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(i) Exemption to Mexicans from military service except in case of 

 foreign war : 



(2) Personal exemption, not transferable, once only, from customs 

 dues on utensils, implements, articles of food, machinery, household furn- 

 iture an A livestock for farm work or breeding stock, all for use on the lot. 



(3) Personal exemption (not transferable) for 20 years from duty on 

 the export of produce. 



(4) Exemption from charges on registration of signatures and on pass- 

 ports granted by consular agents to foreign workmen who come to settle 

 in one of the agricultural " Colonies". 



The Government shall appoint in each colony a sufficient number of 

 employees to instruct small holders in the use of agricultural implements 

 and machinery with other practical instruction. This system of agri- 

 cultural instruction will provide for the urgent necessities of the moment 

 and will only be a first step to the foundation of educational establish- 

 ments, and experimental farms in the whole Republic. 



The Commission concluded its proposals by suggesting the creation of 

 a permanent commission for irrigation, subdivision and colonisation. 



RUGGERI ALFREDO, gerente responsabile. 



