In the communes occupied by the enemy's forces, every citizen is bound to refuse to the Bourbonic government payment of the taxes, which taxes from this day henceforth belong to the nation.
Garibaldi issues a decree instructing citizens in enemy-occupied communes to withhold taxes from the Bourbon government, declaring these funds belong to the Italian nation.
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