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 l PROCLAMATIONS, 1910. 2679 BY THE  OF THE UNITED STATES OF- AMERICA. March 30, 1910. " A PROCLAMATION. _ WHEREAS it is rovided in the Act of Congress approved August '*`°"' °¤ ·*¤*'·¤*“°¤ 5, 1909, entitled "Kn _Act To provide revenue, equalize duties and p“1§iii:§`b¤e. encourage the industries of the United States, and for other pur- AM" p' 81 poses —- That from and after the thiiy-first day of March, nineteen hundred and ten, except as otherwise specially provid for in this section, there shall be levied, collected, and pai;] ou all articles when imported from any foreign country into the United States, or mto any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutmla), the rates of duty prescribed by the schedules and paragraphs of the dutiable list of section one of this Act, and in addition thereto twent ·five per centum ad valoiem; which rates shall constitute the maximum tariff of the United States: Pmmkied, 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 tariff of the United States, that the Govem— ment of any foreign country imposes no terms or restrictions, either in the wa of tariff rates or provisions, trade or other regulations, charges, exactions, or in any einer manner, directly or indirectly, upon the nmgxrtation into or the sale in such foreign country of any `cultural, manufactured, or 0 er product of the United States, which unduly ·  against the United States or the products thereof, and that such foreign country pays no export bqungcor imposes no efvplort dutg or prohibition upon the exportation of any article to United States ich un uly discriminates against the United States or the products thereof, and that such foregn country accords to the agricultural, manufactured, or other products of the United tutes treatment which is reciptccal and equivalent, thereugon and thereafter, upon proclamation to this effect by the President of the United totes, all articles ur en unponed into the United States, or an of its posesions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutmlai from such foreign country shall, except as otherwise herein provided be admitted under the terms of the minimum tariff oiithe United States as prescribed by section one of this Act. - A1§D Wummas satisfactorg evidence has been presented to me that the Government of the ommonwealth of Australia 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 importation into or the sale in the Commonwealth of Australia of any agricultural, manufactured, . or other product of the United States, which unduly discriminate against the United States or the products thereof, and that the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia pays no export bounty or imposes no export dutg or prohibition ulpon_the exportation of any article to the United tates which undu y dxscriminates against the United States or the products thereof, and that the Government of the Commonwealth of ustralia accords to the agricultural, manufactured, or other products of the United States treatment which is reci rocal and equivalent: Ifow, Tmmiuronn, 1, Wrnmau Howiuzn Tam, President of the ,,*‘gg{g*¤¤}_*° Wg; United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the fam Australia. aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make 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 Commonwealth of Australia imposes no terms or restrictions upon the importation or sale in the Commonwealth of Australia of the products of the United States which unduly discriminate against the United States, all articles when imported into the United tates, or any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the_1slands of Guam and Tutuila), from the Commonwealth of Australia 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; _ Provided, however, that this proclamation shall_not take effect from  °;‘,§§: and after March 31, 1910, but s all be null and void in the event that, spins: Amman com-_ at any time prior to the aforesaid date, satisfactory evidence shall be "‘°'°°‘.