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Rutherford B. Hayes: “by virtue of the authority in me vested by law, do hereby declare and proclaim that the foreign discriminating duties of…”

On the recordNovember 22, 1880
by virtue of the authority in me vested by law, do hereby declare and proclaim that the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and impost within the United States are and shall be suspended and discontinued so far as respects the vessels of China and the produce, manufactures, and merchandise imported therein into the United States from China, or from any other foreign country, so long as the exemption aforesaid on the part of China of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States and their cargoes shall be continued and no longer
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio
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Proclamation 248—Suspending Duties on Certain Goods Imported on Vessels From China

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