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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1910. 2599 aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that from and after March 31, 1910, and so lo thereafter as the aforesaid Act of Congress is in existence and the government of Belgium im- · pioses no terms or restrictions upon the importation or sa e in the ongo of the products of the United States which unduly discriminate algainst the United States, all articles when imported into the Unite States, or any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), from the Kon o shall be admitted under the terms of the minimum tariff of the Ugnited States as prescribed by Section one of the Tariff Act of the United States approved August 5, 1909; rovided, however, that this roclamation shall not take eifect from d,S§ ,§n;' x and after March 31, 1910, but shall be null and void in the event that, against Amerieaneumat any time prior to the aforesaid date, satisfactoxéy evidence shall be “‘°’°°‘ presented to the President that the Government 0 Belgium has made such change or changes in its present laws or regulations aifecting American commerce in the Kontgo as to discriminate unduly in any way against such commerce, an in the further event that a proclamation bly the President of such- fact, revoking the present proclamation, 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 Washington, this eighth dag of March, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and ten, an of the Independ- [san.] ence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-fourth. Wm H Tam By the President: P C Knox Secretary of State. Br rim Pamsrnmrr or rum Uxrrnn Srxms or Aumuca ¤•¢¢¤ ¤5· W10- A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, b the Act of Congress, a roved Jul 2, 1909, the °°“°°’ ‘“‘1“*'*°°· Thirteenth deceniiial census of the Unitgdi States isyto be taken, i·irvi¢‘:n1iilf beginning on the fifteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and ten; and WHEREAS, a correct enumeration of the §opulation every ten years is required by_ the Constitution of the mted States for the purpose of determining the representation of the several States in the House of Representatives; and ’ WHEREAS, it is of the utmost importance to the interests of all the people of the United States that this census should be a complete and accurate report of the gggulation and resources of the count : Now, Therefore, I, WILL I HOWARD TAFT, President of the r_;;`fr;'i$”*°¤°°¤**°¤’ United States of America, do hereby declare and make known that, ` under the Act aforesaid, it is the duty of everi person to answer all questions on the census schedules applying to im and the family to which he belongs, and to the farm occupied by him or his family, and that any adult refusing to do so is subject to enalty. The sole purpose of the census is to secure generaiistatistical infor- °b·l°°‘°““‘*“*'*°°· mation regarding the population and resources of the country, and re lies are required from individuals only in order to permit the compilation of such general statistics. The census has nothings to do with taxation, with army or jur service, with the compu ion of school attendance, with the reguiatxon of immigration, or with the