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).
           (2) not provided with any optical instrument,
           nor with graduated scales or circles 30.00
       (b) of all kinds, in the construction of which
           iron is evidently predominant 30.00
    dynamo-electrical machines: 
       (1) the weight of which exceeds 1000 kilograms 16.00
       (2) weighing 1000 kilograms or less 25.00
    detached parts of dynamo-electrical machines 25.00
    sewing machines: 
       (1) with stands 25.00
       (2) without stands 30.00
   varnishes, not containing spirits nor mineral oils 20.00

The following articles shall be admitted free of duty: 

    Turpentine oil. 
    Natural fertilizers of all kinds. 
    Skins, crude, fresh, or dried, not suitable for fur; and fur skins

  ARTICLE III.

This agreement is subject to the approval of the Italian Parliament.  When such approval shall have been given, and official notification shall have been given to the United States Government of His Majesty’s ratification, the President shall publish his proclamation, giving full effect to the provisions contained in Article I of this agreement.  From and after the date of such proclamation this agreement shall be in full force and effect, and shall continue in force until the expiration of the year 1903, and if not denounced by either party one year in advance of the expiration of said term shall continue in force until one year from the time when one of the high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to arrest the operation thereof.

  In witness whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed
  this agreement, in duplicate, in the English and Italian texts, and have
  affixed thereunto our respective seals.

  Done at Washington, this 8th day of February, A.D. 1900.

  JOHN A. KASSON. [SEAL.]

  FAVA. [SEAL.]

And whereas said convention has been duly ratified on the part of His Majesty the King of Italy, official notice whereof has been received by the President,

Now, therefore, be it known that I, William McKinley, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority conferred by said act of Congress, do hereby suspend during the continuance in force of said agreement the imposition and collection of the duties mentioned in the first section of said act and heretofore collected upon the specified articles of Italian origin as described in said agreement, and do declare in place thereof the rates of duty provided in the third section of said act as recited in said agreement to be in full force and effect from and after the date of this Proclamation, of which the officers and citizens of the United States will take due notice.

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