Mr. Thompson to Mr.
Olney.
Legation of the United States,
Petropolis, October 3,
1895.
No. 415.]
Sir: I have much pleasure in informing you that
the National Congress has passed a resolution authorizing the refund of
the duties collected on American merchandise in contravention of the
commercial arrangement between the United States and Brazil of January
31, 1891.
The resolution has been sanctioned and promulgated by the President, as
you will observe from the inclosed copy.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure in No.
415.—Translation.]
Decree No. 299—30th of September, 1895.
Authorizes the opening of a supplementary credit of 1,700,000$000 to
the article “Reposiçōes and restituiçōes,” article 7, No. 29, of the
law No. 266, December 24, 1894.
I, the President of the Republic of the United States of Brazil, make
known that the National Congress decrees and I sanction the
following resolution:
- Article 1. The Government is
authorized to open for the department of the treasury a
supplementary credit of 1,700,000$000 ($357,000) to the
section “Reposçōies and restituiçōes” of the current
appropriation law, article 7, No, 29, of law No. 266, of
December 24, 1894, not only to return the expediente duties
collected by the custom-houses on American merchandise
entitled to free admission under the respective (commercial)
arrangement, but as well to give execution to article 9,
line 3, of the cited law, and further to dispose of
reclamations from the States until the end of the present
fiscal year.
- Article 2. All provisions to the
contrary are revoked.
Capital Federal,
30th of September, 1895, seventh of the
Republic.
- Prudente J. de Moraes
Barros.
- Francisco de Paula Rodrigues
Alves.
