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[73 Stat. C34]
PROCLAMATIONS—MMMM. DD, 1959
[73 Stat. C34]

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PROCLAMATIONS—APR. 21, 1959 F U R THE R AMENDMENT OF PROCLAMATION N O. 3160, CERTAIN WOOLEN TEXTILES

April 21, 1959 [No. 3285]

[73 STAT. RELATING TO

BY THE P R E S I D E N T OF THE UNITED STATES O F AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION 1. WHEREAS by Proclamation No. 3160 of September 28, 1956 (71 Stat. C12), as amended by Proclamation No. 3225 of March 7, 72stat.c27. 1958 (3 QYn, 1958 SUPP., p. 19), the President announced the invocation by the Government of the United States of America of the reservation contained in the note to item 1108 in Part I of Schedule X X annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (61 Stat. (pt. 5) A l l, A1274), and proclaimed that the ad-valorem part of the rate applicable to fabrics described in item 1108 or 1109(a) in Part I of Schedule X X to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (61 Stat. (pt. 5) A1274), or in item 1109(a) in Part I of Schedule X X to the Torquay Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (3 UST (pt. 1) 615, 1186), entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in excess of certain quantities would be either 30 per centum or 45 per centum, depending on the classification of such fabrics; and 2. WHEREAS I find that as of January 1, 1959, it will be appropriate to carry out the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that the ad-valorem part of the rate be 30 per centum ad valorem in the case of any of the fabrics described in item 1108 or 1109(a) in Part I 6istat.(Pt.5)Ai274. of Schedule X X to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or in item 1109(a) in Part I of Schedule X X to the Torquay Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which are described in subparagraph (a) of the seventh recital of the proclamation of vistat. C12. September 28, 1956, as amended by the proclamation of March 7, 72stat.c27. 1958, and as further amended by this proclamation: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including section 350(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by section 3(a) of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 162; 19 U.S.C. 1351(a), Sup. V), and by section 3(a) of the Trade Agreements 19use 1351. Extension Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 673; Public Law 85-686, sec. 3(a)), do hereby proclaim that the seventh recital of the proclamation of 71 Stat. ci2. September 28, 1956, as amended by the proclamation of March 7, 72stat.C27. 1958, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "7. WHEREAS I find that following December 31, 1958, and until otherwise proclaimed by the President, it will be appropriate to carry out the trade agreements specified in the first and third recitals of this proclamation that the ad-valorem part of the rate be as set forth below in the case of the fabrics described in item 1108 or 1109(a) in Part I of Schedule X X of the General Agreement on eistat. (Pt.5)Ai274. Tariffs and Trade set forth in the second recital hereof, or in item 1109(a) in Part I of Schedule X X to the Torquay Protocol set forth in the fourth recital hereof (except in each case articles dutiable a t rates applicable to such fabrics by virtue of any provision of the 1 USC 1 5 9 64 Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, other than paragraph 1108 or 1109(a)), entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in any calendar year after that total aggregate quantity by weight of such fabrics which shall have been notified by the President to