Text of decree:
I, the King, declare with my word which is the law, that I have been informed that the propriaters of the factories of Sola in Atanados in the captain states of Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco, also Santos, Paraíba, Rio Grande and Seará, cut and devasted trees called Mangroves, with the sole purpose of selling them as firewood, being the bark of these trees the only one in Brazil with which hides for Atanados can be tanned. Resultingly, bark prices have risen excessively, creating the well-founded concern that within few years there will be a total lack of this material so necessary for the continuation of these factories. For the benefit of the market and the common benefit of my subjects, especially the manufacturers and factories, I proclaim that henceforth it is prohibited to cut mangrove trees which have not lost their bark, under the penalty of a 50,000 real fine and 3 months in prison, with double the penalty for recurrances. In order to more easily discover and punish offenders, secret denouncements will be accepted, but if the denouncement be false the denouncer will incur the same penalty. Fines collected will be used for the Congress. If this is not obeyed, I will be obliged to punish any person who sells mangrove bark to the factories of Atanado and other factories in any Captaincy. These shameful persons shall be put before the Chiefs of Inspection so that they may carry out this, my Royal Determination.