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On the recordJuly 2, 1902
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4228 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, do hereby declare and proclaim that, from and after the date of this, my Proclamation, so long as vessels of the United States and their cargoes shall be exempt from discriminating duties as aforesaid, any such duties on Cuban vessels entering the ports of the United States, or on the produce, manufactures, or merchandise imported in such vessels, shall be suspended and discontinued, and no longer.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Proclamation 482—Suspending Duties on Cuban Vessels Entering Ports of the United States

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