Whenever it is
practicable, all internal taxes of every description, whether upon
persons or property, exacted by the Government of Mexico, or by any
department, town, or city thereof, should be collected by our military
officers in possession and appropriated as a military contribution
toward defraying the expenses of the war, excluding however, all duties
on the transit of goods from one department to another, which duties,
being prejudicial to revenue and restrictive of the exchange of imports
for exports, were abolished by your order of the 31st of March last.
Yours, most respectfully,
R.J. WALKER
_Secretary of the Treasury_.
NOVEMBER 16, 1847.
The modifications and military contributions as above recommended by the
Secretary of the Treasury are approved by me, and the Secretary of War
and the Secretary of the Navy will give the proper orders to carry them
into effect.
JAMES K. POLK.
THIRD ANNUAL MESSAGE.
WASHINGTON, _December 7, 1847_.
_Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives_:
The annual meeting of Congress is always an interesting event.
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