US Presidency
1849

By its provisions the custom houses at all the ports occupied by the forces of the United States were, upon the exchange of ratifications, to be delivered up to the Mexican authorities, together with all bonds and evidences of debt for duties on importations and exportations not yet fallen due; and all duties on imports and on exports collected at such custom houses or elsewhere in Mexico by authority of the United States before the ratification of the treaty by the Mexican Government were to be retained by the United States, and only the net amount of the duties collected after this period was to be delivered to the Mexican Government. By its provisions also all merchandise imported previously to the restoration of the custom houses to the Mexican authorities or exported from any Mexican port whilst in the occupation of the forces of the United States was protected from confiscation and from the payment of any import or export duties to the Mexican Government, even although the importation of such merchandise be prohibited by the Mexican tariff.