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"SEC. 6. That all articles manufactured in bonded manufacturing warehouses in whole or in part of imported materials, or of materials subject to internal-revenue tax and intended for shipment from the United States to the Philippine Islands, shall, when so shipped, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, be exempt from internal-revenue tax and shall not be charged with duty except the duty levied under this Act upon imports into the Philippine Islands.

"That all articles subject under the laws of the United States to internal-revenue tax, or on which the internal-revenue tax has been paid, and which may under existing laws and regulations be exported to a foreign country without the payment of such tax, or with benefit of drawback, as the case may be, may also be shipped to the Philippine Islands with like privilege, under such regulations and the filing of such bonds, bills of lading, and other security as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, prescribe. And all taxes paid upon such articles shipped to the Philippine Islands since November fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one, under the decision of the Secretary of the Treasury of that date, shall be refunded to the parties who have paid the same, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, and a sum sufficient to make such payment is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. That where materials on which duties have been paid are used in the manufacture of articles manufactured or produced in the United States, there shall be allowed on the shipment of said articles to the Philippine Archipelago a drawback equal in amount to the duties paid on the materials used, less one per centum of such duties, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.

"SEC. 7. That merchandise in bonded warehouse or otherwise in the custody and control of the officers of the Customs, upon which duties have been paid, shall be entitled, one shipment to the Philippine Islands within three years of the date of the original arrival, to a return of the duties paid, less one per centum, and merchandise upon which duties have not been paid may be shipped without the payment of duties to the Philippine Islands within

said period, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

"SEC. 8. That the provisions of the Act entitled 'An Act to simplify the laws in relation to the collection of revenues,' approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, as amended by an Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the Government and to encourage the industries of the United states,' approved July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, shall apply to all articles coming into the United States from the Philippine Archipelago.

“SEC. 9. That no person in the Philippine Islands shall, under the authority of the United States, be convicted of treason by any tribunal, civil or military, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.”

Done at the city of Manila, this tenth day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and two.

By the Acting Civil Governor :

A. W. FERGUSSON,

Executive Secretary.

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LUKE E. WRIGHT,

Acting Civil Governor.

ISLANDS--A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas the President of the United States did, on the fourth day of July, issue the following proclamation:

"BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES-A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas many of the inhabitants of the Philippine Archipelago were in insurrection against the authority and sovereignty of the Kingdom of Spain at divers times from August, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, until the cession of the Archipelago by that Kingdom to the United States of America, and since such cession many of the persons so engaged in insurrection have until recently resisted the authority and sovereignty of the United States; and

"Whereas the insurrection against the authority and sovereignty of the United States is now at an end and peace has been established in all parts of the Archipelago, except in the country inhabited by the Moro tribes, to which this proclamation does not apply; and

"Whereas during the course of the insurrection against the Kingdom of Spain and against the Government of the United States persons engaged therein, or those in sympathy with and abetting them, committed many acts in violation of the laws of civilized warfare, but it is believed that such acts were generally committed in ignorance of those laws and under orders issued by the civil or military insurrectionary leaders; and

"Whereas it is deemed to be wise and humane, in accordance with the beneficent purposes of the Government of the United States towards the Filipino people, and conducive to peace, order, and loyalty among them, that the doers of such acts who have not already suffered punishment shall not be held criminally responsible, but shall be relieved from punishment for participation in these insurrections and for unlawful acts committed during the course thereof by a general amnesty and pardon:

"Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, Presi

dent of the United States of America, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby proclaim and declare, without reservation or condition except as hereinafter provided, a full and complete pardon and amnesty to all persons in the Philippine Archipelago who have participated in the insurrections aforesaid or who have given aid and comfort to persons participating in said insurrections, for the offenses of treason or sedition and for all offenses political in their character committed in the course of such insurrections pursuant to orders issued by the civil or military insurrectionary authorities or which grew out of internal political feuds or dissensions between Filipinos and Spaniards or the Spanish authorities or which resulted from internal political feuds or dissensions among the Filipinos themselves during either of said insurrections.

“Provided, however, That the pardon and amnesty hereby granted shall not include such persons committing crimes since May 1, 1902, in any province of the Archipelago in which at the time civil government was established, nor shall it include such persons as have been heretofore finally convicted of the crimes of murder, rape, arson, or robbery by any military or civil tribunal organized under the authority of Spain or of the United States of America, but special application may be made to the proper authority for pardon by any person belonging to the exempted classes, and such clemency as is consistent with humanity and justice will be liberally extended.

“And further provided, That this amnesty and pardon shall not affect the title or right of the Government of the United States or that of the Philippine Islands to any property or property rights heretofore used or appropriated by the military or civil authorities of the Government of the United States or that of the Philippine Islands organized under authority of the United States, by way of confiscation or otherwise.

"And provided further, That every person who shall seek to avail himself of this proclamation shall take and subscribe the following oath before any authority in the Philippine Archipelago authorized to administer oaths, namely:

"I,

-, solemnly swear (or affirm) that I recognize and accept the supreme authority of the United States of America

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in the Philippine Islands and will maintain true faith and allegiance thereto; that I impose upon myself this obligation voluntarily, without mental reservation or purpose of evasion. So help me God.

"Given under my hand at the city of Washington this fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two, and in the one hundred and twenty-seventh year of the independence of the United States.

"By the President:

"THEODORE ROOSEVELT,

“ELIHU ROOT, Secretary of War.”

Now, therefore, I, Luke E. Wright, Acting Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands, by direction of the President of the United States do hereby promulgate the foregoing proclamation.

In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Government of the Philippine Islands to be affixed. Done at the city of Manila, this fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.

By the Acting Civil Governor :

LUKE E. WRIGHT.

A. W. FERGUSSON, Executive Secretary.

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