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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

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

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