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 COMMERCIAL CONVENTION—BIEXICO. JANUARY 20, 1853. Protocol 3. [Pnorocor. 3.] Protocol of an Agreement signed this 11th Protocolo do un Convenio jirmado el dia 11 day of February 1884, between Frcderhzk de Febrcro dc 1884, entre Frederick 11 T. Frelinghuyacn, Secretary of Stats of Frelinghuyaen, Secrctario dc Estado do los the United States of America and Matias Estadoa Unidoa de América, y Matias R0- Romoro, Envoy Extraordinary and Min- mere, Enviado Extraordinario y Miniatro isier Plcnipotentiary of the United States Plenipotenciario dc Ion Estado: Unidos of .l[c.ric0 : Mcxicanoa : The undersigned, duly authorized Los infrascritos, dobidameute uurorizatherete by their respective Governments, dos al efccto por sus respectivos Gobierand with the purpose of correctin an nos, y con cl objeto de correjir un error de error of translation in the text ofg the traducciou en el texto de la convencion Commercial Convention between the comercial entre los Estados Uuidos de United States of America nnd the United América y los Estados Uuidos Mcxicanos States of Mexico signed in the city of iirmada en esta ciudad do Washington el \Vashin-gton on the 20th day of January dia 20 de Enero de 1883, convienen por el 1883, hereby agree and declare: prescnte y declaran: Ag {0 berries_ That the English word berries, found in Que la palabra inglesa berries, que r the 18th (24th) item of the schedule of nparecc eu la fraccion is (24) de la lista Mexican articles to be admitted duty de articulos mexicanos que deberan adfree into the United States of America mitixse libres de derechos en los Estados contained in Article I. of said Convention, Unidos de América, comprendida en el shall he held to have its equivalent in articulo I. do dicha Convencion, tendra fact, for all purposes of the execution of su equivalente verdadero para todos los said Convention in the Spanish word objetos relacionados con el cumplimento ' bayaa instead of the Spanish word cerazau de dicha Convencion, en la palabra eswhich appears by error in the Spanish paholo bayas, en vez do la palabra estext of said Convention as signed. paiiola cerczua, quo por error aparece en el texto espanol do dicha Convencion, en los términos en que fué firmada. This agreement shall be attached to and Este Convenio iormara parte de dicha proclaimed with said Convention. Convencion y se promulgara con la misma. In witnem whereof we have subscribed En testimonio do l0 cual hemos iirmado and sealed this Agreement, in the English y sellado este Convenio en las lenguas and Spanish languages in the city of inglesa y espatiola, en la ciudad de Washfggfhington this 11 day of February, ington el dia 11 de Febrero de 1884. Funnix. T. Fmzuxouursmc. [sun..] M. Romano. [sun.] rmocoi 4. ‘ · [P¤¤T<>¤<>¤· 4-] The Commissioners, Ulysses S. Grant and XVi1liam H. Trescot, on the Apart of the United States, and Matias Romero and I-Zstanislao Canedo, 6n the part of exico, met at the State Department at 1 o’clock, January 15, 1883. Upon submitting to each other their respective powers, the Commissioners of the United States called to the attention of the Commissioners of Mexico that while tho powers of the former were full, the powers of the latter were coniined to the execution of sucha Treaty as was prescribed in their instructions, and as these instructions were unknown to the United States Commissioners, the powers could scarcely be considered "liko and equal." The Mexican Commissioners said they proposed to communicate their instructions, and, at the request of the United States Commissioners, consented to attach them to their powers as part thereof. As these instructions referred to a drait of a treaty in possession of the Mexican Commissioners as rtepresentin the views of the Mexican Government, it was agreed that the treaty sho d be read; ' It was accordingly read, article by article. As to iam1mm_. Upon the reading of the finst article, the United States Commissioners stated that { gm, in LIcXic0· complaints had been made that merchandise going irom the United States into Mexico and subject to duty was not only so taxed at the port of entry, but was subject to extra taxation imposed upon the border line of every State of the Mexican Republic through which it might pass. They wished to know whether the condition of Mexican law, taken in connection with the lan age of this article, exempting goods on the free list from all “ taxation whether gxederal or local", was such as to secure these goods from local taxation. The Mexican Commissioners said: "That section I. of article 112 of the Federal Constitution of the United States of Mexico provides that the States cannot levy any tax upon tonnage or any other port duty, or upon imports and exports unless they are authorized to do so by the Federal Congress. That the Federal ongress has not authorized the States to levy any tax upon imports and exports, and could not give any such authority if this project became a treaty, so far as the articles embraced in Article 2 of the treaty are concerned. "That. therefore, if any State slmnhl attempt to collect any tax on said articles, or