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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1910. 2585 By mm Pnrzsmnnr or rim Umzrmn Srarms or Amzaros. “°'°“·m°· A PROCLAMATION. VVHEREAS it is provided in the Act of Congress approved ,,,§`°,§f,‘,!,,§’,'§,,¥,;,"}d“°‘* °' August 5, 1909, entitled An Act To provide revenue, equahze duties ifggrmblgi an encourage the industries of the United States, and for other P' purposes ’— . Thtfro daiteththirt-ntd {M h,'t.eenhdred dte, t as otherwilse hnpeciallly piaovideii fol; inaiihis sei:rt?i0n??1:re shallnbe letiled, gollégcctgg and paid on all articles when imported from any foreign country into the United States, or into an of its possessions (except the P ilippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuiiin). 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: Provékied, That vréhegfver, afteta th;thi§y·Hrs;:1d§ylp; Marwineteen hurpdrgd dte, 1 t te e `ent t', ,’niew te bharaciiarbxf thzocoiilbissicfns grarlitgld by thecrzlinimuirratariff oiathe UnitedTState; that the goyemrpfent of any foreign coprniiry rmptohses no telgrlris or restrictions, ertther rn the tan tes or revisions, e or er r ions, c a es, exac ions, or rn xii? gther malgner, dgectly or indiiiectlyfupbn (if; importatioirg 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 theprédiucte thereof, and that such foreign country pays no export bounty or imposes no export dut or prohibition upon the exportation of any article to the United States w ich undiuly 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, Vixen proclamation to this effect by` the President of the United States, all articles en 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 tariE of the United States as prescribed by section one of this Act. AND Wunnnss satisfactory evidence has been presented to me that the Government_of His Britannic Majesty imposes no terms or restrictions, either rn the way of tariff rates or provisions, trade or other regulations, charges, exactions,_or in any other manner, directly or indirectly, upon the importation rnto or the sale rn the Bermudas of any agriculturali {manufactured, or other plrodluct of the United States which un u y discriminate against the nited States or the roducts thereof, and that the Government of His . . .P . Butanmc Maiesty with respect to the Colony of the Berrnudas pays no export bounty or imposes no explort duty or prohrbntion upon the exportation of any article to the United States which unduly discnminates aigainst the United States or the_ products thereof, and that the overnment of Hrs Brrtanmc Magesty with respect to the Colony of the Bermudas accords to the agricultural, manufactured, or other products of the United States treatment which is reciprocal and ezwivalentz _ Now, Tnnmzronn, I, rnuair Howsnn Tam, President of the ,,‘,§,*§§`f,“"“{, “{§,,,,‘;'g United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by l)r¤¤¤¤¤¤ B¤¤¤¤¤¤- the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby ma e known and proclaim that from and after March _31, 1910, and so long. thereafter as the aforesaid Act of Congress is in existence and the Government of His Brrtannic Majesty imripses no terms or restrictions upon the _ importation or sale in the _ ermudas of the products of the United States which unduly drscrrmmate against 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 'ltuturla), from the Bermudas shall be admitted under the terms of the rmmmurn tariff of the United States as prescnbed by Section one of the Tariff Act of the United States approved August §, l909· Provided, however, that this proclamation shall not_take effect from and after_March_31, 1910, but shall be null  void in the_event mw American cumthat, at any time prior to the aforesaid date, satisfactory evidence °°°°°'