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 1>R00LAMA·r10Ns, 1910. 2533 aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that from and after Ma1;ch_31, IQIO, and so long thereafter as the afoyesaid Act of Congress is m cxngtcpco and the Gioverumcpt of Lxberia uppoqes no terms or restr1ct10us_ upon the 1mportation or_salc in Lnbcrm of the produpts of the United States wluclg unduly d1scriminntp Zgmnst the United Stages, all artrcles when 1mported ippo the Umtc States, pr any of nts possessions (except the Ph1l1plpino Islands and the nslands of Guam apci Tutu1la)_, from Lxberia sha I be adm1tted_undcr the teyms of the mmxmum tarnif of the United States as prescnlxad by Scctnon one of the Tariff Act of the United States approvcd uiust 5 I909· _ grovided, owcécr, tl;at thns proclamation shall npt take effect d,s*§I*;$;g<;gn;' ¤§}_<L1 from and after March_31, 1910, but. sha!] be null and vmd in thepvent anim American wmthat, at any time prnor to they aforesmd date satisfactory cvxgience '”°'°°‘ shall be presented to the Presndenq that the iliovcrumcut of Lnberia has made such_chungc or changes up its prwcnt laws; oy regulations aifegztiug Americau commerce m L1bcria,_as to discnmmatc unduly in any way against such commerce, and m the furtlgcr event that a proclamation bg, the Presndexyt of such fact; revoking the present proclamatnon s all have been rssued, ’ IN WITNESS WHEBEOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United Stptcs to be gflixpd. Dome at the City of Washmgton, thns mnth day of February, A. D. one thousand mnc_ hundred and ten, gud of the [snub] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thnrty-fourth. W H T M AIT By the President: P C KNOx Secrdary of State. BY ·rm·: Pm¤;s1m:Nr ov mm Uzwrmn S·rA·ms or Aumum. *`°°*¤¤¤' ”·*°*°· A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it. is provided in the Act of C0ngress_a.ppr0Ycd August p,'§§[,'_§S_°" ·'°*’°"°°° 5, 1909, entxglcd "Ap Act T0 Brovide revenue, c·c}ua,l1ze dutms and en- megmgrgé A courage the mdustmes of the nited States, and or other purposcs"-- ’ ` That from and after the thirty-tixst day of March, nineteen hundred and ten, except as otherwise specially prpvided for in thus section, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on all articles wher} imported from any foreign country into the United States, or into any of its possessions (except the Philnppine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutu1la)the rates of duty prescribed by the schedules and paragraphs of the dutiable list. of section one of this Act, and in addition thereto twenty-five per centum ad valorem; which rates shall constitute the maximum tariff of the United States: Provided, That whenever, after the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and ten, and so long thereafter as the President shall be satisfied, in view of the character of the concessions granted by the minimum tariff of the United States, that the government of any foreign country imposes no terms or restrictions, either in the way of tariff rates or provisions, trade or other regulations, charges, exactions, or in an other manner, directly or indirectly, upon the importation into or the sale in suc; foreign country of any agricultural, manufactured, or other product of the United States, which unduly discriminate against the United States or the products thereof, and thag such foreign country_pa.ys no expqrt bounty or imposes no export duziy or prohibition upon the exportation of any amcle to the United States which un uly discriminates against the United States or the products thereof, and that such foreign country accords to the ggricultuml, manufactured, or other products of the United States treatment which xs reciprocal and equivalent, thereupon and thereafter, u n proclamation to this effect by the President of the United States, all articles wggn nmported into the United States, or any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), from such fore' country shall, except asotherwisc herein provided, be admitted under the terms ggutha mimmum tariff of the United States as prescnbed by section one of this Act.