Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 457 pages of information about Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920).

Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 457 pages of information about Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920).

Provided, that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entry man, settler, or claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing, settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 27th day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-second.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

By the President: 
  J.B.  MOORE,
    Acting Secretary of State.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas pursuant to section 3 of the act of Congress approved July 24, 1897, entitled “An Act to provide revenue for the Government and to encourage the industries of the United States,” the Governments of the United States and of the French Republic have in the spirit of amity, and with a desire to improve their commercial relations, entered into a Commercial Agreement in which reciprocal and equivalent concessions have been in the judgment of the President secured according to the provisions of said section, whereby the following articles of commerce, being the products and manufactures of the United States, are to be admitted into France on and after the 1st day of June, 1898, at the minimum rate of duty, not exceeding the rates respectively appearing in the following table, namely: 

                                                  Francs per 100 kilogs. 
  Canned meats 15

  Table fruits, fresh: 
    Lemons, oranges, cedrats and their varieties not mentioned 5
    Mandarin oranges 10
    Common table grapes 8
    Apples and pears: 
      For the table 2
      For cider and perry 1.50
    Other fruits except hothouse grapes and fruits 3

Fruits dried or pressed (excluding raisins): 
Apples and pears: 
For the table                                               10
For cider and perry                                          4
Prunes                                                        10
Other fruits                                                   5

  Common woods, logs 0.65
    Sawed or squared timber 80 mm. or more in thickness 1
    Squared or sawed lumber exceeding 35 mm.
      and less than 80 mm. in thickness 1.25
    Wood sawed 35 mm. or less in thickness 1.75

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