may 15, 1882 - Signs bill (22 Stat 64) calling for the President to appoint a Tariff Commission, subject to Senate advice and consent, to report to Congress on revisions to existing tariff "upon a scale of justice to all interests." The Commission submits its report to the House on 12/04/1882
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