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Dli(1Lr&l{.lTlON—lTl&LY. Jess 1, iss; 727 In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be atlixcd. Done at the city of \\'ashington this 19th day of 1\l arch. ,SFAL ] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty- i “ ’four, and of the lndependeiusvc of the United States the one hundred and eighth. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. By the Piesidentz . Fnnnir. T. Fnnrtxsntvysrxx, .Sc¢:re·tary ng/` Slate. [Note.-—Inasmueli as the act of Congress, entitled ‘·An act relating to theregistratiou of tra*‘<·-marks", approved August 5, 1882, gives the right of trade-ma1;k_r0g1Stry to subjects of any foreign country which by law admits the like right for citizens of the _ _ United States, this Declaration is held to be an establishment of the fact that such reciprocal privilege exists, and is therefore effective from June 1, 1882, the date of its signature.] • ,