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 759 AGREEMENT-SPAIN. Fmnnumr 13, 1884. Agreement between the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenqiotentiary of the United States at Madrid and the Minister of State of Spain, for the reciprocal abolition of certain discriminating duties in the ports of the United States and in Cuba and Porto Rico. Executed and signed at Madrid February 13, 1884. ‘ Pnunbls. As the commercial agreement for Como el acuerdo comercial para the improvement of the mercantile mejorar las relacioues mercantiles relations between the United States entre los Estados Unidos de Amé- of America and the islands of Cuba rica y las Islas de Cuba y Puerto and Porto Rico, signed in this cap- Rico, nrmado en esta Corte el dia ital on the second day of January of 2 de Enero del ano actual, comthe present year, embraces, besides prende ademas de las estipulaciones the stipulations which the Gov- que el Gobierno de S. M. Catolica ernment of His Catholic Majesty puede, eu virtud de autorizacion may, in virtue of legal authoriza- legal, poner desde luego en ejecution, put into execution at once, cion, otras que exigen el examen y others which require the examina- aprobacion del Poder legislative, tion and approbation of the legisla- que por especiales circunstaucias tive power, which on account of no puede deliberar sobre ellas en special circumstances is unable to tiempo habil para que rijan, segun deliberate upon theminpropertime lo convenido, el dia 1° de Marzo to put them in execution on the first proximo, el Gobierno de los Estados _ ,day of March next,as agreed upon; Unidos de América y el Gobierno c°¤*’•°*"*8 the Government of the United de S. M. el Rey de Espana, y eu su Yum" States of America and the Govern- nombre J ohn W. Foster, Enviado ment of His Majesty the King of Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipo- Spain, and in their name J obn W. tenciario de dicha Bepublica en Foster, Envoy Extraordinary and Madrid y el Excmo. Sr. Don J osé Minister Plenipotentiary of said Elduayen, Marques del Pazo de la Republic in Madrid, and His Ex- Merced, Ministro de Estado, debicellency José Elduayeu, Marques dameute autorizados, han resuelto del Pazo de la Merced, Minister of modiiicar el acuerdo comercial de 2 State, duly authorized, have de- de Enero ultimo y convenido en los $¤<>P° d` *81** cided to modify the Commercial articulos siguientes: ""’“°‘ Agreement of the second of January last, and have agreed upon the following articles: - Anmcu: I. Anricuro 1°. Suppression of In virtue of the authorization En virtud de la autorizacion dw <ii¤`¤r¤¤#i=-ri given to the Spanish Government otorgada al Gobieruo espanol por ?:g‘}_‘;f,{12f·f°‘f:‘}:-‘} by article 3 of the law of the 20th el articulo 3° de la ley de veinte ,h_,If;,m,,d Sum of July, 1882, the duties of the de Julio de mil ochocieutos ochenta third column of the customs tarifls y dos, se aplicaran los derechos de of Cuba and Porto Rico, which im- la tercera columua de los aranceles plies the suppression of the diifer- de Aduanas de Cuba y Puerto ential Hag duty, will be applied to Rico, que implica la supresion del the products of, and articles pro- derecho diferencial de bandera, a ceeding from the United States of los productos y procedencias de America. los Estados Unidos de América.