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 1484 riiocrxnxrions. NOS. 4., 5. \Vhereas said conflicting claim grows out of a controversy existing between the United States and the State of Texas as to the point where the hundredth degree of longitude crosses the Red River, as described in the Treaty of February 22, 1819, between the United States and Spain, fixing the boundary line between the two countries; and · Whereas the Commissioners, appointed on the part of the United v¤1.·z2.,p.296. States, under the Act of January 31, 1885, authorizing the appointment of a Commission by the President to run and mark the oundary lines between a portion of the Indian Territory and the State of Texas, in connection with a similar Commission to be appointed by the State of Texas, have, by their report determined that the Sout Fork is the true Red River designated in the treaty; the Commissioners appointed on the part of said State refusing to concur in said report, now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby admonish and warn all persons, whether claiming to act as officers of the County of Greer, in the State of Texas, or . $**16 9* l¤—¤dS· .•=*<=~ otherwise, against selling or disposing of, or attempting to sell or in I_nd1a.n Territory. . . . . cimmea by cl-ger dispose of any of said lands, or from exercising or attempting to ex- §§;‘?“Y·T"x“-f°'b‘“‘ ercise any authority over said lands. _ Persons w¤_r¤¤<1 And I also warn and admonish all persons against purchasing any “g“S° ‘“”`°h°'S'”g‘ part of said territory from any person or persons whomsoever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the City of Washington this thirtieth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and, [SEAL.] eighty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twelfth. , GROVER CLEVELAND. By the President; T. F. .BAYARD, Secretary of State. No. 5. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. . .1mmmm,1sss. \Vhereas satisfactory proof has been given to me bv the Governrmmbie. ment of the Empire of Germany that no tonnage or lighthouse dues, or anyequivalent tax or taxes whatever, are imposed upon American vesse s entering the ports of the Empire of Germany, either by the sammy Imperial Government or by the Governments of the German maritime States, and that vessels belonging to the United States of America, and their cargoes, are not required, in German ports, to pay any fee or due of any kind, or nature, or any import due higher or other than is payable by German vessels or their cargoes; Now therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States VGL =?4» l>· 81- of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 11 of the Act of Congress, entitled "An act to abolish certain fees for official services to American vessels, and to amend the laws relating to shipping commissioners, seamen, and owners of vessels, and for other - purposes} approved June nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, do hereby declare and proclaim that from and after the ngésgspgeg Ever; date of this my Proclamation shall be suspended the collection of the sus mm whole of the duty of six cents per ton, not to exceed thirty cents per