Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
Good for One Person

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Whether married or not should be
stated.
Good for One Person
Tourist passports cannot be used
by more than person. During
the six months following its date
Of issue. this card may be used for
any number Of trips between the
two countries.
Holders of such cards who wish
to remain more than six months IN
Mexico or reside there permanently
must advise the secretary Of gober-
nacicn and comply with the regula-
tons required Of persons classified
as immigrants.
A person TO whom such a card has
been issued is considered a tourist
and cannot stay in the republic
longer than is authorized b. this
card, neither may the bearer n
gage in activities from which re-
Enumeration is derived. unless a pre-
vious declaration is made TO au-
thorities so that he may be prop
erly classified III accordance With
statistical and other requirements.
Tourists who make the trip 10
Mexico are not required TO show any
Jun CT money. as in the case OF i'm
migrants, but should have enough
funds TO pay expenses while N the
southern republic.
Tourists entering Mexico BY auto
mobile may get detailed information
regarding condition Of roads, hotel
accommodations. amusement cen
tiers, scenery. etc. from chambers OF
commerce at Brownsville, Weslaco.
San Antonio and Laredo.
Speeding Up Border Crossing
Automob.les may be bonded $50
1 they may enter Me,.ico with
8oat duty charge. The charge for
this bond ranges from three TO five
collars, depending on its value. Ar
faneements have been made 70 SIM
Fplify the customs house regulations
in order that a car may be regis
tered in five or ten minutes.
Cameras may be taken into Mex
leo by tourists but they are permit
ted ONLY with the understanding
that no photographs showing mis-
cry, poverty or other distress be TAX
en-. There is SO much Of the beau
tiful in Mexico TO photograph that
there should be no occasion 10 re-
cord poverty under the impression
that il is picturesque
When travelling BY auto. Ame-i-
cans will be asked to stop at points
about eight miles out Of Mexican
border towns for an inspection Of
the papers which have been issued
to them by Mexican immigration,
customs health and other officials
Baggage is not likely to be re-
examined.
Should Exchange Money
II is advisable for the traveller in
Mexico 70 exchange his American
morey for Mexican. BY exchanging
his dollars and cents for pesos and
centavos he receives full benefit OF
the current rate Of exchange. He
should manage TO obtain sufficient
small change. otherwise he viii find
himself paying too much for smaller
services. Thus the ~bootblack. wait
ers, small storekeepers and others
NAV plead mo change" with the
hope that the tourist will permit
him TO pocket the difference be-
tween the purchase price a an ar
ticle and the coin offered. Tips and
other smaller services Will be found
To mount Up If a supply OF the
smaller coins is not obtained. The
><rnlv objection 70 having very much
mail change is that il is very
4 heavy. The tourist who Is not ia
msliar with the paper currency
should carry coin.
The tourist will find English
SPOKEN CT every hand, many OF the
Mexicans being anxious to converse
in this language.
Motorists will find the highways
marked off IN kilometers. A kilom-
eter consists as the name indicates,
~ = thousand meters. and is equiv
aIent To O.62i37 Of an English mile.
Gascline will be sold by the litro
1iter) instead OF by the quart or
gallon. The litro is equivalent 70
f.O567 quarts. American measure.
Traffic Officers Courteous
Traffic officers are likely 10 be
found very courteous on every hand.
fhe ones at Monterrey and Mexico
ritv speaking English. Those in
other cities are not as likely 10 be
able 70 speak English. Numbers Of
Ears violating traffic regulations
probably will be taken even when
no arrest Is made and tourists Will
find traffic officers reasonable I'M
less he consistently breaks the rules.
There IS an active pro-tourist
campaign sweeping Mexico. The re-
nublic Is doing everything TO make
the visitor feel welcome. by simpli-
fvinr regulations. building highways
and providing more modern accom-
r,odations. The tourist will find the
-osIntrv more accessible as time zoe
nn ard this summer will find thou
sands Of additional visitors coming
~ Mexico from all parts Of the
United States.
kuparatus to automatically pur-
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