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PROCLAJSIATIONS, 1910. 2631 Now., Tumnmmum, I! Wmnmga H0wAm> TAM, President of the l§gg}g¤¤*§, °=g§p0gr; United States of America., by vxrtuo of the Eower in me vested by £·0mHa1tl. the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby ma c known and proclaim that frgm and after M&P(2h·31, @910, and so lohg thereafter as the aforesaxd Act of Congress IS 111 cmstence and the Government of Haiti impopes no terms 01- restrictions ngmn the importation or sale iu Haitn of thetgrqducts of the Umtgd tatcs which unduly discriminate against the Dltfiq States, all art1cle,s when 1]11£0I't0d into tho United States, or any of 1tS possessions (cxccgg the hiligpine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuilq), from suti hall 0 admitted under the tcrrqs of the minimum tamif of the United States as prescribed by Section one of the Tariff Act of the United States approved A1i§ust_5, 1909; _ _ rov1ded, however, that tlcus {)I‘0Ol8.IIl8tl0I1 shall not take effect diSR°$L_m';i.°§;*g§¤;‘ ugggg from and after March 31, 1910, ut. shall be null and void in the ¤z=¤1¤s¤Am¤rlc¤¤ccmevent that, at any timcfrior to the aforesaid date, satisfactory evi- '“°'°°‘ dence shall be prescnte to the Presidquythat the Government of Haiti has made such change or changes 1¥r1tS present ]aws or regulations affcctiug American commerce in Ham as to dwcnminatc unduly in any way against such commerce, and 111 the furtlyer event that a proclamatmn K the PI8Sld6l{t of such fact, revoking tho present proclamation, s all have been nssucd. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my lumd and caused the seal of tha Umtec} Stntw to be aiiixed. . Dorm at the City of Washmgboxg, this twenty-fourth day of March, A. D. one thousand mnc hundrc and tem, and of tho [smL.] Indezggndencc of the United States of America the one hun d and thirty-fourth. WM H Tua- By tho President: P C KNOx Secretary of State. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Much 24.1910. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it is rovided in the Act of Congress up roved August '*`°’“*°¤P'°°°°“°' 5, 1909, entitled "1Eu Act T0 provide revenue, equalyze duties aud J°}%;i¤¤1»1e. encourage the mdusmcs of the United States, and for other pur- ·""‘·"·“’* poses/'— That from and after the thir§y—iirst day of March, nineteen hundred and ten, except as otherwise specially provide for in thus section, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on all articles when imported from any foreign country into the United States, or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), the rates of duty prescribed by the schedules and paragraphs of the dutiable list of section one of this Act, and in addition thereto twenty-five per centum ad valorem; which rates skill constitute the maximum tariff of the United States: Provided, That whenever, after the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and ten and so long thereafter as the President shall be satisfied, in view of the character of the concessions granted by the minimum tariff of the United States, that the government of any foreign count imposes no terms or restrictions, either in the way of my-iff rates or provisions, tralge or other regulations, charges, exactions, or in any other manner, directly or indirectly, u on the importation into or the sale in such foreign country of auv agricultuml, manuigctured, orotzhergxroduct of the United States, which unduly discriminate against the United States or e products thereof, and that such foreign country pays no exqort bounéy or imposes D0 pxport duty or prohibition upon the exportation of any artic e to the uited States wh1ch unduly discrimiuates agamst the United States or the products thereof and that such foreign country accords to the agricultural, manufactured, or other products of the United taws treatment which is