of the waters of Niagara River and its tributaries as will preserve the scenic grandeur of Niagara Falls and of the rapids in said river. 5. That the provisions of this Act shall remain in force for three years from and after date of its passage, at the expiration of which times all permits granted hereunder by the Secretary of War shall terminate unless sooner revoked, and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to revoke any or all permits granted by him by authority of this Act, and nothing herein contained shall be held to confirm, establish, or confer any rights heretofore claimed or exercised in the diversion of water or the transmission of power. 6. That for accomplishing the purposes detailed in this Act the sum of 50,000 dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 29, 1906. ACT OF CONGRESS of the United States to repeal an Act approved April 30. 1906, entitled, "An Act to regulate Shipping in Trade between Ports of the United States and Ports or Places in the Philippine Archipelago, between Ports or Places in the Philippine Archipelago, and for other purposes," and for other purposes. [No. 103.] [April 29, 1908.] BE in enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that until Congress shall have authorized the registry as vessels of the United States of vessels owned in the Philippine Islands, the Government of the Philippine Islands is hereby authorized to adopt, from time to time, and enforce regulations governing the transportation of merchandise and passengers between ports or places in the Philippine Archipelago. 2. That on and after the passage of this Act the same tonnage taxes shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all foreign vessels coming into the United States from the Philippine Islands which are required by law to be levied, collected, and paid upon vessels coming into the United States from foreign countries. 3. That the provisions of law restricting to vessels of the United States the transportation of passengers and merchandise * See page 633. directly or indirectly from one port of the United States to another port of the United States shall not be applicable to foreign vessels engaging in trade between the Philippine Islands and the United States. 4. That the Philippine Commission shall be authorized and empowered to issue licences to engage in lighterage or other exclusively harbour business to vessels or other craft actually engaged in such business at the date of the passage of this Act and to vessels or other craft built in the Philippine Islands or in the United States and owned by citizens of the United States or by inhabitants of the Philippine Islands. 5. That such of the navigation laws of the United States as are in force in the Philippine Islands in regard to vessels arriving in the Philippine Islands from the mainland territory and other insular possessions of the United States shall continue to be administered by the proper officials of the Government of the Philippine Islands. 6. That the Act entitled "An Act to regulate shipping in trade between ports of the United States and ports or places in the Philippine Islands, between ports or places in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes," approved the 30th April, 1906, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisious of this Act, are hereby repealed. Approved, April 29, 1908. PROCLAMATION by the President of the United States of America, prohibiting the Export of Arms, &c., to Santo Domingo. Washington, October 14, 1905. WHEREAS by a Joint Resolution, approved 22nd April, 1898, entitled "Joint Resolution to prohibit the export of coal or other material used in war from any sea-port of the United States," the President is "authorized, in his discretion, and with such limitations and exceptions as shall seem to him expedient, to prohibit the export of coal or other material used in war from any sea-port of the United States until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress"; Now, therefore, 1, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, for good and sufficient reasons unto me appearing, and by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by the said Joint Resolution, do hereby declare and proclaim that the export of arms, ammunition, and munitions of war of every kind, from any port in the United States or in Porto Rico to any port in the Dominican Republic, is prohibited without limitation or exception, from and after the date of this my proclamation until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress. And I do hereby enjoin all good citizens of the United States and of Porto Rico and all persons residing or being within the territory or jurisdiction thereof to be governed accordingly. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 14th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1905, and of the Independence of the United States of America the 130th. By the President: (L.S.) THEODORE ROOSEVELT. ELIHU ROOT, Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION by the President of the United States of America, regulating on terms of reciprocity Duties on certain Swiss Products.-Washington, January 1, 1906. WHEREAS the Government of Switzerland decreed the removal, on and after the 1st January, 1906, of all differential customs duties from the products of the soil and industry of the United States, and granted to the same the benefit of the Swiss conventional tariff rates, by which action in the judgment of the President reciprocal and equivalent concessions are established in favour of the said products of the United States: 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 the Tariff Act of the United States, approved 24th July, 1897, do hereby suspend during the continuance in force of the said concessions by the Government of Switzerland 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 and industry of Switzerland; and do declare in place thereof the following rates of duty provided in the third section of said Act to be in force and effect from and after the date of this Proclamation, of which the officers and citizens of the United States will take due notice, namely: Upon argols, or crude tartar, or wine lees, crude, 5 per cent. ad valorem. Upon brandies, or other spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or other materials, 1 dol. 75 c. per proof gallon. Upon still wines, and vermuth, in casks, 35 cents per gallon: in bottles or jugs, per case of one dozen bottles or jugs containing each not more than 1 quart and more than 1 pint, or twenty-four bottles or jugs containing each not more than 1 pint, 1 dol. 25 c. per case, and any excess beyond these quantities found in such bottles or jugs shall be subject to a duty of 4 cents per pint or fractional part thereof, but no separate or additional duty shall be assessed upon the bottles or jugs. Upon paintings in oil or water colours, pastels, pen and ink drawings, and statuary, 15 per cent. ad valorem. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 1st day of January, in the year of our Lord 1906, and of the Independence of the United States of America the 130th. By the President: (L.S.) THEODORE ROOSEVELT. ELIHU ROOT, Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION by the President of the United States of America, regulating on terms of reciprocity Duties on certain German Products. Washington, February 27, 1906. WHEREAS the Government of Germany has taken action, extending, on and after the 1st March, 1906, and until the 30th June, 1907, or until further notice, the benefit of the German conventional customs tariff to the products of the soil or industry of the United States, by which action in the judgment of the President reciprocal concessions are established in favour of the said products of the United States: 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 the Tariff Act of the United States, approved 24th July, 1897, do hereby suspend, during the continuance in force of the said concessions by the Government of Germany, the imposition and collection of the duties imposed by the first section of the said Act upon the articles hereinafter specified, being the products of the soil or industry of Germany; and do declare in place thereof the following rates of duty provided in the third section of the said Act to be in force and effect on and after the 1st March, 1906, of which the officers and citizens of the United States will take due notice, namely: Upon argols, or crude tartar, or wine lees, crude, 5 per per cent. ad valorem. Upon brandies, or other spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or other materials, 1 dol. 75 c. per proof gallon. Upon still wines, and vermuth, in casks, 35 cents per gallon; in bottles or jugs, per case of one dozen bottles or jugs containing each not more than 1 quart and more than 1 pint, or twenty-four bottles or jugs containing each not more than 1 pint, 1 dol. 25 c. per case, and any excess beyond these quantities found in such bottles or jugs shall be subject to a duty of 4 cents per pint or fractional part thereof, but no separate or additional duty shall be assessed upon the bottles or jugs. Upon paintings in oils or water colours, pastels, pen and ink drawings, and statuary, 15 per cent. ad valorem. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this 27th day of February, in the year of our Lord 1906, and of the Independence of the United States of America the 130th. By the President : (L.S.) THEODORE ROOSEVELT. ELIHU ROOT, Secretary of State. PROCLAMATION by the President of the United States of America, regulating on terms of reciprocity the Duties on certain Bulgarian Products.--Washington, September 15, 1906. WHEREAS the Government of the Principality of Bulgaria has taken action, extending, on and after the 5th June, 1906, and until further notice, to the products of the soil or industry of the United States, the benefit of the Bulgarian conventional customs tariff rates, the same being the lowest rates applied by Bulgaria to the like products of any other country, by which action in the judgment of the President reciprocal and equivalent concessions are established in favour of the said products of the United States: 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 the Tariff Act of the United States, approved the 25th July, 1897, do hereby suspend, during the continuance in force of the said concessions by the Government of the Principality of Bulgaria, 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 Bulgaria; and do declare in place thereof the following rates of duty provided in the third section of said Act to be in force and effect on and after the 30th September, 1906, of which the officers and citizens of the United States will take due notice, namely :— Upon argols, or crude tartar, or wine lees, crude, 5 per cent. ad valorem. Upon brandies, or other spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or other materials, 1 dol. 75 c. per proof gallon. Upon still wines, and vermuth, in casks, 35 cents per gallon; in [1907-8. CI.] 2 T |