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2620 PROCLAMATIONS, 1910. ¢ United States or the products thereof, and that the Government of His Britannic Majesty with respect to Weihaiwei accords to the agricultural, manufactured, or other products of the United States . treatment which is reci rocal and uivalentz ummm wm ap- Now, Tnnnnronn, I? WILLIAM0%0WARD Tam, President of the §'i,°;°§,·°dh§,°,,{_”’°'" United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby ma e known and proclaim that from and after March 31, 1910, and so long} thereafter as the aforesaid Act of Congress is in existence and the overnment of His Britannic Majesty with respect to Weihaiwei imposes no terms or restrictions upon the importation or sale in Weihaiwei of theifroducts of the United States whichunduly discriminate against the nited States, all articles when imported into the United States, or any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), from Weihaiwei shall be admitted under the terms of the minimum tariff of the United States as prescribed by Section one of the Tariff Act of the United States approved August 5, 1909; aevmumnunaue Provided, however, that this proclamation shall not take effect

';'§,‘f from and after March 31, 1910, but shall be null and void in the event

Mw- that, at any time prior to the aforesaid date, satisfactory evidence shall be presented to the President that the Government of His Britannic Majesty with respect to Weihaiwei has made such change or changes in its present laws or regulations affecting American commerce in Weihaiwei as to discriminate unduly in any way against such commerce, and in the further event that a proclamation b the President of such fact, revoking the present proclamation, shall have been issued. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and " caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. DONE at the City of Washington, this twent —fourth day of March, A. D. one thousand nine hundred, and ten, and of the [scan.] Independence of the United States of America the one hun d and thirty-fourth. Wu H Tam- By the President: P C Knox _ ` Secretary of State. Isrchm,1910. BY 'rnm Pnnsrnmrrr or mm UNITED Srams OF Aumuca. A PROCLAMATION. ·mm¤¤p¤a¤¤¤¤r WHEREAS it is rovided in the Act of Con ess a r mmnis. 5, 1909, entitled "Kn Act To provide revenugf equ£i)zdwflll1t£dJ Aw. aw. · encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes — That from and after the thi -first ‘ as otherwise specially providyd for iidalthid§§gn?ll11(;l·;€l1hldl11nl(iemlie:i1e‘lit°d1dlIcI:ct:§t and paid on all articles when imported from an foreign country into the United States, or into any_ of its possessions (except the Philip ine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), the rates of dut prescribed by the schedules and hs of the dutiable list of section one of this Act, and in addition thereto tggiigrgive Fr centum ad valorem; which rates shall constitute the maximum tariff of the mted States: Provided, That whenever, after the thirty-first da of March nineteen hundred and ten, and so long thereafter as the President shall he satisfied in view of the character of the concemions granted by the minimum tariff of the United States,_that the government of any foreign country imposes no terms or restrictions either m the_way of bmi rates or provisions, trade or other regulations ch , exactions, or in my other manner, directly or indirectly, u the importationufszai or the salein such oreign country of andy agricultural, manufiigiured, or other product of the United States, which unduly mcriminats against the United States or the