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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1910. 2611 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 1iarch24, 1910. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it is provided in the Act of Congress approved August Nf,",‘,§‘§§.,§",i,}{',§,‘,,{'f°" °‘ 5, 1909, entitled "An _Act To provide revenue, equalize duties and Pgmbiesét encourage the mdustrres of the United States, and for other pur- A " p` p0ses"—~ 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 impor-ted from any foreign country into the United States, or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tuturla), 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—Iive per centum ad valorem; which rates shall constitute the maximum tariE of the United States: Promkkd, 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 mrnrmum 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 regulations, charges, exactions, or in any other manner, directly or indirectly, upon the rmplortation into or the sale in such foreign country of any agricultural, manufactured. or other pxroduct of the United States, which unduly discriminate against the United States or the products thereof, and that such foreign country pays no export bounty or_1t::lposes no export duty or prohibition upon the exportation of any article to the Uni 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 tates, all articles when imported into the United States, oran of its pomessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuilal; from such foreign country shall, except as otherwise herein provided be admitted under the terms of the minimum tariff of the United States as prescribed by section one of this Act. ‘ AND Wnnrznas satisfactory evidence has been presented to me that the Govemment of HIS Brntanmc Majesty with_ respect to Northern Nigeria Protectorate imposes no terms or restr1ctions,_e1ther in the way 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 Northern Nigeria Protectorate of any sgficultural, manufactured, or_ other product of the United States, w ich unduly discriminate agamst the United States or the products thereof, and that the _Govcrnment of Hrs Britanmc Majesty with respect to Northern Nigeria Protectorate pays no export bounty or imposes no explort duty or prohibition upon_the exportation of any article to the mted States which unduly drscrrminates against the United States or the products thereof, and that the Government of His Brrtanmc Majesty with respect to Northern Nigeria Protectorate accords to the agricultural, manufactured, or other products of the United States treatment which is reciprocal and eqlxpvalentz Now, Tnmmrosn, l, WrLLrAM Howsno TAYT, resident of the ,?,fa*·g)*,·;¤¤¤w ¤·;gp;¤; United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the lim Nmnsm Nrgsm. aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that from and after March 3l_, 1910, and so long thereafter as the aforesaid Act of Congress is in existence and the Government of His Britannic Majesty with_ respect to Northern Nigeria Protectorate imposes no terms or restrictions upon the importation or sale in Northern Nigeria Protectorate of the products of the United States which unduly discriminate 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 Tuturla), from Northern Nrgeria Protectorate 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 August 5, 1909;