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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 171. 1917. 1133 prescribe, any of said laws may be repealed, altered, or amended by the_ colonial council having giurisdiction. The jurisdiction of the J“‘”°‘°* P'°°°•*“¤¤¤· Judicial tribunals of sa1d islan s shall extend to all `udicial roceedings and conflroveiésies inbsaid islands tiol wllliich the United Slates or cmu dmm un any citizen thereo ma e a art. a cases arisin in the said era mi°. °° West Indian Islands arid nowlievizgwable by the courts of Denmark, pp 8 writs of error and appeals shall be to the Circuit Court of Ap eals for _ the Third Circuit, and, except as provided in sections two hundred stgum °"°dgm°“°S’ and thirty-nine and two hundred and forty of the Judicial Code, the "°‘·3"·P· us"- gudlgments, orders, and decrees of such court shall be final in all suc cases. Sec. 3. That on and after the apassage of this Act there shall be ,,§,"}{,’°',§,;'°”‘· °“"‘ levied, collected, and paid upon l articles coming into the United States or its possessions, from the West Indian Islands ceded to the United States by Denmark, the rates of duty and internal-revenue taxes which are required to be levied, collected, and paid upon like Prom articles imported from foreign countries: Promhled, That all articles, Yamaai ermuvem the growth or product of, or manufactured in such islands from ,ld'},K°¤,,§*,§‘,*§f·“‘¥*“· materials the growth or product of such islands or of the United C,,,,,,m,,,,,,_ States, or of both, or which do not contain foreign materials to the value of m(oIre tgiaii tvgenty per colntum of thpir toglsil vagueil upon which no aw ac o customs uties as een owe therein, coming glngo tho glnited States from such islands shall hereafter be 'tte ree o ut . Sec. 4. That untilYCongrem shall otherwise dgrovide all laws now ,,,,°‘}§§§§"*“‘” °' '°"' imposing taxes in the said West Indian Islan, including the customs laws and regulations, shall, in so far as compatible with the changed sovereignty and not otherwise herein provided, continue in Empmn mms or force and effect, egccoipt that articles the growth, product, or manu- umm sims. facture of the Unite States shall be admitted there free of duty: _ Pmmkied, That upon exportation of sugar to any foreign country, or {,°Q$‘{· duty ,,,, the shi ment thereof to the United States or any of its possessions, Sus"- there sliall be levied, collected, and paid thereon an export duty of $8 per ton of two tihousand pounds icprtesppctive of polariscope test, in lieu o an ex or ax now re uire aw. Sno, 5. Tlirat Elie duties and tqaxes collected in pursuance of this ,,,l{§L"$g§°T,;,$‘T,l'§[,K§°} Act shall not be covered into the general fund of the Treasury of the •*r··¤=*¤· United States but shall be used and expended for the government and benefit of said islands under such rules and regulations as the President ma rescribe. `_ Sec. 6. Thgtpfor the purpose of taking over and occupying said p.$§’3§"I,‘}'T.Il.‘l{,',{°',.2,, islands and of carrving this Act into effect and to meet any eiicit =°”*°°·°°°· in the revenues of lthe said islands resulting from the provisions of this Act the sum of $100,000 is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be applied under the direction of the President o the United States. Sec. 7. That the sum of $25,000,000 is hereby appropriated, out ,,,;;§,§,",;’{’{*_;’%’,j’,,,,,,,§§ of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid in the cit of Washington to the diplomatic representative or other agent of {lis Majest the King of Demnark duly author1zed_to receive said money, in fullrconsideration of the cession of the Danish West Indian Islands to the United Stateg rlggdeii by ihe oonlvgntioi; P¤·¢,p.17¤¤. etween the United States of America an ajes v the ng o Denmark entered into August fourth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and ratified by the Senate of the United States on the seventh day of September, nineteen hundred and sixteen. _ In can mm mn Sec. 8. That this Act with the exception of section seven, shall be mm ,,,,,,,,,,,i,,¤.,.,_ in force and effect and become opeytive i11}mediatelyO3gon'§i1e gay; ment b the United States of said sum o $25,000,. e ac and dag-: of such mpavment shall thereupon be made public by_a proclamation issu by the President and published in the said