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 1956 TREATY—CHINA. oemmm zo, 1920. The President of the Republic of China, Mr. Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo, bplnvofy extraordinaign and minister plenipotentiary of the Re u `co China at Was ton; &ho, having met and d1§y exhibited to each other their full owers, which were found to be in proper form, have agreed upon the Following articles: V ARTICLE I. _Former mia or au- The tariff of duties, which under the provisions of Article V of the ¤°$§f°3§?S§_’m7_ Treaty re arding Commercial Relations signed by the plenipotentiaries of fire United States of America and China at Shanghai on the 8th day of October, 1903, are annexed to and made a part of that — treaty, as Annex III thereof, shall, beginning with the date of the exchange of ratifications of the present treaty, cease to apply to goods imported into China by citizens of the United States of America. Rules commute. The rules attached to the schedule of duties annexed to the Treaty V°‘· 32* p· mf regarding Commercial Relations signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States of America and China at Shanghai on the 8th day of October, 1903, are amended as a eed upon by the H`¤h Contracting Parties and as so amended are hereunto annexed anld continued in full force and effect. ARTICLE II. etgaw f¤¤i¤ <>f<1¤¤¤S, The tariff of duties and the rules hereunto annexed, shall beginning ` with the date of the exchange of ratifications of the present treaty be in full force and effect at the ports and places of China o en to commerce with foreign countries, and beginning with the dlate of the exchange of ratifications the said duties shall be paid by citizens of the United States of America on goods imported into China, _ until modified or changed by agreement between the two High ,,§§{’f,§e§§‘,$‘Z,"?_,Qi,,,‘,§‘f§§,} Contracting Parties; but the citizens of the United States of America °“¤€¤S- shall at no time be required to pay other or higher duties on goods imported into China than are paid by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation. ARTICLE III. mg9¤;;;¤;¤9¤i¤¤ of f¤r· Except as provided in Articles I and II of the present treat, the smprléu. articles and provisions of the treaty signed at Shanghai, October 8, 1903, between the plenipotentiaries of the United States of America and China, shall continue in full force and effect, and the articles and provisions of the present treaty shall be read and construed as a supplementary treaty thereto, and shall be as binding and of the same efficacy as if they had been inserted therein. ARTICLE IV. *0 BW In the event of there being any difference of meaning between the ` Envlish and Chinese texts of the present treaty, the English text shall be held to be the correct one. d§:;f¤¤¤g° °*mm€=*· This treaty and the tariff of duties and rules hereunto annexed shall be ratified by the two High Contracting Parties in conformity with their respective constitutions, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington! S,g,,,,,,,,,.,s_ IN TESTIMONY YVHEREOF, the plenipotentiaries of the two Hgh Contracting Parties, by virtue of their respective powers, have signed this treaty in duplicate in the English and Chinese languages, and have affixed their respective seals. DONE at Washington this twentieth day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty, corresponding to the twen-