SECTION 1. Pursuant
to article five of the treaty between Brigadier-General John C. Bates,
United States Volunteers, representing the United States, and His
Highness the Sultan of Jolo, the Datto Raja Muda, the Datto Attik, the
Datto Calbi and the Datto Joakanain, all trade in the domestic products
of the Archipelago of Jolo, when carried on by the Sultan and his
people, with any part of the Philippine Islands, and when conducted
under the American flag, shall be free, unlimited and undutiable.
Sec. 2. The collectors of customs at Jolo, Siassi,
or any other of the ports of the Jolo Archipelago, hereafter made ports
of entry, are authorized and directed to issue special licenses to
masters of vessels belonging to the said Sultan of Jolo or any of his
people, authorizing them to ply between the said ports of Jolo
Archipelago and any other open ports of the Philippine Islands and to
trade in the products of the Jolo Archipelago, and shall demand and
receive therefor from the masters to whom the licenses may be issued
the sum of one peso, and such special licenses shall be issued for the
period of one year, and shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with
the number one each year, and each boat so licensed shall be
conspicuously marked with the number of such license, name of boat, if
any, and the name of port at which licensed.
Sec. 3. The collectors of customs or any other
proper customs officials at Jolo, Siassi, or any other port in the Jolo
Archipelago, are further authorized and directed to clear all vessels
belonging to the Sultan of Jolo or to any of his people, from said
ports to any open port in the Philippine Islands, whenever it shall
appear by their inspection that the cargoes of such vessels consist
only of domestic products of the Jolo Archipelago, and the collectors
of customs or any other proper customs officials at any port in the
Philippine Islands into which such vessels so cleared may come, shall
allow such cargoes to be discharged without requiring manifests or
lists of cargo to be exhibited to them, and shall permit such vessels
to take on any lawful cargoes in such ports and shall clear said
vessels for their return trips to any open port in the said
Archipelago, without charge therefor.
Sec. 4. So much of General Orders Number
Sixty-nine, issued December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and
ninety-nine, and of General Orders, Number Thirty-eight, issued March
twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred, by the Military Governor, and of any
other order which may have been issued by him, as are in conflict with
this Act, are repealed.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect on its
passage.
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