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 APPENDIX. 1137 punishment, every such offender against the laws providing for the performance rigorousl e- of our sacred obligations to friendly powers. cured. mms In testimon whereof l have hereunto set in a p, All ¥°"°m· the United Stdltes to belafiixed. Y hand nd c umd the seal of $;";;;m°¤¤‘¤:>r Done at the city of Washington, this twelfth day of October, in the year for theiisiirprgstc [SEM,.] of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and of the lnde- “¤d P¤¤l¤l¤¤°¤¢- pendeuce of the United States of America. the ninegy-fifth. By the President: l S` GRANT" Hnuiurou Fxsu, Secretary of State. No. 15. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: October-21, 1870. A PROCLAMATION. Wmcnens it behooves a people sensible of their dependence on the Al- pmmbig, mighty publicly and collective y to acknowledge their gratitude for his favors an mercies, and humbly to beseech for their continuance ; And whereas the people of the United States, during the year now about to end. have special cause to be thankful for general prosperity, abundant harvests, exemption from pestilence, foreign war, and civil strife: Now, therefore, be it known that I Unvssms S. Gmmr, President of the Thursday, United States, concurring in any similar recommendations from chief magic- Nov. 24, 1870. tratcs of States, do hereby recommend to all citizens to meet in their respec· ’°°°""“°“d°d.”·’ tive places of worship on Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of November next, zhgisiazbilc there to give thanks or the bounty of God during the year about to close, and g g` to supplicate for its continuance hereafter. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this twenty-first day of October, in the [L. s.] ear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and of the Independence of the United States [of America] the ninety-fifth. U. S. GRANT. By the President: Hamuxrou Fxsu, Secretary af.State. No. 16. . BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. Wuxnrcas satisfactory evidence was given to me on the 17th day of this Preamble. month by the government of Portugal that the discriminatingduties heretofore levied in the ports of Portugal on merchandise imported in vessels of the United States into said ports from other countries than those of which said merchandise was the growth, production, or manufacture have been abolished: Now, therefore, I, Unrssns S. Gmmr, President of the United States of Digqrimiunting America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by an act of Coilgress of Jan- fintro; heretofore vary 7, 1824, and by an act in addition thereto_ of May 24, 182, d0_ hereby t‘;Y;°m;’£‘;‘;J:°" declare and proclaim that the discriminating dutiesoheretofore levied in ports diss imported in of the United Siates upon merchandise imported m_Portuguese vessels from Portuguese wu- Countries other than those of which such merchandise is the growth, produce, or sels to be disconmauufacture, shall be and are hereby suspended and disconhnued, this suspen- ;¤\Eg M l0¤S Blon or discontinuance to take effect on and after the said 17th day of this 1g2L eh_ 4' 4_ month. and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of merchandise be- VOL ,,,_ p_ longing to citizens of the United States from such discriminating duties shall 18z8,ch.111,§1. be granted in the ports of Portugal. V°l' "‘ P' 80s' In testimony whereof) I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be amxed. vox.. xv:. Tmsnr.-72