Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-10-08
BY the President Of the y. STATES Of .qmsrica.
A PROCLAMATION

by the frestdent OF the =. STATES Of .4merica.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, BY an act of the Congress Of
tho United Statss, of tho Gath Of May one
thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
entitled " An act, in addition to an act, emit
tied an act concerning discriminating dutie,
of tonnage and impost." and 10 eQualizc
the duties on Prussian vessels and their car
goes" il is provided that, upon satisfactory
evidence being given to the President of I'll.
United States, by the Government or any
foreign nation, that no discriminating duties
of tonnage or imposts IRE imposed or levied.
in the ports of the said nation, upon vessels
wholly belonging to the citizens Of the United
States, OF from any foreign country, the Pres
ident is thereby authorized to issue his proc-
lamation, declaring that the foreign discrim-
mating duties Of tonnage and imposts within
the United States are, and shall be, discon
tinued and suspended, so far as respects the
vessels OF the said foreign nation, and the
produce. manufactures, or merchandise, i'm.
ported into the United States in the same
from the said foreign nation, or from anv
other foreign country; the said suspension
to take effect from the time of notification
being given to the president of the United
States, and tn continue SO long as the recip-
rocal exemption of vessels belonging to the
citizens ofthe United States and their carpoes,
as aforesaid, shall be continued, and no long
err.
And whereas satisfactory evidence has
lately been received by me, from his Roya!
Highness, the Grand Duke of Oldenburg
through an official communication of F. A
Mensch, his Consul in the United States,
under date 18th September, 1880, that no
discriminating dulies of tonnage or imposts
are imposed or levied, in the ports of the
Grand Dukedom of Oldenburg, upon vessels
wholly belonging to citizens Of the United
States, mr. upon the produce, manufactures,
or merchandise, imported in the same, from
the United States, or from any other country
'.ENow, therefore, l, Andrew jackson, Presi-
dent Of the United States of America, do
hereby declare and proclaim, that 80 much OF
the several acts imposing discriminating du.
ties OF tonnage on imposts within the United
States, are, and shall be, suspended and dis
continued so far as respects the vessels o
the Grand Dukedom of Oldenburg, and the
produce, manufactures, and merchandise
imported into the United States in the same
from the Grand Dukedom of Oldenburg, and
from any foreign country whatever; the said
suspension to take effect from the day above
mentioned, and TO continue thencetorward
so long as the reciprocal exemption of the
vessels of the United States, and the produce,
manufactures, and merchandise, imported
into the Grand Dukedom of Oldenburg, in
the same, as aforesaid, shall be continued on
the part OF the Government of his ROYAL
Higness the Grand Duke of Oldenburg.
Given under my hand at the City OF Wash
ington, the eighteenth day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty, and the fifty
hfth of the Independence of the United
States.
ANDREW JACKSON.
BY the President:
M. VAN BUREN,
Secretary of State.