Box 3

Decree warning that any writer misusing the freedom of the press, in writings of an antipolitical or subversive nature, will be treated as a criminal, subject to due punishment. 2 copies.

Decree of provisional junta granting freedom to prisoners (with the exception of those guilty of sacrilege) and to fugitives, according to its 10 articles. 2 copies.

Decree of provisional junta pertaining to the legal sale of tobacco and stipulating measures to remedy the loss of revenue.

Agustín, announcing to all citizens the approaching convocation of a national congress to draw up the best possible constitution (according to the Plan de Iguala), urges them to reflect on their choice of representatives to said congress.

Decree of provisional junta that the provisional juntas and the ayuntamientos proceed with their studies on statistics and the division of land and of districts.

Decree of provisional junta that the possessions confiscated from the deceased D. José Rafael Tarelo by the previous government be returned to his executor, this resolution being applicable to any other such situation. 2 copies.

Decree of the provisional junta that playing cards be subject to the taxes published in earlier proclamation, 9 October 1821. 2 copies.

Decree of provisional junta suspending passports, until Congress makes its decision, and specifying those not affected by suspension. 2 copies.

Decree of provisional junta for the establishment of six Capitanías Generales throughout the empire, containing 26 articles and 7 measures concerning powers of same.

Decree providing for the unification of the branches of the imperial navy, according to the powers and precents established for the Spanish Armada in 1793.