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 PROGLAMATIONS, 1910. 2639 accords to the agricultural, manufactured, or other products of the United States treatment which is reciprocal and equivalent: Now, Tnnanronn, I, WILLIAM Howaan Tam, President of the ,§gg};¤¤¤,}_ °g',fP_;¤g; United States of America, by virtue of the ower in me vested by lim Monaco. the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby mallie 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 the Principality of Monaco imposes no terms or restrictions upon the importation or sale in Monaco of the iproducts of the Unite States which unduly discriminate against the United States, all articles when imported into the United States, or any of its possessions (except the Philip ine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), from Monaco shall be admitted under the terms of th’e minimum tariff of the United States as prescribed by Section one of the Tariff Act of the United States approved August 5, 1909; Provided, however, that this roclamation shall not take effect d,s*;$,",g',f_{‘§§£,’Q,,;"Q',,‘,§;}g from and after March 31, 1910, ibut shall be null and void in the against Am¤¤<>¤¤ comevent that, at any time rior to the aforesaid date, satisfactory "'°'°°‘ evidence shall be presented to the President that the Government of the Principality of Monaco has made such change or changes in its present laws or regulations affecting American commerce in Monaco as to discriminate unduly in any way against such commerce, and in the further event that a proclamation lg the President of such fact, revokin the resent roclamation, sh l have been issued. IN WITNILSS U/HERIEOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States 'to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington, this twent —fourth day of March, A. D. one thousand nine hundred) and ten, and of the [SEAL.] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-fourth. · Wu H Tan By the President: P C Knox Secretary of State. BY rnn Pansrnnnr or rm: Usrran Srarns or Amrcrnca. Mmh 24·¤°i°· I. A PRQCLAMAT ION. WHEREAS it is provided in the Act of Congress approved August OQQQQ? °“ P'°d“°‘° °‘ 5, 1909, entitled "An Act To provide revenue, equalize duties and 1;r¤z¤)¤b¤;;, encourage the industries of the United States, and for other pur- ‘ " '°‘ “' poses"— That from and after the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and ten, except as otherwise slpecially provided for in this section, there shall be levied,_ collected, and paid on al articles when imported from any foreign country into the United States, or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands 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 tanff of the United States: Provided, That whenever, after the thirty-Erst 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 tariff of the United States, that the government of any foreign country imposes no terms or restrictions, either in the way oi tariff rates or provisions, trade or other regulations, charges, exactions, or inan 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 no export bounty or imposes no ex rt dnt or prohibition upon the exportation of any article to the United States which undluly 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 887-H°——vor. 36, rrr 2·——1 1--77