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Allowing imports at Galveston & Matagorda

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Allowing imports at Galveston & Matagorda
<B>[Broadside] Decree Of The Congreso General Extending The Provision Permitting Certain Imports At Galveston And Matagorda Free Of Duty For The Benefit Of The Colonists.</B></I> Governor's Palace, Mexico [City]: May 19, 1832. [With heading:] <I>Secretaria de Hacienda. Seccion 1a</B></I>. Four-page folder printed on p. [1]. Quarto. Signed in print by Vice-president Anastasio Bustamante, and promulgated the same day by Rafael Mangino (Minister of Treasury). This decree extended for an additional two years the provisions of Article 13 (of the law of April 6, 1830), which permitted introduction of various items through the ports of Galveston and Matagorda free of duty to established colonists of Texas. Half-calf case with gilt lettering at spine. Moderate age toning with several large pale-red stains. Very good condition. <I>From the collection of Darrel Brown.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Reference:</B></I> Streeter 782, no copy located. Formerly in Lindley Eberstadt's Collection, Eberstadt 162:106. Streeter had not seen the original of this for the Central Government (as this one is) or a republication by any of the Mexican states. Entry is from Dublan (Volume II, No. 1047, p. 433).who says it was published in a bando of May 25, 1832. The bando is given in Arrillaga (January 1832-March 1833) at page 105.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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