ce of the Agreement aforesaid, and until otherwise
declared, the imposition and collection of the duties heretofore imposed
and collected upon the following named articles, the products of France,
by virtue of said act are hereby suspended, and in place thereof the
duties shall be imposed and collected thereon according to the
provisions of said section 3 as follows:

On argols, or crude tartar, or wine lees, crude, five _per centum ad
valorem_.

On brandies, or other spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or
other materials, one dollar and seventy-five cents per proof gallon.

On paintings in oil or water colors, pastels, pen and ink drawings, and
statuary, fifteen _per centum ad valorem_.

It is further declared that the rates of duty heretofore imposed and
collected on still wines and vermuth, the product of France, under the
provisions of the United States Tariff Act of 1897 are conditionally
suspended, and in place thereof shall be imposed and collected on and
after the 1st day of June next as follows, namely:

On still wines and vermuth, in casks, thirty-five cents per gallon; in
bottles or jugs, per case of one dozen bottles or jugs containing each
not more than one quart and more than one pint, or twenty-four bottles
or jugs containing each not more than one pint, one dollar and
twenty-five cents per case, and any excess beyond these quantities found
in such bottles or jugs shall be subject to a duty of four cents per
pint or fractional part thereof, but no separate or additional duty
shall be assessed upon the bottles or jugs.

Now, therefore, be it known that I, William McKinley, President of the
United States of America, have caused the above stated modifications of
the customs duties of the respective countries to be made public for the
information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington this 30th day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-eight, and of the Independence of the United States
of America the one hundred and twenty-second.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

By the President:
WILLIAM R. DAY,
_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas the public lands in the State of California, within the limits
hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appe