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 PROCLAMATIONS-MAY 31, 1949 56 Stat. 1730. 48 Stat. 943. 19U..c.. 1351; Supp. II, 1351 notes. Ante, p. 698. United States Tariff Act Description of article Rate of duty of 1930; Paragraph 762 Oil-bearing seeds and materials: Flaxseed. 50¢ per bu. of 56 lbs. Provided, That on and after the effective date of this Agreement, and until the thirtieth day following a proclamation by the President of the United States of America, after consulta- tion with the Government of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, that the existing ab- normal situation in respect of the trade in flaxseed has terminated, the rate of duty under this item shall be 32Y2 per bu. of 56 Ibs.; and WHEREAS the Trade Agreement with Argentina of October 14, 1941, as proclaimed by Proclamation of October 31, 1941 (56 Stat 1685), as supplemented by Proclamation of December 11, 1942 (56 Stat 1752), contains in the annexed Schedule II thereof, an item 762 and a proviso to the same effect as that above set out, except that consultation with the Argentine Government is referred to instead of with the Government of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay; and WHEREAS the aforesaid Trade Agreements are now in force; NOW, THEREFORE, with a view to making applicable to flaxseed the rate of duty of 50 cents per bushel of 56 pounds on the thirtieth day following this proclamation, as provided for in said Trade Agree- ments, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes, including section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and after consultation with the Government of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay and with the Argentine Government, do pro- claim that the abnormal situation in respect of the trade in flaxseed which is referred to in the aforementioned trade agreement provisions has terminated. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 31st day of May in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-nine and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-third. By the President: JAMES E. WEBB Acting Secretary of State HARRY S TRUMAN 1276 [63 STAT.

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