Jules Grévy to By the President of the Republic. The, December 28, 1883

decree.

The President of the French Republic, upon the report of the minister of commerce, decrees:

Article 1. The execution of the decree of November 27, 1883, is adjourned; is in consequence suspended until such time as provision is made by a law upon the introduction of pork into France, the importation of the said salted meat coming from the United States of America.

Art. 2. Nevertheless, for contracts already made, this meat can be admitted exceptionally until the 20th of January, 1884, by the ports of Havre, Bordeaux, and Marseilles, and upon the condition that it shall be stated that it answers to the description known in commerce under the name of “fully cured”; that it is healthy, that it is in a perfect state of preservation, and that the curing is complete.

This statement shall be made by experts specially appointed by the prefects.

The importers must declare before any discharge that they consent to pay the costs that the inspection of the experts may entail.

The maximum of the tariff of these costs shall be fixed by the chambers of commerce.

Art. 3. The ministers of commerce and finance are charged, each one in so far as he may be concerned, with the execution of the present decree.