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 2544 1·RocLAMAT1oNs, 1910. or into an of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuilii), the rates of duty prescribed by the schedules and paragrafiphs of the dutiable list of section one of this Act, and in addition theretotwenty- ve 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 Pmsident shall be satislied, 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 reglulations, charges, exactions, or in any other manner, directly or indirectly, upon the importation into or the sale in such 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 that such foreign country paiys no export bounty or imposes no export duty or prohibition upon the exportation o any article to the United States which unduly discriminates against the United States or the products thereof, and that such foreign country accords to the agricultural, manufactured, or other products of the United States treatment which is reciprocal and equivalent, thereupon and thereafter, upon proclamation to this effect by the President of the United States, all articles when imported into the United States, or any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), from such foreign country shall, except as otherwise herein provided, be admitted under the terms of the minimum of the United States as prescribed by section one of this Act. Ama Wnnnnas satisfactog evidence has been presented to me that the Government of Portug imposes no terms or restrictions, either in the way of tariff rates or provisions, trade or other regulations, charges, exactions, or in any other manner, directly or indirectly, upon the 1mporta.tion into or the sale in the Portuguese Colonies, namely: the Cape Verde Islands, the Islands of San Thomé and Principe, Portuglqlese Guinea, the Provinces of Angola and Mozambique, Portuguese dia, the Colony of Macao, and the Colony of Timor of any aggicultural, manufactured, or_ other product of the United States, w ch unduly discriminate against the United States or the products thereof, and that the Government of Portugal with respect to the said Colonies pays no export bounty or imposes no export duty or prohibition upon the exportamon of any article to the United States which unduly discriminates against the United States or the products thereof,  that the Government of Portugal with res act to the sa1d Colonies accords to the agricultural, manufactured), or other products of the United States treatment which is reciprocal and equivalent: Minimum tariif up- Now THEREFORE, I WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT President of the fi·iii:bii1.-¤iT}1»i¤mbgig United jStates of Amerida, by virtue of the power in me vested by the ¤’°’- aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby- make known and proclaim that from and after March lil, 1910, and so long thereafter as the aforesaid Act of Congress IS in existence and the Government of Portugal imposes no terms_or restrictions ugon the importation or sale in the Portriliguese Colonies, namely: the ape Verde Islands, the Islands of San omé and Principe, Portuguese Guinea, the Provinces of Angola and Mozambique, Portuguese ndia, the Colony of Macao, and the Colony of T1mor_of the products of the United States which unduly discriminate against the United States, all articles when imported 1nto the Unite States, or any of its possessions (except the Philiippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), from the Portu ucsc Colonies, namely: the Cape Verde Islands, the Islands of San T§OI`I1é and Principe, Portuguese Guinea, the Provinces of Angola and Mozambique, Portuguese Ind1a, the Colony of Macao, and the Colony of Timor shall be adnntted under the terms of the minimum tariff of the United States as prescribed by Section one of the Tariff Act of the United States approved August 5, 1909; _nsy¤t·s¢so¤ u undue Provided, however, that this proclamation shall not take effect gga,*’°¤mm¤¤¤¤¤¤,“, Am“,c·¤£g§ from and after_March_31, 1910, but shall be null and void in the event meme- that, at any time prior to the aforesaid date, satisfactory evidence shall be presented to the President that the Government of Portugal has made such change or changes in its present laws or regulations