In testimony 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 13th day of March,
1885, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the one
hundred and ninth.
Grover Cleveland.
By the President:
T.F. Bayard,
Secretary of State.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A proclamation.
Whereas satisfactory evidence has been received by me that upon vessels of the United States arriving at the island of Trinidad, British West Indies, no duty is imposed by the ton as tonnage tax or as light money, and that no other equivalent tax on vessels of the United States is imposed at said island by the British Government; and Whereas by the provisions of section 14 of an act approved June 26, 1884, “to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes,” the President of the United States is authorized to suspend the collection in ports of the United States from vessels arriving from any port in the island of Trinidad of so much of the duty at the rate of 3 cents per ton as may be in excess of the tonnage and light-house dues, or other equivalent of tax or taxes, imposed on American vessels by the government of the foreign country in which such port is situated:
Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the act and section hereinbefore mentioned, do hereby declare and proclaim that on and after this 7th day of April, 1885, the collection of said tonnage duty of 3 cents per ton shall be suspended as regards all vessels arriving in any port of the United States from a port in the island of Trinidad, British West Indies.
In testimony 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 7th day of April,
1885, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the one
hundred and ninth.
Grover Cleveland.
By the President:
T.F. Bayard,
Secretary of State.