Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 54 Part 2.djvu/1072

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54 STAT.] CANADA-RECIPROCAL TRADE-NOV. 30 , 1939 Now, THEREFORE, be it known that I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority conferred by the said Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the said Act of June 12, 1934, as extended by the said Joint Resolution of March 1, 1937, do hereby proclaim that no more than 193,950 head of cattle weighing seven hundred pounds or more each (other than cows imported specially for dairy purposes), the produce of Canada, nor more than 31,050 head of such cattle, the produce of other foreign countries, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the calendar year 1940, shall be entitled to a reduction induty by virtue of the said item 701 of Schedule II of the said Agreement; and that no more than 51,720 head of cattle weighing seven hundred pounds or more each (other than cows imported specially for dairy purposes), the produce of Canada, nor more than 8,280 head of such cattle, the produce of other foreign countries, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in any calendar quarter year during 1940, shall be entitled to a reduction in duty by virtue of the said item 701 of Schedule II of the said Agreement. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this thirtieth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL] thirty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. 2293 Proclamation of al- location of tariff quota on heavy cattle, 1940. Post, p. 2445.