And I also warn and admonish all persons against purchasing any part of
said territory from any person or persons whomsoever.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
[SEAL.]
Done at the city of Washington, this 30th day of December, A.D. 1887,
and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
twelfth.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President:
T.F. BAYARD,
_Secretary of State_.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas satisfactory proof has been given to me by the Government of the
Empire of Germany that no tonnage of light-house dues, or any equivalent
tax or taxes whatever, are imposed upon American vessels entering the
ports of the Empire of Germany, either by the Imperial Government
or by the governments of the German maritime States, and that vessels
belonging to the United States of America and their cargoes are not
required in German ports to pay any fee or due of any kind or nature,
or any import due higher or other than is payable by German vessels or
their cargoes:
Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 11 of the
act of Congress entitled "An act to abolish certain fees for official
services to American vessels, and to amend the laws relating to shipping
commissioners, seamen, and owners of vessels, and for other purposes,"
approved June 19, 1886, do hereby declare and proclaim that from and
after the date of this my proclamation shall be suspended the collection
of the whole of the duty of 6 cents per ton, not to exceed 30 cents per
ton per annum (which is imposed by said section of said act), upon
vessels entered in the ports of the United States from any of the ports
of the Empire of Germany.
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