Legation of the United States,
Caracas
,
June 8, 1894
.
(Received June 19.)
No. 156.]
[Inclosure 1 in No.
156.—Translation—Official Gazette.]
Additional decree regulating the navigation of
the Orinoco and its channels.
Joaquin Crespo, constitutional President of the United States of
Venezuela, considering:
That the executive decree of the 1st of July, 1893, with reference to
the navigation of the Orinoco and its channels, has had impediments
in its execution by not having established in it the lines that are
to be incurred by the infractors. Considering:
That by No. 9, Article 13 of the constitution, it is reserved to the
general power all legislative jurisdiction concerning the marine
navigation, coast and rivers; and considering:
That by Article i, law 6 of the Código de
Hacienda, the President of the Republic has the supreme direction
and administration of the national finances, with power to regulate
the laws of the same in order to secure its most complete
execution.
decree.
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Art. 1. The captain of the vessel
that shall violate the regulations established in Article I of
the decree of July 1, 1893, shall incur a fine of 5,000
bolivars, payable into the custom-house at Ciudad Bolivar, and
for which the vessel and gear is to be held responsible.
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Art. 2. A repetition of the act
stated in the previous article will bring the vessel incurring
it within the provisions of article 63 of the law 20 of the
Código de Hacienda.
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Art. 3. The ministers of interior
and finance are charged with the execution of this decree, and
shall give note of it to the congress at its next
reunion.
Given, signed by my hand, sealed with
the seal of the national executive, and countersigned by the
ministers of interior and finance, in the federal palace, at
Caracas, this 6th day of June, 1894, year 83 of
the independence and 30 of the federation.
Joaquin
Crespo.
Countersigned, the minister of
interior,
Jose R.
Nuñez.
Countersigned, the minister of
finance,
Fabricio
Condo.
