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 842 rnooiaiiarions. Nos. 9,10. pcndcd as to res- and after the first Tuesday in February one thousand eight hundred °°i’ “F"i"‘“€ f'°‘}‘ and eighty-tive, the collection of said tonnage duty of three cents per f,?;;?,,-`3,Tg?,*;.,£)rf),;Q ton shall be suspended as regards all vessels arriving in any port of the minion or Umiada; United States from any port in the Province of Ontario, in the Domin- I¤l=¤¤·lv<>f M<.>¤gs~>¤‘· ion of Canada, or irom a port in the Island of Monserrat- in the ¥Vest wt. ll vit lrplgjs: Indies or 1;-Om the pens or Panama and Aspiuwall, or the ports of San 32,}:,0,;,,5 g,,`.,;?} Juan and Mayaguez in the island of Porto-Rico. uez, in Pane Rica, In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the a¤<l_1‘¤¤¤¤¤¤ and seal of the United States to be ailixed. ·:,Ql;;_“‘;.‘;{}i_3s ““,;1 Done at the City of Washington, this 3lst day of J anuary, one thou— 1g8g_ ry ’ sand eight hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and ninth. psalm,.] CHESTER A. ARTHUR. y the President: Fnnnx. T. Fnnmncinursniv, Secretary of State. No. 10. Fcbmlry NAB8g_ BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OI-` AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. mwah_ Whereas, satisfactory evidence has been received by me that upon vessels of the United States arriving at the port of San Juan del Norte (Greytown) Nicaragua no duty is imposed by the ton as tonnage tax or as light money, and that no other equivalent tax on vessels of the ' United States is imposed at aid port by the Government of Nicaragua, and whereas by the provisions of section fourteen of an act approved Pamphlet laws, June 26, 1884, *‘t.o remove certain burdens on the American merchant $2* Cf? 5* murine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade, and for "° ’P'other purposes " the President of the United States is authorized to suspend the coilection in ports of the United States from vessels arriving from any port in the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the Bahama Islan s, the Bermuda Islands, the West India Islands, Mexico and Central America, down to and including Aspinwall and Panama, of so much of the duty at the rate of three cents per ton as may be in excess of the tonnage and light-house dues, or other equivalent tax or taxes, imposed on American vessels by the Government of the foreign country in which such port is situated; th;l`;’¤¤¤g¤ duty of Now, therefore, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States s“sPc:g:;ffP;;*‘;’; of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Act and ,-6,,,,,],, ,,,,,,.m, section hereinbefore mentioned, do hereby declare and proclaim that from San Juan ddl on and after the first Tuesday in March, one thousand eight hundred Qi9{*¤ (G¤‘¤y¤>W¤li and eighty-tive, the collection of said tonnage duty of three cents per ’ United States from the port of San Juan del Norte (Greytown) Nicaraguu. ln testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to he aiiixcd. Done at the city of Washington, this 26th day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and ninth. gnu,.] CHESTER A. ARTHUR. y the President: FREDK. T. Fn mnmcnursmt, Secretary of State.
 * éi‘;',;*,·'j\';;’,1‘,;“lg*·f‘5_ tonshall be suspended as regards all vessels arriving in any port of the