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 764 72d CONGRESS. ,,SESS. II. CH. 11. JANUARY 17, 1933 . Transfer of property and r ights to Phii lp- pine pin e Commonw ealth. • Post, p. 768 . TRAN SFER O F PROPE RTY AND RIGHT S TO PH ILIPPIN E COMM ONWEALT H SEC. 5. All the property and rights which may have been acquired in the Philippine Islands by the United States under the treaties mentioned in the first section of this Act, except such land or other property as has heretofo re been designat ed by the Preside nt of th e United States for military and other reservations of the Govern- ment of the United States, and except such land or other property or rights or interests therein as may have been sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with law, are hereby granted to the government of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands when constituted. Relations with the p United States pending ELATIONS WITH 1111k, UNITED STATES PENDING COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE• com pl ete independ- ence. SEC. 6. After the date of the inauguration o,f the government of ins iade'relations~' St- the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands trade relations between the United States and the Philippine Islands shall be as now pro- vided by law, su bject to the fol lowing exception s : sugars(a) There shall be levied, collected, and paid on all refined sugars in excess of fifty thousand long tons, and on unrefined sugars in excess of eight hundred thousand long tons, coming into the United States from the Philippine Islands in any calendar year, the same rates of duty which are required by the laws of the United States to be levied, collected, and paid upon like articles imported from fore ign cou ntri es. Coco nutcll. (b) There shall be levied, collected, and paid on all coconut oil coming into the United States from the Philippine Islands in any calendar year in excess of two hundred thousand long tons, the same. rates of duty which are required by the laws of the United States to be le vied, co llected, and pai d upon l ike artic les impo rted fro m fore ign cou ntri es. Hard fib ers, etc. (c) There shall be levied, collected, and paid on all yarn, twine cord, cordage, r ope and cable, t arred or untarre d, wholly or in c hief value of manila (abaca) or other hard fibers, coming into the United States from the Philippine Islands in any calendar year in excess of a collective total of three million pounds of all such articles herein- before enumerated, the same rates of duty which are required by the laws of the Unit ed States to be levied, collecte d, and paid upon like articles imported from foreign countries. Duty-free export lim- natio n. In the event that in an year the limit in the case of any . Export perm its may article which may be exp orted to the Uni ted States free of duty issue for excess. shall be reached by the Philippine Islands, the amount or quantity of such articles produced or manufactured in the Philippine Islands thereafter that may be so exported to the United States free of duty shall be allocated, under export permits issued by the government of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands, to the producers or manufacturers of such articles proportionately on the basis of their exportation to the United States in the preceding year ; except that Unrefined sugar. in the case of unrefined sugar the amount thereof to be exported annually to the United States free of duty shall be allocated to the sugar-producing mills of the islands proportionately on the basis of their average annual producti on for the calen dar years 1931, 1 932, and 1933, and the amount of sugar from each mill which may be so exported shall be allocated in each year between the mill and the planters on the basis of the proportion of sugar to which the mill and the p lante rs ar e re spect ively ent itled. The gover nment of the Phi lip- pine Islands is authorized to adopt the necessary laws and regulations for putting into effect the allocation hereinbefore provided