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SEC. 3. That from the date of the President's proclamation au- 

 thorized by the first section of this act, and so long as the articles 

 eighteenth to twenty-fifth, inclusive, and article thirtieth of said 

 treaty, shall remain in force, according to the terms and conditions of 

 article thirty-third of said treaty, all goods, wares or merchandize 

 arriving at the ports of New York, Boston, and Portland, and any 

 other ports in the United States which have been, or may, from time 

 to time, be specially designated by the President of the United States 

 and destined for Her Britannic Majesty's possessions in North Amer- 

 ica, may be entered at the proper custom-house and conveyed in 

 transit, without the payment of duties, through the territory of the 

 United States, under such rules, regulations, and conditions for the 

 protection of the revenue as the Secretary of the Treasury may, from 

 time to time, prescribe ; and under like rules, regulations, and condi- 

 tions, goods, wares, or merchandise, may be conveyed in transit, with- 

 out the payment of duties, from such possessions, through the terri- 

 tory of the United States, for export from the said ports of the United 

 States. 



SEC. 4. That from the date of the President's proclamation, author- 

 ized by the first section of this act, and so long as articles eighteenth 

 to twenty-fifth, inclusive, and article thirtieth of said treaty, shall 

 remain in force, according to the terms and conditions of article 

 thirty-third of said treaty, all subjects of Her Britannic Majesty 

 may carry in British vessels, without payment of duty, goods, wares, 

 or merchandise from one port or place within the territory of the 

 United States, upon the Saint Lawrence, the great lakes, and the 

 rivers connecting the same, to another port or place within the terri- 

 tory of the United States, as aforesaid : Provided, That a portion of 

 such transportation is made through the Dominion of Canada by 

 land-carriage and in bond, under such rules and regulations as may 

 be agreed upon between the government of Her Britannic Majesty 

 and the government of the United States: And provided further, 

 That the President of the United States may, by proclamation, sus- 

 pend the right of carrying provided for by this section, in case the 

 Dominion of Canada should at any time deprive the citizens of the 

 United States of the use of the canals in the said Dominion on terms 

 of equality with the inhabitants of the Dominion, as provided in 

 article twenty-seventh of said treaty: And provided further, That 

 in case any export or other duty continues to be levied after the 

 sixteenth day of June eighteen hundred and seventy-two, on lumber 

 or timber of any kind cut on that portion of the American territory, 

 in the State of Maine, watered by the river Saint John and its tribu- 

 taries, and floated down that river to the sea, when the same is 

 shipped to the United States from the province of New Brunswick, 

 that then, and in that case, the President of the United States may, 

 by proclamation, suspend all rights of carrying provided for by this 

 section for such period as such export or other duty may be levied. 



SEC. 5. That this act shall not take effect until the first day of 

 July, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and shall not apply to any 

 article of merchandise therein mentioned which shall be held in bond 

 on that day by the customs officers of the United States. 



Approved, March 1, 1873. 



