, agricultural
implements, of flour or lard, from the United States, pays the same as a
case of the same weight of silks or the finest goods from France.
In other words, assuming a ton of machinery to be of the value of one
hundred dollars, or flour at ten dollars per barrel, this duty amounts
to ten per cent., while on a case of silks or fine goods weighing two
hundred
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pounds, of which the
value may he one thousand dollars, this duty amounts only to the
one-hundredth part of ten per cent., or one-tenth of one per cent. Ten
dollars per ton upon heavy effects, articles of first necessity, from
the United States, amounts to a very considerable charge, and operates
to our direct disadvantage, while the commerce in fine goods, articles
of luxury, from Europe, is favored.
The amount and the several divisions of the estimated expenditures of the
republic for the present fiscal year, which commenced on the 1st instant
and is to terminate on the 30th of June, 1869, under the law of estimate
of expenses, or appropriation bill inclosed herewith, are set down as
follows:
| 1. |
Legislative corps |
$735,360 |
| 2. |
Executive power |
52,880 |
| 3. |
Judicial power |
488,290 |
| 4. |
Department of foreign relations |
124,540 |
| 5. |
Department of government |
1,025,080 |
| 6. |
Department of justice and public instruction |
380,640 |
| 7. |
Department of fomento |
2,292,932 |
| 8. |
Department of treasury |
5,143,726 |
| 9. |
Department of war |
8,450,990 |
|
Total |
18,694,438 |
The first part, that for the legislative power, is the expense of the
congress of the Union. The second, for the executive power, is for the
salary and other expenses of the President of the republic, exclusive of
an item of $18,332, under the head of the war department, for the
expense of his staff.
That under the head of the judicial power is for the supreme and circuit
federal courts, and the civil and criminal courts of the federal
district.
The appropriation for the department of foreign affairs embraces at the
present time only a legation in the United States, and consuls at New
York, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Brownsville.
It is stated in the body of the law, in a note, that, “If there should
occur within the proximate (now present) fiscal year, the necessity of
making appointments for legations, or consulates established by previous
laws, there will then be resolved what may be convenient.”
Thirty thousand dollars is appropriated for the secret and extraordinary
expenses of the department.
In the expenditures of the department of government the principal items
are, $115,000 for the subvention of land and maritime mail lines,
$433,260 for four corps of rural police, $48,000 for superintendence of
police, $87,000 for police of city of Mexico, $120,000 for municipal
guard of infantry, and $108,000 for municipal guard of cavalry. All of
these items, except that for mail lines, being for expenditures within
the federal district, and forming nearly four-fifths of the expenditures
of that department.
The expenditures set down under the head of the department of justice and
public instruction, being separated from those under the head of
judicial power, which come within that department, are mainly confined
to the appropriations for public instruction, which amount to
$334,920.
The department of fomento, or public works, embraces appropriations
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for the repair of roads to the
amount of $799,432, for roads to be opened of $400,000, survey of the
public lands $36,000, telegraph lines $36,000, works in the ports
$152,000, on the national palace $48,000, for the drainage of the valley
of Mexico $308,400, and subvention to the proposed horse-car railroad
from Vera Cruz, by way of Jalapa, $465,000.
The two remaining departments are the departments of treasury and of war.
In the appropriations for the former the expense of the maritime and
frontier custom-houses of the republic appears to be $568,470, of the
federal treasury offices in the different States $107,600,
administration of stamped paper $204,540, collection of the revenue of
the federal district $114,178, mint houses and assay offices, so far as
they are yet in the hands of the general government, the most of them
having heretofore been leased under contract, $146,280, retired list and
pensions $192,498.
The appropriation on account of the public debt, foreign and domestic, is
$3,500,000. The working of this appropriation is as follows:
“For the cancellation (amertizacion) and payment of the public debt,
interior and foreign, $3,500,000.”
In the debate which took place in the Mexican congress upon the adoption
of this item, and which was participated in both by the minister of the
treasury and the minister of foreign affairs, the position was taken by
the government that it did not propose to pay the interest on any of its
public debt, except upon the bonds issued in the United States, and that
was to be left to the discretion of the executive; but in place thereof
a system of auctions for the buying in of their debt would be
maintained. With my dispatch No. 135, of the 27th of May, I transmitted
to the department a full report of the debate which took place on that
occasion.
The largest item of the expenditures of the Mexican government is that
under the head of the war department. Of the $18,600,000 total
appropriations, over eight millions are for this department.
According to a report just published, made under date of the 20th of
February of the present year, by the late minister of treasury, Mr.
Iglesias, the military force at the command of the constitutional
government, under arms in July, 1867, could not be calculated at less
than eighty thousand men. This has now been reduced to somewhat over
sixteen thousand men, divided into four principal divisions of four
thousand men each, and a fifth, less important, of which the number is
not stated.
The appropriation for each of the principal divisions is $921,882, or
upwards of $4,000,000 for the four principal divisions of the Mexican
army. For four brigades of artillery the appropriation is $564,000, for
the marine department $42,313, medical corps of the army $148,000,
special battalion of “supremas paderes” $160,000, corps of carbineers
$111,000, invalid corps $95,000, military command of Vera Cruz and other
ports in the Gulf and on the Pacific $734,000, retired corps $191,000,
pensions $387,000, material and armament $587,000, military colonies on
the frontier of the north and in Yucatan $500,000, extraordinary
expenses $500,000.
The sum of the appropriations for the war department is $8,450,990.
As before stated, the total amount of the estimated expenditures of the
government of the republic is $18,694,438.
The estimate of receipts is $18,221,711.
From the extreme commercial prostration now existing in this country, it
may be doubted whether the anticipated amount of revenue will be
realized the present fiscal year.
In the law of estimate of receipts it is provided, article 5th, that if
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the products of the
estimated revenues shall not suffice to cover the estimated expenses,
the necessary reductions shall be made in the latter in the following
order:
1. In the assignments on account of pensions and the retired list, up to
one-half the amount of the same.
2. In the auctions destined for the cancellation of the public debt.
3. In the sums assigned for the payment of the floating debt.
4. In the outlays of the department of public works.
5. In the expenses of the ministry of government.
6. In the salaries of civil functionaries, and of the military who are
not in campaign, up to one-third the amount of their assignments.
7. In the expenditures of the department of war, so far as circumstances
may permit.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
Law for the classification of the revenues.
[From the Diario Oficial, June 2,
1868.—Translation.]
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT—SECTION 4.
The citizen President of the republic has been pleased to address to
me the following decree:
The citizen Benito Juarez, constitutional President of the United
Mexican States, to the inhabitants of the same, be it known: That
the sovereign congress of the Union has been pleased to decree as
follows: The congress of the union decrees:
Article 1. The revenues and properties of
the federation are:
1. The duties on importation and such others as are collected by the
maritime and frontier custom-houses of the republic, on foreign
goods of whatsoever denomination they may be, with the exception of
twelve and a half cents on each bale which the ayuntamientos of
ports are authorized to collect as municipal funds.
2. The duties on exportation.
3. The products of smelting, coining, and assaying of the gold and
silver introduced into the mints.
4. The product of the sale of common stamped paper, and of that which
serves for the payment of the federal contributions.
5. The half of the proceeds of the sale, rent, or use of waste lands
throughout the republic; the other half to remain for the benefit of
the States in whose territory they may be.
6. The product of the sale, rent, or working of guano deposits.
7. The product of the duties which may be levied on pearl, whale,
otter, and seal fisheries, and other analogous objects.
8. The interests and capitals which, by any title, may be owing, to
the federal treasury.
9. The products of the post office.
10. The duties on privileges and patents of invention.
11. The taxes established, or which may be established, destined for
the expenses of the federation, in the federal district and the
territories.
12. The products of such other imposts as, in conformity with
fraction VII of article 72 of the constitution, may be decreed by
the general congress.
13. The castles and fortresses, the citadels, magazines and arsenals
of artillery, post offices, mints, and such other edifices as
through purchase, donation, or any other title, may be national
property.
14. Islands and shores, ports, anchorages, bays, lakes, and navigable
rivers.
15. Vessels of war, custom-house cutters, transports, and other craft
belonging to the federal treasury.
16. The rights the republic may have in banking business, railroads,
or any other undertakings of general interest which may be
authorized by the congress of the Union.
17 All unowned property which may exist within the federal district
and the territories,
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and
of hidden treasures which may be discovered in the same places, that
portion which, in conformity with the laws, belongs to the
treasury.
Art. 2. The law for the classifying of the
revenues issued on the 12th September, 1857, is repealed.
Hall of the congress of the Union,
Mexico, May 29, 1868.
FRANCISCO ZARCO, President.
Guillermo Valle, Secretary.
Joaquin Alcalde, Secretary.
I therefore order that it be printed, published, circulated, and
duly observed.
National Palace, Mexico, May 30, 1868.
BENITO JUAREZ.
Citizen Jose Maria Garmendia, Chief Clerk in charge of the Department of
Finance and Public Credit, Present.
And I transcribe the same to you for the consequent ends.
Independence and liberty!
Mexico, May 30,
1868.
JOSÉ M. GARMENDIA.
Law of estimate of federal receipts.
[From the Diario Oficial,
Mexico, June 3,
1868.—Translation.]
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT—sECTION 4.
The citizen President of the republic has been pleased to address to
me the following ecree:
The Citizen Benito Juarez, constitutional President of the United
Mexican States, to the inhabitants of the same, be it known:
That the sovereign congress of the Union has been pleased to decree
the following:
The congress of the Union decrees:
Article 1. The estimate of revenue of the
federal treasury for the financial year, which will commence on the
1st of July of the present year and end on the 30th of June, 1869,
will be comprised of the following sums:
First. From the products of the maritime and frontier custom-houses,
in the following terms:
| Duty if importation |
$6,583,948 |
| Duty of material improvements, twenty per cent on
import duty |
1,316,789 |
| Duty of railroad shares, fifteen per cent, on import
duty, with the reservation of what congress may decide
respecting this duty |
987,592 |
| Interior duty, ten per cent on import duty |
658,395 |
| Duty of counter register, including the federal
contribution, which shall be paid in coin, twenty-five
per cent. on import duty |
1,645,987 |
| Duty on export of coined silver, at eight per cent.,
the entire duty |
1,200,000 |
| Tonnage, light-house, and pilotage |
30,000 |
| Tonnage, light-house, and pilotage |
150,000 |
| Import per package on foreign imports, in place of
road tolls |
400,000 |
| Imports on the extraction of woods |
24,000 |
| Second. From the products of the principal
administration of rents of the district, and the
subordinate offices, according to the basis on which the
collection may be established, with the understanding
that the duties comprised in the varied nomenclature
under which are collected the duties belonging to the
treasury, including the twenty-five per cent, of the
federal contribution, which shall be paid in coin, shall
be reduced to one sole quota, formed from the sum of
those corresponding to each article, excepting the
municipal tax, which shall be made out and collected
separately; and that in the quotas of the tariff in
force a reduction of seven per cent. shall be made on
the duties of alcabala, (excise duty,) and three per
cent. on the municipal duties |
1,500,000 |
| Third. From the product of stamped paper, in the
following terms: |
|
| Common stamped paper |
500,000 |
| Stamped paper of the contribution on imposts of the
States and municipalities |
1,500,000 |
| Fourth. From the product of direct constributions in
the district, with exception of tax on mortgages and on
transfer of real estate, and remaining included the
federal contribution, which shall be paid in coin, as a
part of the sole quota which shall be collected |
500,000 |
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| Fifth. From the proceeds of nationalized
property |
$600,000 |
| Sixth. From smelting, coining, and assaying |
200,000 |
| Seventh. From the taxes appertaining to public
instuction |
100,000 |
| Eighth. From the products of premiums and exchanges
from waste lands and other smaller branches which
appertain to the federal treasury |
300,000 |
| Ninth. From the tax on carriages; decreed on the 19th
November last |
25,000 |
|
18,221,711 |
Art. 2. The following imposts in favor of
the federal treasury are abolished:
The rial (12½ cents) per marck ($8 25) on silver.
The three per cent. of mineria, (tax on the products, of the
mines.)
The duty on mortgages, established in the federal districts.
The duty on circulation of money.
The duty of fortification of Vera Cruz.
The duty on transfer of real estate throughout the republic.
That of the mercantile tribunal, which has been collected in the
States for the department of public works.
That of tobacco in the same States.
That decreed on the 19th of November last, on landed property,
factories, and mills.
Art. 3. The funds proceeding from the
imposts which form the estimate of the revenues of the federal
treasury shall be collected and distributed under the direction and
responsibility of the department of finance, which shall open
credits in favor of the other departments within the limits of the
appropriations.
Art. 4. The products which form the
estimate of revenues or income shall be distributed by the general
treasury of the nation, all special funds being expressly
prohibited.
Art. 5. If the products of the estimated
revenues should not suffice to entirely cover the estimated
expenses, the necessary reductions shall be made in the latter in
the following order:
1st. In the assignments on account of pensions and the retired list,
up to one-half the amount of the same.
2d. In the auctions destined for the cancellation of the public
debt.
3d. In the sums assigned for the payment of the floating debt.
4th. In the outlays of the department for public works, such as may
not be of absolute necessity for the reparation and preservation of
the public edifices, or those for public roads, railways, or
drainage.
5th. In the expenses of the home department, (ministry of
government,) especially in such as are of an extraordinary
character.
6th. In the salaries of civil functionaries and employés, and of the
military who are not in campaign, up to a third part of their
assignments.
7th. In the expenditures of the department of war in as far as
circumstances may permit.
Hall of sessions of the congress of
the Union, Mexico, May 27,
1868.
FRANCISCO ZARCO, President.
Guillermo Valle, Secretary.
Joaquin M. Alcalde, Secretary.
I therefore order that it be printed, published, circulated, and
duly observed.
National Palace, Mexico, May 30, 1868.
BENITO JUAREZ.
Citizen Matias Romero, Minister of Finance and Public Credit,
Present.
And I transcribe the same to you for your information and the
consequent ends.
Independence and liberty!
Mexico, May 30,
1868.
J. M. GARMENDIA, Chief
Clerk.
Law of federal expenditures.
[Translated and condensed from the Diario Oficial of
June 30, and successive numbers to July 8. 1868.]
The citizen President has been pleased to address to me the following
decree: Benito Juarez, constitutional President of the United
Mexican States, to all the inhabitants of the same, be it known:
That the congress of the Union has decreed the following:
The congress of the Union, in conformity with the provisions of
article 69 of the federal constitution, decrees:
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Article 1. The estimate of the expenditures
of the federation and of the federal district, which shall he in
force for the fiscal year, which will commence on the 1st of July of
the present year and terminate on the 30th of June, 1869, shall he
conformed to the following appropriations:
Part 1.—Legislative power.
CONGRESS OF THE UNION.
| 208 deputies, at $3,000 per annum |
$624,000 |
|
| Mileage |
25,000 |
|
| Secretary’s office of congress |
11,200 |
|
| Office of reporters |
5,800 |
|
| Other items |
2,900 |
|
| Chief national auditor’s office |
40,660 |
|
| First bureau of liquidation, credits proceeding from war
of intervention |
11,400 |
|
| Second bureau of liquidation, the national floating
debt |
14,400 |
|
|
|
$735,360 |
Part 2.—Executive power.
| President of the republic |
$30,000 |
|
| Private secretaries |
4,200 |
|
| Service |
3,680 |
|
| Expenses of the palace |
15,000 |
|
|
|
52,880 |
Part 3.—Judicial power.
SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE.
| 1 president |
$6,000 |
|
| 10 justices, at $4,000 |
40,000 |
|
| 4 justices, supernumerary, at $3,000 |
12,000 |
|
| 1 solicitor general of the nation |
4,000 |
|
| 1 attorney general |
4,000 |
|
| Secretary’s office |
18,700 |
|
| Service |
1,900 |
|
|
|
86,600 |
Part 4.—Department of foreign relations.
| Minister |
$8,000 |
|
| Chief clerk |
4,000 |
|
| Section of America |
8,500 |
|
| Section of Europe |
8,500 |
|
| Section of Chanceleria |
5,100 |
|
| Archives |
3,000 |
|
| Service |
2,220 |
|
|
|
$39,320 |
DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
GENERAL LEGATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
| Minister |
$15,000 |
|
| Secretary |
4,000 |
|
| Attaché |
2,000 |
|
| Outfit and traveling expenses of minister |
10,000 |
|
| Outfit and traveling expenses of secretary |
2,000 |
|
| Outfit and traveling expenses of attaché |
1,000 |
|
| Expenses of office |
1,200 |
|
| Extraordinary expenses |
1,000 |
|
|
|
36,200 |
Note.—If there should
occur within the proximate fiscal year the necessity of making
appointments for legations or consulates established by previous
laws, there will then be resolved what may be convenient.
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CONSULAR CORPS.
| 1 consul in New York |
$3,500 |
|
| 1 consul in New Orleans |
3,500 |
|
| 1 consul in San Francisco |
3,500 |
|
| 1 consul in Brownsville |
2,200 |
|
|
|
$12,700 |
GENERAL EXPENSES.
| Secret and extraordinary expenses of the department of
foreign affairs |
$30,000 |
|
|
| General archives |
4,400 |
|
|
| Service |
1,920 |
|
|
|
|
36,320 |
|
|
|
|
$124,540 |
Part 5.—Department of government.
| 1 minister |
$8,000 |
|
|
| 1 chief clerk |
4,000 |
|
|
| Other employés |
17,800 |
|
|
| Service and expenses |
2,220 |
|
|
|
|
$32,020 |
|
| Printing |
|
30,000 |
|
| National festivities |
|
10,000 |
|
| Extra and secret expenses |
|
25,000 |
|
| Political chief of the territory of Lower
California |
$4,000 |
|
|
| Secretary of the territory of Lower California |
1,800 |
|
|
| Expenses of that office |
1,000 |
|
|
|
|
6,800 |
|
| Mail subventions for land and maritime
line |
115,000 |
|
| Rural police, 4 corps |
108,000 |
|
| General superintendence of the police of the
federal district |
433,260 |
|
| Daily watch of the city of Mexico |
48,000 |
|
| Municipal guard of infantry |
87,000 |
|
| Municipal guard of cavalry |
120,000 |
|
| Extraordinary subsidy for one sole time to the
state of Coahuila for expenses of protection to pacificated
tribes of Indians |
10,000 |
|
|
|
|
1,025,080 |
Part 6.—Department of justice and public instruction.
| Minister |
$8,000 |
|
| Chief clerk |
4,000 |
|
| Section of justice |
6,200 |
|
| Section of public instruction |
3,100 |
|
| Section of archives |
2,400 |
|
| Service and expenses |
2,020 |
|
|
|
$25,720 |
Subordinate judicial power.
CIRCUIT COURTS.
Merida:
| 1 judge |
$2,500 |
|
| 1 attorney general |
2,500 |
|
| 1 clerk |
1,200 |
|
| 1 officer |
300 |
|
| Expenses |
120 |
|
|
|
6,620 |
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Puebla:
| Same as the preceding |
$6,620 |
| Guadalajara |
6,620 |
| Monterey |
6,620 |
| Durango |
6,620 |
| Culiacan |
7,120 |
| Celaya |
6,120 |
DISTRICT COURTS.
Chiapas:
| 1 judge |
$2,000 |
|
| 1 attorney |
2,000 |
|
| 1 clerk |
1,200 |
|
| 1 officer |
300 |
|
| Expenses |
100 |
|
|
|
5,600 |
| The same for Chihuahua, Guevrero, Michoacan,
Oaxaca, San Louis Potosi, Toluca, and Zacatecas, $5,600
each. |
39,200 |
Durango:
| 1 judge |
$2,000 |
|
| 1 clerk |
1,200 |
|
| 1 officer |
300 |
|
| Expenses |
100 |
|
|
|
3,600 |
| The same for Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Puebla,
Sinaloa, and Yucatan, $3,600 each |
18,000 |
| Sonora and Guanajuato, $6,600 each |
13,200 |
| Coahuila, Queretaro, Aguascalientes, Campeche,
Tobasco, and Tlaxcala, $5,000 each |
30,000 |
| Mexico |
|
12,850 |
| Tamaulipas |
|
7,100 |
| Vera Cruz |
|
8,100 |
| Lower California |
|
6,500 |
JUDICIAL POWER OF THE DISTRICT, SUPERIOR TRIBUNAL OF
JUSTICE OF THE FEDERAL DISTRICT.
| 11 judges, at $4,000 |
$44,000 |
|
| 2 attorneys, at $4,000 |
8,000 |
|
| 3 secretaries, at $3,000 |
9,000 |
|
| 3 chief clerks, at $2,000 |
6,000 |
|
| 3 advocates for the poor, $2,000 |
6,000 |
|
| 8 clerks, at $500 |
4,000 |
|
| 2 clerks, at $1,200 |
2,400 |
|
| Other employés and expenses |
4,100 |
|
|
|
83,500 |
COURT OF THE 1ST INSTANCE OF THE DISTRICT.
| 6 civil judges, at $4,100 |
$24,000 |
|
| 24 actuaries, at $1,000 |
24,000 |
|
| Other employés and expenses |
9,600 |
|
|
|
57,600 |
| Court of the 1st instance of Tlalpam |
|
4,100 |
CRIMINAL COURT.
| 6 criminal judges, at $4,000 |
$24,000 |
|
| 6 writers, at $1,200 |
7,200 |
|
| 12 writers, at $500 |
6,000 |
|
| Other employés and expenses |
5,700 |
|
|
|
42,900 |
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LOWER COURTS.
| 8 lower judges in the capital, at $1,200 |
$9,600 |
|
|
| 1 at Tacuba, 1 at Guadalupe Hidalgo, and 1 at Tacubaja, at
$1,200 |
3,600 |
|
|
| 11 secretaries, at $500 |
5,500 |
|
|
| 11 commissioners, at $300 |
3,300 |
|
|
| Officers’ expenses, $100 each court |
1,100 |
|
|
|
|
$23,100 |
|
| Extraordinary expenses, and formation of codes |
|
20,000 |
|
|
|
|
$447,410 |
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
| Direction |
970 |
| School for girls |
9,080 |
| Preparatory school |
61,392 |
| Law school |
20,580 |
| School of medicine |
33,050 |
| School of agriculture |
42,154 |
| School of the fine arts |
38,860 |
| Commercial school |
11,200 |
| School of the arts and sciences |
14,000 |
| School for deaf mutes |
8,142 |
| National museum |
12,000 |
| School of engineers |
35,602 |
| 4 primary schools in the city of Mexico, 3 for boys and 1
for girls, $4,000 each |
16,000 |
| National library |
11,890 |
GENERAL EXPENSES.
| Repair of edifices |
8,000 |
|
|
| Purchase of books, instruments, &c |
10,000 |
|
|
| Other expenses |
2,000 |
|
|
|
|
334,920 |
|
|
|
|
782,330 |
Part 7.—Department of fomento or public works.
| Minister |
$8,000 |
|
| Chief clerk |
4,000 |
|
| Section 1 |
4,800 |
|
| Section 2 |
10,700 |
|
| Section 3 |
9,500 |
|
| Section 4 |
5,300 |
|
| Society of Geography and Statistics |
3,400 |
|
|
|
45,700 |
ROADS.
| Repair of gates of Belen and Puente, Colorado |
$16,488 |
|
| Road from Mexico to Queretaro |
90,616 |
|
| Road from Amizoc to Vera Cruz via
Orizara |
150,972 |
|
| Road from Perote to Vera Cruz via
Jalapa |
51,072 |
|
| Road from Mexico to Perote via
Apizaco and Rio Frio |
53,160 |
|
| Road from San Luis to Zacatecas |
15,288 |
|
| Road from Monte Alto and Tulancingo |
57,780 |
|
| Road from Toluca and Cuernevaca |
64,800 |
|
| Road from Queretaro to San Luis |
20,856 |
|
| Road from Queretaro to Lagos |
48,000 |
|
| Road from Lagos to Amatitlan |
36,000 |
|
| Road from Guadalajara to Manzanillo |
60,000 |
|
| Puebla to Oaxaca by Tehuacan |
36,000 |
|
| Morelia to the Barancas |
36,000 |
|
| Tabasco to Chiapas |
60,000 |
|
| Engineer for surveying road to Acapulco |
2,400 |
|
|
|
799,432 |
| Roads to open, decreed and yet to be provided for |
|
400,000 |
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| Survey of the public lands |
$36,000 |
|
| Central telegraph line |
6,000 |
|
| Line from San Luis to Matamoras |
30,000 |
|
| Subvention to Philharmonic Society |
2,400 |
|
| Works in the ports |
152,000 |
|
| On the national palace |
48,000 |
|
| Drainage of Valley of Mexico |
308,400 |
|
| Subvention to the railroad from Vera Cruz to Puebla via Perote, enterprise of
Zangroniz |
465,000 |
|
|
|
$2,292,932 |
Part 8.—Department of treasury.
| Minister |
$8,000 |
|
| Chief clerk |
4,000 |
|
| Chief office |
6,100 |
|
| Section 1, of customs |
13,200 |
|
| Section 2, of public credit |
13,200 |
|
| Section 3, taxes, stamped paper, &c |
13,200 |
|
| Section 4, of fiscal estimates |
13,200 |
|
| Section 5, of diverse branches |
8,700 |
|
| Section 6, of statistics |
7,700 |
|
| Section 7, of the administration of nationalized
property |
22,140 |
|
| Section 8, of revision of accounts |
5,800 |
|
| Archives |
2,600 |
|
| Service |
1,200 |
|
| Expenses |
2,400 |
|
|
|
121,440 |
MARITIME AND FRONTIER CUSTOM-HOUSES.
Paso del Norte:
| Collector |
$3,200 |
|
| Accountant |
1,400 |
|
| Writer and inspector |
1,000 |
|
| Porter |
140 |
|
| Chief inspectors |
1,100 |
|
| 8 mounted inspectors, at $500 each |
4,000 |
|
| Rent of house |
300 |
|
|
|
$11,140 |
| Presido del Norte |
|
11,140 |
| Piedras Negras |
|
12,140 |
| Laredo |
|
2,600 |
| Guerrero |
|
2,600 |
| Mier |
|
7,020 |
| Camargo |
|
7,840 |
| Reinosa |
|
2,600 |
Matamoras:
| Collector |
$4,000 |
|
| First accountant |
2,500 |
|
| Second accountant |
2,200 |
|
| Third, fourth, and fifth accountant |
3,500 |
|
| 3 writers, at $700 |
2,100 |
|
| 2 appraisers, at $1,800 |
3,600 |
|
| Porter |
400 |
|
| Chief inspector |
2,000 |
|
| Second inspector |
1,500 |
|
| 23 inspectors, at $1,000 |
23,000 |
|
| 2 boats and crews |
3,200 |
|
|
|
48,000 |
| Soto la Marina |
|
2,600 |
Tampico:
| Collector |
$5,000 |
|
| Chief inspector |
3,000 |
|
| 15 inspectors, at $1,000 |
15,000 |
|
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| Chief accountant |
$3,000 |
|
| 2 appraisers, at $3,000 |
6,000 |
|
| Other employés |
20,300 |
|
|
|
$52,300 |
| Tuxpam |
|
11,450 |
| Tecolutla |
|
4,200 |
| Nautla |
|
4,200 |
Vera Cruz:
| Collector |
$6,000 |
|
|
| Chief accountant |
4,000 |
|
|
| 2 treasurers, at $3,000 |
6,000 |
|
|
| 3 appraisers, at $3,500 |
10,500 |
|
|
| Chief inspector |
4,000 |
|
|
| Second inspector |
3,000 |
|
|
| 20 inspectors, at $1,000 |
20,000 |
|
|
| Other employés |
37,190 |
|
|
|
|
90,690 |
|
| Alvarado |
|
6,800 |
|
| Sante Comapan |
|
4,200 |
|
| Coatzaeoalcos |
|
10,550 |
|
| Dos Bocas |
|
2,000 |
|
| Tabasco |
|
25,600 |
|
| Isla del Carmen |
|
8,440 |
|
| Campeche |
|
21,660 |
|
| Sisal |
|
21,640 |
|
| Zapaluta |
|
4,000 |
|
| Tonala |
|
8,900 |
|
| Ventosa |
|
9,900 |
|
| Puerto Angel |
|
9,900 |
|
| Puerto Escondido |
|
1,900 |
|
| Chacahua |
|
4,920 |
|
| Acapuleo |
|
17,800 |
|
| Sihuatanejo |
|
1,900 |
|
| Manzanillo |
|
31,360 |
|
| Navidad and Valle de Banderas |
|
3,000 |
|
| San Blas |
|
25,920 |
|
| Mazatlan |
|
36,000 |
|
| Angelas |
} |
Four inspectors
assigned from those of Mazatlan. |
| Attala |
| Tamazula. |
| Navachiste |
|
|
|
| Santa Cruz |
|
3,200 |
|
| Guaymas |
|
23,260 |
|
| Mulege |
|
1,600 |
|
| Loreto |
|
1,600 |
|
| La Paz |
|
8,700 |
|
| San José of Cape San Lucas |
|
1,600 |
|
| San Quintin |
|
1,600 |
|
|
|
|
$568,470 |
FEDERAL TREASURY OFFICES IN VERA CRUZ.
| Director |
$3,500 |
|
| First official |
1,500 |
|
| Second official |
800 |
|
| Two clerks, at $600 |
1,200 |
|
| Other expenses |
650 |
|
|
|
$7,650 |
| In Puebla |
|
6,850 |
| In Jalisco |
|
7,850 |
| In Oaxaca |
|
5,000 |
| In Yucatan |
|
5,550 |
| In Mexico, Guanajuato, San Luis Potosi, and Tamaulipas,
$5,450 each |
|
21,800 |
| In Michoacan |
|
4,250 |
| In Durango, Chihuahua, Zacatecas, Nuevo Leon, and
Coahuila, $3,750 each |
|
18,750 |
| In Sonora, Sinaloa, Chiapas, Queretaro, Tahasco, and
Guerrero, $3,250 each |
|
19,500 |
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| In Aguas Calientes, Tlaxcala, Colinia, and Lower
California, $2,600 each |
$10,400 |
|
|
|
$107,600 |
| Administration of stamped paper |
|
204,540 |
COLLECTION OF THE REVENUE OF THE FEDERAL DISTRICT.
| Custom-house of the capital |
$39,300 |
|
| Other offices |
74,878 |
|
|
|
114,178 |
| General direction of direct contributions |
|
9,600 |
| General treasury |
|
79,120 |
MINT HOUSES.
| Mexico |
$41,720 |
|
| Guadalajara, Durango, Culiaean, Hermaslllo, and Alamos,
$10,900 each |
54,500 |
|
|
|
96,220 |
| Assay offices |
|
50,060 |
| Retired list and pensions |
|
192,498 |
PUBLIC DEBT.
| For the cancellation (amortizacion) and payment of the
public debt, interior and foreign |
3,500,000 |
|
| Ordinary and extraordinary expenses of the treasury |
100,000 |
|
|
|
$5,143,726 |
Part 9.—Department of war and marine.
| Minister |
$8,000 |
|
| Chief clerk |
4,000 |
|
| Employés |
34,040 |
|
|
|
$46,040 |
STAFF DEPARTMENT.
| 1 general of brigade |
$4,500 |
|
| 2 colonels of cavalry, at $226 20 per month |
5,429 |
|
| 4 lieutenants of cavalry, at $150 60 per month |
7,229 |
|
| 2 commandants de escuadron, at $122 40 per month |
2,937 |
|
| 4 captains of cavalry, at $94 20 per month |
4,522 |
|
| 8 lieutenants of cavalry, at $50 10 per month |
4,809 |
|
|
|
29,426 |
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERS.
| 1 general of brigade |
$4,500 |
|
| 1 first captain |
1,016 |
|
| 2 second captain |
804 |
|
| 1 lieutenant |
558 |
|
|
|
6,878 |
DEPARTMENT OF ARTILLERY.
| 1 general of brigade |
$4,500 |
|
| 1 lieutenant-colonel of artillery |
1,807 |
|
| 1 storekeeper |
2,400 |
|
| 1 first captain of artillery |
1,130 |
|
| 2 clerks |
1,105 |
|
|
|
10,942 |
MEDICAL CORPS.
| 1 sub-inspector |
$2,466 |
|
| 1 surgeon |
1,469 |
|
| 2 assistants, at $45 per month |
1,080 |
|
|
|
5,015 |
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STAFF OF THE PRESIDENT.
| 1 general of brigade |
$4,500 |
|
| 1 colonel of infantry |
2,466 |
|
| 1 colonel of cavalry |
2,714 |
|
| 2 lieutenant-colonels of infantry, at $1,653 |
3,306 |
|
| 1 lieutenant-colonel of cavalry |
1,807 |
|
| 1 comandante |
1,469 |
|
| 1 captain |
803 |
|
| 16 horses, at $6 60 per month |
1,267 |
|
|
|
$18,332 |
ENGINEERS.
Staff:
| 4 colonels, at $235 50 per month |
$11,304 |
|
| 6 lieutenant-colonels, at $150 60 per month |
10,843 |
|
| 4 first captains, at $84 60 per month |
4,061 |
|
| 4 second captains, at $66 90 per month |
3,211 |
|
| 4 lieutenants, at $57 per month |
2,736 |
|
|
|
32,155 |
| Military college |
|
79,676 |
| First battalion of engineers |
|
116,670 |
ARTILLERY.
SPECIAL SCHOOLS OF ARTILLERY.
| 1 School of Mexico |
9,874 |
| 3 other schools |
41,226 |
| 4 brigades of artillery |
444,317 |
| 6 batteries |
119,678 |
| Establishments of construction |
76,120 |
NATIONAL MARINE.
Marine department of the north:
Captain of the port of Vera Cruz:
| 1 captain of frigate |
$2,101 |
|
| 1 interpreter |
840 |
|
| 1 clerk |
840 |
|
| 1 boat and crew |
2,160 |
|
| Office expenses |
120 |
|
|
|
$6,061 |
| Captains of the port at 11 other ports in the Gulf of
Mexico |
|
19,011 |
Marine department of the south:
| At 13 ports in the Pacific |
17,241 |
|
|
|
42,313 |
| Medical corps of the army and train |
|
147,995 |
| Battalion supremos poderes |
|
160,550 |
| First corps of carbineers |
|
110,960 |
| National invalid corps |
|
95,334 |
| Generals in reserve |
|
24,992 |
FIRST DIVISION OF THE ARMY.
Staff:
| 1 general of division |
$6,000 |
|
| 2 lieutenant colonels, at $ 1,800 |
3,600 |
|
| 1 commandante |
1,469 |
|
| 2 captains, at $3 14 per day |
2,260 |
|
| 1 lieutenant |
601 |
|
| Office expenses |
360 |
|
|
|
814,290 |
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| Mayoria general |
$6,010 |
| Staff of brigade of infantry |
9,011 |
| Mayoria de ordenes |
3,298 |
First battalion:
| colonel |
$2,466 |
|
| 1 lieutenant-colonel |
1,652 |
|
| 1 commandante |
1,468 |
|
| 1 paymaster |
1,595 |
|
| 1 second adjutant |
695 |
|
| 1 sub-adjutant |
468 |
|
| 8 captains, at $2 23 |
6,423 |
|
| 8 lieutenants, at $1 50 |
4,320 |
|
| 16 sub-lieutenants, at $1 30 |
7,488 |
|
| 1 cornet major |
317 |
|
| 1 armorer |
317 |
|
| 1 corporal of cornets |
180 |
|
| 1 corporal of pioneers |
180 |
|
| 8 pioneers, at 44 cents |
1,267 |
|
| 8 first sergeants, at 88 cents |
2,534 |
|
| 32 sergeants, at 65 cents |
7,488 |
|
| 104 corporals, at 47 cents |
17,597 |
|
| 24 cornets, at 43⅔ cents |
3,773 |
|
| 640 soldiers, at 42 cents |
96,768 |
|
| Allowances |
336 |
|
|
|
157,332 |
| Second battalion |
|
157,332 |
| Staff of second brigade of infantry |
|
9,011 |
| Mayoria de ordenes |
|
3,296 |
| Third and fourth battalions |
|
314,664 |
| Staff of brigade of cavalry |
|
9,011 |
| Mayori de ordenes |
|
3,296 |
First corps of cavalry:
| 1 colonel |
$2,715 |
|
|
| 1 lieutenant colonel |
1,807 |
|
|
| 1 commandante |
1,469 |
|
|
| 1 paymaster |
1,595 |
|
|
| 2 adjutant sergeants, $2 19 |
1,577 |
|
|
| 2 ensign bearers, at $1 54 |
1,109 |
|
|
| 4 captains, at $3 14 |
4,522 |
|
|
| 4 lieutenants, $1 67 |
2,405 |
|
|
| 8 ensigns, $1 54 |
4,435 |
|
|
| 1 chief trumpeter |
349 |
|
|
| 1 blacksmith |
349 |
|
|
| 1 armorer |
349 |
|
|
| 1 belt maker |
349 |
|
|
| 1 trumpet corporal |
205 |
|
|
| 1 corporal of pioneers |
205 |
|
|
| 4 pioneers, at 46 cents |
662 |
|
|
| 2 laborers, at 46 cents |
331 |
|
|
| 4 first sergeants, at 97 cents |
1,397 |
|
|
| 16 second sergeants, at 75 cents |
4,320 |
|
|
| 36 corporals, at 55 cents |
7,128 |
|
|
| 8 trumpeters, at 52 cents |
1,517 |
|
|
| 264 soldiers, at 45 cents |
42,768 |
|
|
| 340 horses, at 22 cents |
26,922 |
|
|
| Allowances |
228 |
|
|
|
|
108,713 |
|
| Second corps of cavalry |
|
126,618 |
|
|
|
|
$921,882 |
| Second division of the army |
|
|
921,882 |
| Third division of the army |
|
|
921,882 |
| Fourth division of the army |
|
|
921,882 |
| Military command of the federal district |
|
|
24,107 |
| Command of Vera Cruz |
|
$12,605 |
|
| 4 permanent companies |
|
81,837 |
|
| Fortress of Allua |
|
7,039 |
|
|
|
|
101,481 |
| Fortress of Perote |
|
|
6,438 |
| Command of Tampico |
|
12,605 |
|
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| 4 effective companies |
$77,713 |
|
|
|
$90,318 |
| Fortress of Acapulco |
6,739 |
|
| 1 permanent company |
19,949 |
|
|
|
26,688 |
| Command of Campeche |
12,605 |
|
| 2 companies |
39,298 |
|
|
|
51,903 |
| Command at Mazatlan |
|
51,903 |
| Command at Guaymas |
|
51,903 |
| Command at Colima |
|
26,688 |
| Command at La Paz |
|
39,298 |
| Command at Tepic |
|
39,298 |
| Command at Coatzacoalcos |
|
26,688 |
| Command at Ventosa |
|
39,298 |
| Command at Sisal |
|
39,298 |
| Command at Matamoras |
|
51,903 |
| Command at Tabasco |
|
51,903 |
| Command at Isla del Carmen |
|
39,298 |
| Fortress of Loreto and Guadalupe |
|
6,435 |
| Depot of officers in this capital |
|
43,774 |
| Depot of officers proceeding from the divisions |
|
163,134 |
| Retired corps |
|
191,710 |
| Pensions rehabilitated |
|
169,143 |
| Pensions unimpaired |
|
218,097 |
MATERIAL AND ARMAMENT.
| Reposition of same |
587,486 |
MILITARY COLONIES.
| For their re-establishment |
500,000 |
|
| Extraordinary war expenses |
500,000 |
|
|
|
$8,450,990 |
| Total appropriations |
|
18,694,438 |
Resumé of estimate of
expenditures.
| Legislative corps |
$735,360 |
| Executive power |
52,880 |
| Judicial power |
488,290 |
| Department of foreign relations |
124,540 |
| Department of government |
1,025,080 |
| Department of justice |
380,640 |
| Department of fomento, (public works) |
2,292,932 |
| Department of treasury |
5,143,726 |
| Department of war |
8,450,990 |
| Total |
18,694,438 |
Art. 2. The employés of the federation and
of the federal district cannot receive any emolument, excess,
addition of salary, or gratuity whatever for the collection of the
federal revenues, beyond the salary assigned in the plant of the
respective offices.
Hall of sessions of the congress of the Union, Mexico, May 30,
1868.
FRANCISCO ZARCO, President.
Guellermo Valle, Secretary.
Joaquin M. Alcalde, Secretary.
Wherefore I order that it be printed, published, circulated, and that
due compliance be given to it.
Palace of the General Government, Mexico, June 17, 1868.
BENITO JUAREZ.
Citizen José M. Garmendia, In charge of the Department
of Treasury and Public Credit.
And I communicate the same to you for your knowledge and the
consequent ends.
Independence and liberty!
Mexico, June 17, 1868.
JOSÉ M. GARMENDIA.
Imports in the state of Guanajuato.
CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE FREE AND SOVEREIGN
STATE OF GUANAJUATO—SECTION OF TREASURY.
The citizen General Florencio Antillon, constitutional governor of
the free and sovereign State of Guanajuato, to the inhabitants of
the same, be it known, that the congress of the State has decreed
the following:
No. 28.
The second constitutional congress of the free and sovereign State of
Guanajuato decrees:
Article 1. From the 1st of July next the
silver and gold that may be presented at the public assay office of
the. State shall pay to the treasury of the same, the first a duty
of four and a half per cent. upon its value, and the second three
per cent., there being included in the first the duty called “realde
mineria.”
Art. 2. From the same date there shall be
collected two per cent. upon the treasure that may be extracted from
the State, in the same terms in which the duty known as circulation
duty has heretofore been collected.
Art. 3. There shall continue to be
collected, as a revenue of the State, the five per cent. of transfer
of real estate, the duty of fifty cents per “arroba” (twenty-five
pounds) upon tobacco in leaf, or sorted, that may be introduced, and
one dollar upon the worked.
Art. 4. The duty upon native raw cotton
within the State shall cease, and that known as the drainage
duty.
Art. 5. The decree No. 10 of this honorable
congress is hereby repealed; but this repeal shall not take effect
until the 1st of October of the present year.
The governor will be informed of the present and will direct that it
be printed, published, and circulated for its due compliance. Dated
in Guanajuato the 26th of June, 1868.
JOSÉ ZAMBRANO Y CONTRENAS, President.
José Bribriesca Saavedra, Secretary.
Juan de Dios Belaunzaran, Secretary.
Wherefore I order that it be printed, published, and circulated for
its due compliance.
Palace of the government of the
State in Guanajuato, June 28,
1868.
FLORENCIO ANTILLON.
Francisco Garcia, Secretary.
Imposts in the state of Michoacan
The citizen Justo Mendoza, constitutional governor of the State of
Michoacan de Campo, to all of its inhabitants be it known, that the
congress of the same has decreed the following:
The Congress of Michoacan de Campo decrees:
No. 51.
Article 1. From the 1st day of July next
the following imposts shall commence to be in force:
I. The duty of circulation at the rate of two per cent., which shall
be caused bycoined money taken from the State.
II. That of extraction, which shall be two per cent. upon the value
of gold and silverin bullion, the product of the mines of the
State.
That of consumption upon native tobacco in leaf, sorted or worked, at
the rate of seventy-five cents upon each arroba (twenty-five pounds)
of the first class or good, and of twenty-five cents per arroba upon
that known as Macuche or Mije, estimating in both cases the gross weight.
That of transfer of real estate reduced to two per cent., which shall
be paid in the cases and terms fixed in the laws now in force.
Art. 2. With respect to the duty of
circulation the following provisions shall be observed:
I. The payment of the impost shall be made at the place from whence
the treasure leaves.
II. The simple transit by the rerritory of the State will not cause
this duty; but to enjoy such exemption the introductors must
previously justify that circumstance in the
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first administration, or collection office of
the revenues by which they pass in their transit through the
State.
III. Nor will this impost be caused when the sum extracted does not
amount to one thousand dollars.
Art. 3. The executive will dictate such
provisions as may be necessary to make effective the collection of
the duty of extraction on gold and silver in bullion, without the
necessity of the establishment of the assay offices to which the law
of the State No. 11, of the 16th of March, 1835, refers.
Art. 4. The imposts specified in article 1
will cause the fifteen per cent. additional duty in favor of primary
instruction; the collection of the same remaining subject, so far as
possible, to the laws and regulations in force that have been
dictated with reference to both, as well as such as may be issued by
the executive for the better observance of this law.
Art. 5. The defraudation of said imposts
shall be punished with the penalties and in the terms that the laws
have established for the defrauders of the excise.
The executive of the State will direct that the same be published,
circulated, and observed.
ANGEL PADILLA, Vice-President.
Luis Gonzaga Gutierrez, Secretary.
Felix Alva, Secretary.
Wherefore I order that it be printed, published, circulated, and that
due compliance be given to it.
Place of the government of the
State, Morelia, June 29,
1868.
JUSTO MENDOZA.
Francisco W. Gonzalez, Secretary.
Imposts in the state of San Luis Potosi.
The citizen Juan Bustamente, constitutional governor of the free and
sovereign State of San Luis Potosi, to the inhabitants of the same,
be it known: That the honorable congress of the State has been
pleased to decree the following:
No. 83.
The constitutional congress of the State has thought proper to decree
the following: Article 1. The tax on sales
upon time and for cash, and upon mortgages, drafts, due-bills,
promissory notes, and orders for collection, which at the rate of
one-half of one per cent. was imposed by decree No. 60, will be
caused in future at the rate of one and one-quarter per cent., with
continuance of the exceptions to which article 2 of the said decree
refers, and the following:
I. Drafts that have to be protested for non-acceptance.
II. Sales at wholesale which the proprietors of estates may make of
their products, outside of the bounds of their estates, and of those
made within the limits of the same, whether at wholesale or
retail.
Art. 2. The dispositions of decree No. 60,
not modified by the present decree, remain in force, as also the
obligations imposed upon brokers, judges, and notaries, and those
submitted to the syndics outside of the capital.
Art. 3. The present tax shall commence to
be caused eight days from the publication of this decree for the
sale of merchandize and obligations in the State, and within one
month with respect to drafts from without the State.
The executive of the State will take knowledge of the present, and
will cause the same to be published, circulated, and obeyed.
Dated in San Luis, the 29th of May, 1868.
MANUEL MURO, President.
Pedro Dionisio Garza y Garza, Secretary.
Roman Fernandez Nava, Secretary.
Wherefore I order that the present decree be executed and complied
with, and that all the authorities cause it to be complied with and
observed, and that it be printed, published, and circulated for the
consequent ends.
Palace of the government of the
State of San Luis Potosi, June 2,
1868.
JUAN BUSTAMENTE.
Francisco Macias Valadez, Secretary.
