[This is the proclamation by Vieyra of the decree of the Congreso General, approved by Anastasio Bustamente 2 January 1838, and promulgated by José María de Bocanegra, authorizing the Banco nacional de amortizacion to make a loan of six million pesos, three-fourths of which is to go to the expenses of the war in Texas. Dated and signed:] Palacio del Gobierno nacional en México á 27 de Enero de 1838. -Anatasio Bustamente. -A. D. José de Bocanegra. [Dated and signed at end:] Dado en México á 6 de Marzo de 1838. Luis Gonzaga Vieyra. Por indisposición del Sr. Secretario. José María Rubio, Oficial Primero. [translated from the original Spanish]