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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1910. 2063 ernment of His Britannic Majesty with respect to the Isle of Man _ accords to the agricultural, manufactured, or other products of the United States treatment which is reciprocal and equivalent: Now, Tnnamronn, I, WILLIAM Howaan TAFI`, President of the ,}g§f,{g°°‘{*° “‘;j§’ ig United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the fiom tha Isla af Elanaforesaid Act of Co ess, do hereby make known and proclaim that from and after Lfarvg 31, 1910, and so long thereafter as the aforesaid Act of Congress is in existence and the Government of His Britannic Majesty with respect to the Isle of Man imposes no terms or restrictions upon the importation or sale in the Isle of Man of the roducts of the United States which unduly discriminate ainst the United States, all articles when imlported Into the Unitedaétates, or any of its possessions (except the hilippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), from the Isle of Man shall be admitted 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 Au ust 5, 1909; lgrovided, however, that this proclamation shall not take effect d,§,§,‘2,‘;f,'}:§,’“,mf $$3; from and after March 31, 1910, but shall be null and void in the event against Amman comthat, at any time prior to the aforesaid date, satisfactory evidence m"°°‘ shall be presented to the President that the Government of His Britannic Majesty with respect to the Isle of Man has made such change or changes in its present laws or regulations affecting American commerce in the Isle of Man as to discriminate unduly in any way against such commerce, and in the further event that a roclamation by the President of such fact, revoking the present procliamation, shall have been issued. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washingfon, this first day of March, A. D. ‘ one thousand nine undred and ten, and of the In- [SEAL.] dependence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-fourth. ‘ Wm H Tarr By the President: P C Knox Secretary of State. Br rm: Pnnsmmwr or- rm: Umrnn STATES or Amzmca. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it is fprovided in the Act of Congress approved August r¤'£°d1l§ii°iiiifi'si°1`¤iiifi°i'$ °‘ .5, 1909, entitled " n Act To provide revenue, equalize duties and §',$,,°“’,§"*g,_ encourage the industries of the United States, and for other pur· ` poses — That from and after the th2r§y—first day of March, nineteen hundred and ten, except as otherwise specially provid for in this section, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on all_articles when imported from any foreign country into theUnited States, or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine slands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), 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, afterthe 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 concemions granted by the minimum tariff of the United States, that the overnment of any foreign country imposes no terms or restrictions, either in the wa of tariff rates or provisions, trade or other regulations, 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 pays