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On the recordFebruary 26, 1896
I do declare and proclaim that the first of the conditions specified in section 13 of the act of March 3, 1891, now exists and is fulfilled in respect to the citizens of the United States of Mexico.
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Orestes Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Proclamation 383—Copyright Extension to Mexico

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