Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-12-11
MEXICAN NEWS.
xyb.i ourGood Neighbors Across the Line are Doing in a Progressive Way.
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ED. CITIzES:-I apprehend the Arizona nphlio in particular. and of the United States in general, will find Interesting and useful the translation l send to your paper, of the modificarions lately made to article 124 of our general con- stitu,ion, by the National Congress, and AS it enters, anyhow, in my purpose of contributing to strengthen the relations betxeeu both our countries, to make known in yours sll those legal dIsposi- lions fav5Eing such an end send you ,ba said translation instead of the arti- cle that I intended to write for the CITIZEN.
 The mentioned statute, ss 1t stands in the federal constitution of the year 1857, runs as follows:
 "Art. l2I. At some time, before the 1st of June, 1858, the eXcisss and inter TOT custom houses will be suppressed and abolished in all the republic
 For motives very easy to imagine, and which we will perhaps examine else where, that determination was not com pli,d with, and on the 2j,h of November, ISS4. the article was again amended, fix ing the lst Of next December as the term ot which there was made a reiere oe.
 Now, let us come to the translation, as literal and accurate as possible, Of the text of the law, which goes thUs:
 At. l24. The states shall not Im- noss ans fax for the simple transit Of goods Tn she home trace.
 ..The attribution to establish such taxes of transit belongs tO the government Of the union, solely, and never but CD foreign goods traversing the county through international or iCteroceanlc lines, and that will not be kept m the national territory any lCnger than It De necessary for their passing through ana export.
 'They shall not prohibit, either secret iy indirectly. the introduction m or extraction from their territory of any soodz, but l. be for police motives
 either can they tax the articles of na- tIonal produce for their export tO a foreign country or a fellow state.
 "The exemption of taxes decreed by them shall be general, and never favor ing the products of 6 determined pro cedOnce.
 "The taxation established on a deter mined merchandise shall be iuvsriable, whatever be its precedence. and Il shall never nverrste the amount Of the duty reported by similar goods in the polltl- cal entity where the tax has teen dscrtef.
 The national products will not sub isct Co any determined route of trans pOrtatirD; DO inspection or control can he nude of them in their ways. nor any fiscal document will be required for their circulation m the interior.
 They (the states) shall not Rggravs,e the foreign merchandise with tax higher than that which they have a right to, according to the federal laws"
 Such Gre the Ieforms alluded to. and you will allow me to say that now, If ever, is the epoch for the American commercial genius to rush into our country. Bs the trade enjoys here the same liberty and privileges that have elevated 1t to such high station in the fortunate lands whose civilization has been the work of the magic wand of commerce.
 Some excitement prevails here ID So nora, on account of the approaching FAtctAuIH AoA SohcIuOI UT tut HAhAc TUT the next term.
 Somebody has said that n government that has no opposition cannot be a good government. Let us put aside the more Or less profOUndness of that paradox, and state that the government of our state has an opposition too. and that the characters of 1t do not make It anything different from all the oppositiOns that hux- haau ar fn ha An Wnrnrh = that so. that would not mention the fact tO the numerous raBders of she CIT HEN, but for the reason that some par Ies, enemies to both your country and mine, might take hold of ths OpposI- tionists' csnards and absurd predictions Oi revolution and troubles. and by de- livering them to the public dominion, under the form of reliable statements. arrest the impulse which immigration from your country Is expected to receive. our every day steadier mind to live at peace neIng given. and the happy issue of our efforts m that sense.
 The official journal, "La Cons;itUcion," contains in it's last number, the budget O. tue state for the next year, submitted by Gov. Torres for the approval of con gress. The message accompanying II
 
 lot of very important economics m the public e1penses next year. and such ts are expected tO enable the government to satisfy the numerous promises coL- trscted in the last Indian wars, and we'll calculated to create bass for the fu- ture wealth and general welfare ot our state. And even if their proposal and subsequent adoption did not promise those desirable benefits, 1t would be easy Co see, just as well. the honesty and good faith ot n government which thinks seriously of the task imposed upon 1t by divine and human laws. and tiils it or tres to fill 1t solely by the meGns consecrsted by those sane laws.
 The lighthouse lately built at the en- trance Of the Gusymas bay. will he put Co the public service on December ls, IL is siiustel at 27 deg. 90 min., fl sec north latitude and no deg, 54 min, l4 sec, west longitude of Greenwich. The luminous focus reaches the height of i05 e. meters (3I6l feet above the level Ot ihe sea, and embraces within it's rays sD area of 4J kilomeiers (2S miles) ap- proximstely. Yours truly.
 BELIsARO VALENCIA.