The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-13
Puerto RICO BILL IS LAN
PRESIDENT MKINLEY ATTACHED
HIS SIGNATURE TO MEASURE
LAST EVENING
TARIFF SECTION SUMMARIZED
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Charles HI. Allen to He the
First Governor of the
Island.

WASHINGTON. April 12.-The presi-
dent at o'clock this evening signed the
Puerto Rican tariff and civil government
bill. Only Secretary Root and Mr. Cor
telyou, the assistant secretary to the
president were present when the bill be-
came law.
The tariff section relating to duties be-
tween the United States and Puerto Rico
Is as follows:
That on and after the passage of this
act all merchandise coming into the Unit
ed States from Puerto Rico and coming
into Puerto Rico from the United States
shall be entered at the several ports of
entry upon payment of 15 per cent of the
duties which are required to be levied,
collected and paid upon like articles of
merchandise imported from foreign coun-
tries; and in addition thereto upon arti-
cles OF merchandise of Puerto Rican man
ufacture coming into the United States
and withdrawn for consumption or sale
upon payment of q tax equal to the in
terna1 revenue tax imposed in the United
States upon like articles of merchandise
or domestic manufacture; such tax to be
paid by internal revenue stamp or stamps
to be purchased and provided by the COM
missioner of internal revenue and to be
procured from the collector of internal
revenue at or most convenient to the port
of entry of said merchandise in the Unit
ed States, and to be affixed under such
regulations as the commissioner of In
ternal revenue, with the approval of the
secretary of the treasury, shall pre-
scribe; and on all articles of merchandise
or United States manufacture coming in
TO Puerto R1co, In addition to the duty
above provided, upon payment of a tax
equal In rate and amount to the internal
revenue tax imposed in Puerto Rico upon
the ike articles OF Puerto Rican manu-
facturei provided that son and after the
date when this act shall take effect all
merchandise and articles except coffee,
not dutable under the tariff Laws of the
Cmted states, and all merchandise and
articles entered In Puerto Rico free of
duty under orders heretofore made by
The secretary of war shall be admitted
into the several ports thereof, when i'm
ported from the United States, free of
duty, all laws or parts Of laws to the
contrary Notwithstanding; and whenever
the legislative assembly of Puerto Rico
snail have enacted and put into operation
system Of local taxation to meet the
necessities of the government OF Puerto
Rico by this act established, and shall
by resolution duly passed so notify the
president, he shall make proclamation
thereof, and thereupon all tariff duties
on merchandise and articles going into
Puerto Rico from the United States or
canning into the United States from Puer-
to Rico and from and after such date all
such merchandise and articles shall be
entered at the several ports of entry free
or duty, and In no event shall any duties
be collected after the 1st day Of March,
1902, on merchandise and articles going in
Puerto Rico from the United States or
coming into the United States from Puer-
to Rico.
The duties collected under the above
section shall be placed at the disposal of
the president to be used for the govern
n1ent and benefit of Puerto Rico unfit
the government of Puerto Rico shall have
been organized, when the moneys collect
ed shall be turned into the local treasury
Of Puerto Rico. Goods imported from
Puerto Rico and under bond shall nav
only the duty imposed by this act