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 1482 PROCLAMATIONS. NOS. 1, of the United States, and their cargoes, shall be continued in the said ports of the Kingdom of The Netherlands in Europe and the said free ports of the Dutch East Indies, and no longer. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United Stamp to be afiixpld. t t d d f A _1 Done at the it of ashington is wen y secon ay o pri , in the ydar of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [SEAL.] eighty seven, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eleventléROVER CLEVELAND By the President z T. F. BAYARD, Secrez?cn·y of State. N 0. 2. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. Sepwmb¤r21.1888· Whereas, satisfactory proof has been given to me by the Govern- Vmsmbie. ment of Spain that no discriminating duties of tonna e or im osts spanish islands or are imposed or levied in the Islands of Cuba, Porto Pico and) the €“h]§‘,;;,‘Q’§ R'°° °”° Philippines and all other countries belonging to the Crown of Spain upon vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United States, or upon the produce, manufactures or merchandise imported in the same from the United States or from any forei country; And whereas, notification of such abolition of discriminating duties of tonnage and imposts as aforesaid, has been given to me by a Memorandum of Agreement signed this day at the city of Washington, between the Secretary of State of the United States, and the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Her Ma'esty, the Q51§€1tR€g€Iig of Spain accredited to the Government of the nite a es o merica; npcngiauqing um- Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United §$g;;§i_ “°`°° °°°` States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section my- S-- Sec- ¢‘¤>» v· four thousand two hundred and twenty-eight of the Revised Statutes ‘ of the United States. do hereby declare and proclaim that from and after the date of this, my Proclamation, being also the date of the , notification received as aforesaid, the forei n discriminatin duties of tonnage and imposts within the United States are sus ended and yrpnnl sppuishfvee discontinued, so far as respects the vessels of Spain and the produce, §§,§",,f]¥».,§§‘.§’$;°ff,{,_'§{’,$ manufactures or merchandise im rted in said vessels into the gQ,$m_I;*;{[2>g_[g;° ml United States from the Islands of Ciiba and Porto Rico, the Philippines and all other countries beloneing to the Crown of Spain, or copemuauce or sus from any other foreign country; such sus ension to continue so long ’°"“‘°“‘ as the reciprocal exemption of vessels bdlonging to citizens of the United States and their cargoes, shall be continued in the said Islands of Cuba, and Pprto [Rico, and the Philippines, and all other Spanish possessions, an no onger. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aflixed. Done at She pity] of Waslpingtorijthés twentyiirstdday pif Eepgemd er, in e year o qur or one thousand ei_ un re [SEAL.] and eighty-seven and of the Inde ndence ofgthe United States the one hundred and . VER CLEVELAND. By the President : T. F. BAYARD. - Secrefa ry of Slate.