"Decree No. 298," April 13, 1835

Summary: The Congress of Coahuila and Texas revised an earlier law in order to make cotton exempt from taxation for a further 6 years.

Executive Department of the State of

Coahuila and Texas.

The Governor of the State of Coahuila and Texas, ad interim, in exercise of the executive power, to all the inhabitants thereof: Be it known, that the congress of the said State has decreed as follows:

DECREE No. 298.

The Congress of the State of Coahuila and Texas has thought proper to decree:

ART. 1. The privilege of exemption from duties, granted by article 1 of the law No. 176 of the 28th of April 1831, to raw cotton, is hereby prolonged six years.

ART. 2. Said privilege shall include the cotton grown in any part of the state, but shall be understood as subject to the restrictions provided in article 3 of the aforementioned law No. 176.

For its fulfilment, the Governor of the State shall cause it to be printed published, and circulated.

J. M. MIER, President.

D. GRANT, D. S.

J. M. CARBAJAL, D. S.

Wherefore I command it to be printed, published, circulated, and duly fulfilled.

Given in the city of Monclova on the 13th of April, 1835.

M. BORREGO.

JOSE M. FALCON, Secretary.

Source Copy Consulted: "Decree No. 298," April 13, 1835, reprinted in H.P.H. Gammel, The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897, 12 vols., (Austin: Gammel Book Co., 1898), 1:396. http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/lawsoftexas