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On the recordMarch 12, 1899
Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the aforesaid section 14 of the act of Congress approved June twenty-six, eighteen hundred and eighty-four as amended by the aforesaid section 11 of the act approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, do hereby revoke the said proclamation of April seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.
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Bill McKinley
Republican · Ohio

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Proclamation 434—Revoking Customs Duties on Vessels Entering the United States From Ports of the Island of Trinidad

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