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Ben Harrison: “Whereas the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Salvador at Washington has communicated to the Secretary…”

On the recordDecember 30, 1891
Whereas the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Salvador at Washington has communicated to the Secretary of State the fact that, in reciprocity for the admission into the United States of America free of all duty of the articles enumerated in section 3 of said act, the Government of Salvador will by due legal enactment, as a provisional measure and until a more complete arrangement may be negotiated and put in operation, admit free of all duty, from and after February 1, 1982, into all the established ports of entry of Salvador the articles or merchandise named in the following schedule, provided that the same be the product or manufacture of the United States.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Proclamation 315—Modifications of the Tariff Laws of Salvador

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