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Teddy Roosevelt: “Now, Therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, acting under the…”

On the recordFebruary 19, 1909
Now, Therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority conferred by the third section of said Tariff Act, do hereby suspend, during the continuance in force of the said Commercial Agreement of August 1, 1906, the imposition and collection of the duties imposed by the first section of said Act upon the articles hereinafter specified, being the products of the soil or industry of Spain;
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Proclamation 850—Reciprocity with Spain

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