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On the recordDecember 30, 1891
And that the Government of Salvador has further stipulated that the laws and regulations adopted to protect its revenue and prevent fraud in the declarations and proof that the articles named in the foregoing schedule are the product or manufacture of the United States of America shall impose no additional charges on the importer nor undue restrictions on the articles imported;
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Proclamation 315—Modifications of the Tariff Laws of Salvador

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