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country other than the British dominions or possessions as aforesaid, 

 leaving the commercial intercourse of the United States with all 

 other parts of the British dominions or possessions on a footing not 

 less favorable to the United States than it now is that then, and in 

 such case, the President of the United States shall be authorized, at 

 any time before the next session of Congress, to issue his proclama- 

 tion declaring that he has received such evidence, and that thereupon, 

 and from the date of such proclamation, the ports of the United 

 States shall be opened indefinitely or for a term fixed, as the case 

 may be, to British vessels coming from the said British colonial pos- 

 sessions, and their cargoes, subject to no other or higher duty of ton- 

 nage or impost or charge of any description whatever than would be 

 levied on the vessels or the United States or their cargoes arriving 

 from the said British possessions ; and that it shall be lawful for the 

 said British vessels to import into the United States or their cargoes 

 arriving from the said British possessions ; and that it shall be lawful 

 for the said British vessels to import into the United States and to 

 export therefrom any article or articles which may be imported or 

 exported in vessels of the United States; and that the act entitled 

 "An act concerning navigation," passed on the 18th day of April, 

 1818, an act supplementary thereto, passed the 15th day of May, 1820, 

 and an act entitled "An act to regulate the commercial intercourse 

 between the United States and certain British ports," passed on the 

 1st day of March, 1823, shall in such case be suspended or absolutely 

 repealed, as the case may require ; and 



Whereas by the said act it is farther provided that whenever the 

 ports of the United States shall have been opened under the authority 

 thereby given, British vessels and their cargoes shall be admitted to 

 an entry in the ports of the United States from the islands, provinces, 

 or colonies of Great Britain on or near the North American continent 

 and north or east of the United States ; and 



Whereas satisfactory evidence has been received by the President 

 of the United States that whenever he shall give effect to the pro- 

 visions of the act aforesaid the Government of Great Britain will 

 open for an indefinite period the ports in its colonial possessions in 

 the West Indies, on the continent of South America, the Bahama 

 Islands, the Caicos, and the Bermuda or Somer Islands to the vessels 

 of the United States, and their cargoes, upon the terms and accord- 

 ing to the requisitions of the aforesaid act of Congress: 



Now, therefore, I, Andrew Jackson, President of the United States 

 of America, do hereby declare and proclaim that such evidence has 

 been received by me, and that by the operation of the act of Congress 

 passed on the 29th day of May, 1830, the ports of the United States 

 are from the date of this proclamation open to British vessels coming 

 from the said British possessions, and their cargoes, upon the terms 

 set forth on the said act. The act entitled "An act concerning navi- 

 gation," passed on the 18th ctay of April, 1818, the act supplementary 

 thereto, passed the 15th day of May, 1820, and the act entitled "An 

 act to regulate the commercial intercourse between the United States 

 and certain British ports," passed the 1st day of March, 1823, are 

 absolutely repealed, and British vessels and their cargoes are ad- 

 mitted to an entry in the ports of the United States from the islands, 

 provinces, and colonies of Great Britain on or near the North Ameri- 

 can continent and north or east of the United States. 



