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 r1a00LAMA·1:10Ns. No. as. 1033 cargoegs, or ppmssengers in transit to the ports of the government making such d1scrimmati011, whether carried in vessels of the United States or of other nations. “ In such case and during such suspension tolls shall be levied, collcctcq, and paid as follows, to wit: Upon freight of whatever kind or (18S(tI'lp'lJl0'Il, not to exceed two dollars per ton; upon passengers, not to exceed five dollars each, as shall ba from time to time determined by the President: Provided, That no tolls shall be charged or collected upon height or passengers carried to and lauded at Ogdensburg, or any port west of Ogdensburg,a.nd south of a, line drawn from the northern boundary of the State of New York through the Saint Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and their connecting channels to the northern boundary of the State of Minnesota. “ S1:0. 2. All tolls so charged shall be collected under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, who may require the master of each vessel to furnish an sworn statement of the amount and kind of cargo and the number of passengers carried and the destination of the same, and such proofof tha actual delivery of such cargo or passengers at some port or place within the limits above named as he shall deem satisfactory; and until such proof is thruishcd such freight and passengers may be considered to have been landed at some port or place outside of those limits, and the amount of tolls which would have accrued if they had been so delivered shall constimute alien, which may be enforced against the vessel in default whereever and whenever found in the waters of the United Status," and Whereas, the Government of the Dominion of Canada imposes a toll amounting to about 20 cents per $011 on all freight passing through tho Welland 'mxal in transit to a port of the United States, and also a further toll on all vessels of the United States and on all passengers in transit to a. port of the United States, all of which tolls am without re- ‘ bum. And Whereas, the Government of the Dominion of Canada in accordance with an order in council of April 4, 1892, refunds 18 cents per ton, of the 20-cent toll at the Welland Canal, on wheat, Indian com, pause, barley, rye, cats, ilaxsecd and buckwlncat, upon condition that they are originally shipped thr and carried to Montreal, or some port east of Montreal for export, and that; if trzmshippcd at an intermediate point, such transhipment is made Wltlllll the Dominion of Canada, but allows no suvh nor any other rebate uu said products, when shipped to an port of the United States, or when carried to Montreal lhr export if tramshipped within tho United States. And Whereas, the Government of the I)•nuini¢m ofomm11n by mid system of rebate and otherwise aliscrixnirmtos against the citizensufthe U nitcd States in the usa of said Wellanancl Canal in violation of the provisions of Artie:lc::7 ut'tI.·¤ Treaty of Wu¤hiu;;•;t0nconvluded May 8, 1871. And Wlwrcus, said Welland Canal is connected with the navigation of the Great Lukas, and l nm satisfied that the passage lZllI'0'|lg'll it 0t'cm·g00s in transit to ports of the United States is rmulc difficult and burdensome by said disrwizuirmting system of rebate and otherwise. and is recipro- 1-ully unjust mul urm-a,sm1ablc, Now, me-u·f2»re, I, B•·n imnin Harrison, I’r<*Sid¢·nt Offhv Vnifvd States, you {,,,,,,...4 0,, uf America., by virtue: of the power to that cud c01nferred upon me by {{; ;ql{¤¤ <{·¤L$ i ¤{_E suicl uct0f Congress approved July 26, 1892, do hereby direct that i1·0m 1;.118 lhnnll by Calliuml after September l, 1892, until iixrtlwr notive, a toll of 20 cents por "'““ P"`"- mn be levied, collected, and paid on all {might of whatever kind or description passing through flnc St. Mm·y’S Falls Canal in transit to may P“'· P· lm" port of the Dominion nt'muuln, whether carried in vessels of the United Status or 0t‘0tlu·r nations; mul to that extent I do hereby susywnd fi·0m mul after said date the riglnt; of h·e•~ passage tlnmugh amid St. M:u·y’s Falls (`una.] of amy mud all ¢·m‘gu<~s 01* portions of cargoes in transit t0 Ca.uadia.n ports.