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368 of the Decree of the 4th of August, 1824, called the law for the Classification of rents.

By this Decree:—

 1. All Importation and Exportation duties of every kind, whether in the ports, or on the frontiers of the Republic; 2. The monopolies of Tobacco and Gunpowder, 3. The Post-office, 4. The Lottery, 5. The natural deposits of Salt, (Salinas.) 6. The revenues of the Territories of the Federation, 7. The produce of all National Property, (such as estates formerly belonging to the Inquisition, or to convents suppressed while Mexico was under the dominion of Spain,) 8. And all Buildings, Fortresses, Public Offices, and lands annexed to them, formerly considered as the property of the Crown, were declared to belong exclusively to the Federation, and to be consequently placed under the immediate control of the Supreme Government.

All other branches of revenue were made over to the States, which were left at liberty to regulate their own expenditure, according to their several resources.

A contribution, or Contingent of 3,136,875 dollars was established by the same Decree, to be levied in