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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1910. 2609 from and after March 31, 1910, and so long thereafter as the aforesaid Act of Congress rs m existence and the Government of His Brrtanmc Majesty with respect to Hong Kong and Kowgon uirfioses npi grms or restrictions u n the importation or sale in ong on an owloon of the ppodgizzts of the United States which unduly giscrirninate against the mted States, all articles when unported into the United Sltate? or any of 1ts possess1o3s;l8(ex;:;g>t gl? h1§ppme Islaérdslaiid t e isands of uam and 'I‘ut ’ ) m ong ong an ow con shall be admitted under the terms of the minimum tariff of the United States as prescrilfd by Section one of the Tariff Act of the United States a proved ugust 5 1909 · · Pr0vid)ed, however, that this, proclamation shall not take effect arghmxng uriiiii: from and after March 31, 1910, but shall be null and void  the event ;¤‘,,§,§‘·'“"°"°°“ °°"" that, at any time prior to the aforesaid date, satisfactory evidence shall be presented to the President that the Government of His Brrtannrc Ma]esty with respect to Hong Kong and Kowloon has made such change or chan es in its present laws or regulatrops affecting American commerce in lfong Kong and Kowloon as__to drscrimmate unduly m any way against such commerce, and in the further event that a proclamation by able President of dsuch fact, revoking the present proc ama ron s a ave en 1ssue . IN WITNESS WHEREOF I lmveggreunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to a ed. DONm at the City of Washington, this twentyfourth day of March, A. D. one thousand nine hundre and ten, and of the [smart] Independence of the United States of America the one hun red and thirty-fourth. W H T M AH By the President: ' P C Knox Secretary q/Sme. Br mn Passrnnnr or rim UNrrm> Srmrns or- Aumuca. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it is Xrovided in the Act of Congress aplproved August ,,,'f§‘,{,°",,'{,"’,,;’,‘f""°‘ 5, 1909, entitled " n Act To provide revenue, equa ize duties and 1;r¤¤¤¤lik;L encourage the industries of the United States, and for other pur- "°’ F poses "——· That from and after the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and ten, except as otherwise specially provided for in this section, there shall be levied, collected and paid on all articles when imported from ang foreign country into the United States, orgnrto any of  possessiogs (except tl‘1;dPbilipg:inel}gdb1;ds ang the islangls oi G t ), t tes t ri sc an paragra thlemd!ut?i;1.bleIli:t1gf secizidii ong ofliliisprlfx and inyaddzition tffegleto twenty-Exile pgr centum ad valorem; which rates shall constitute the maximum tariE 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 tariB of the United States, that the government of any foreign cotgngry impgses no tparrrrs or restrictions, either in the way f ’ff t v sr n, t or other tions, c arges, exactions, or rn gtht;ri1md:n‘esr,0iiiIfergtlly iorsindireiitly, uponrxg importation into or the sale in siigh foreign country of any agricultural, manufactured, or other product of the United States, which unduly discriminate against the Iggited States or the products tlhereof, dthat hf out snoex ut orrmpcsesno rt ut “?errt:a§I‘2p0§'iE2 .f.p§‘eé%.l’3’Z.e my r‘$3'£1e reid umd se.tee°$£%r tele?} siscriminates 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, u n proclamation to this effect by the President of the United States, all articles whgn