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do hereby certify and bear witness that a decree, signed by his Excellen- 
cy the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Don Jose Maria Bocanegra, was pre- 
sented to me by order of Senor Don Jose de Garay, which is exactly as 
follows : 
(supreme order.) 
Office of Foreign Affairs. 
Sir — His Excellency the President ad interim, whom I acquainted 
with your request that the period prescribed in the decree of March, 
1842, for the commencement of the works in the Isthmus of Tehuante- 
pec, should be postponed for the term of a year, has been pleased to de- 
termine in Council, this day, that the same shall be granted. 
God and Liberty, Mexico, December 28, 1843. 
Bocanegra. 
Senor Don Jose de Garay. 
This copy of the supreme order agrees with the original, which I have 
returned to the person who, in the name of Don Jose de Garay, present- 
ed it to me, which I hereby witness. And that it may be known to all 
whom it may concern, I give this in the city of Mexico, on the 29th De- 
cember, 1843. 
Witnesses. — Don Manuel Madariaga, 
Don Manuel Rojo, 
Don Jose Mendoza. 
(Signed) Francisco de Madariaga, 
Public Notary. 
Extract from a Decree of General Don Jose Mariano de Salas, at the 
time exercising Supreme Executive Power, and dated at the Palace of 
the National Government, Mexico, 5 th November, 1846. 
Article 1. — The decree of 1st March, 1842, of the Provisional Gov- 
ernment, which concedes to Don Jose de Garay the exclusive privilege 
of opening a line of communication across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 
so as to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, is hereby confirmed. 
Art. 2— The decree of 9th February, which grants to the projector 
all the waste lands within ten leagues on either side of the line of the 
canal, is hereby confirmed. 
Art. 3.— The decree of 6th October, 1843, which establishes a con- 
vict station to assist in the works to be carried on by the enterprise for 
effecting a communication between the two oceans, is hereby confirmed, 
