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[ Act No. 3057, June 13, 1922 ]
AN ACT TO AMEND THE TARIFF ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST FIFTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, BY INCREASING THE TARIFF ON BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PHILIPPINES IN LEGISLATURE ASSEMBLED AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE SAME
SECTION 1. Paragraph two hundred and fifteen, group two, class thirteen of the Act of Congress of August fifth, nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An Act to raise revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes," is hereby amended to read as follows:
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval by the effective date of President of the United States in accordance with section one of the Act of Congress approved on August twenty- ninth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, entitled "An Act to declare the purpose of the people of the United States as to the future political status of the people of the Philippine Islands, and to provide a more autonomous government for those Islands."
Approved, June 13, 1922.
"GROUP 2. GRAINS, SEEDS, FORAGE, CEREALS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF.
"215. Rice, gross weight. (Beginning with June first, nineteen hundred and twenty-one.)
"(a) Unhusked, one hundred kilos, ninety cents;
"(b) Husked, one hundred kilos, one dollar and fifty cents;
"(c) Flour, one hundred kilos, two dollars. Provided, That the Governor-General, by and with the advice and consent of the Philippine Senate, may reduce or suspend all duties upon rice or the duties upon rice for consumption in particular localities to be designated by " him, whenever and for such period as, in his judgment, local conditions require, in which event rice admitted free by virtue of his order shall be distributed under govern- mental supervision or in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe."
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval by the effective date of President of the United States in accordance with section one of the Act of Congress approved on August twenty- ninth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, entitled "An Act to declare the purpose of the people of the United States as to the future political status of the people of the Philippine Islands, and to provide a more autonomous government for those Islands."
Approved, June 13, 1922.