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Grover Cleveland: From and after the date of this my proclamation shall be suspended the collection of the whole of the tonnage duty.

On the recordMay 1, 1894
From and after the date of this my proclamation shall be suspended the collection of the whole of the tonnage duty.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 365—Suspending Tonnage Duties on Ships of the Island of Grenada, British West Indies in United States Ports

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