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VOLUME 13

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NUMBER 61

Washington, Saturday, March 27, 1948

TITLE 3 THE PRESIDENT
PROCLAMATION 2775
P anama Canal T oll R ates BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS section 411 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19,1934, authorizes the President to prescribe and from time to time change the tolls that shall be levied by the Government of the United States for the use of the Panama Canal, and provides that no tolls when so prescribed shall be changed unless six months notice thereof is given by the President by proclamation; and WHEREAS section 412 of title 2 of the said Code, as amended by the act of August 24, 1937, 50 Stat. 790 48 U. S. C.
1315, provides, in part, that the tonnage on which tolls shall be based shall be de termined in accordance with the Rules for the Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal prescribed by the Presi dent, and fixes maximum and minimum rates of toll; and WHEREAS it appears that the tolls prescribed by Proclamation No. 2247 of August 25, 1937, as amended by Procla mation No. 2249 of August 31, 1937, and now in effect should be increased and should be as hereinafter prescribed:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S.
TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section 411 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19,1934, do hereby prescribe and proclaim the following rates of toll to be paid by ves sels using the Panama Canal:
1. On merchant vessels, army and navy transports, colliers, hospitals, ships, sup ply ships, and yachts, when carrying pas sengers or cargo, one dollar $1.00 per net vessel-ton of 100 cubic feet each of actual earning capacitythat is, the net tonnage determined in accordance with the Rules for the Measurement of Ves sels for the Panama Canal.
2. On vessels in ballast without pas sengers or cargo, eighty 80 cents per net vessel-ton.
3. On other floating craft, including warships other than transports, colliers, hospital ships, and supply ships, fifty-five 55 cents per ton of displacement.

This proclamation shall become effec tive on October 1,1948,and on that date shall supersede the said Proclamation No.
2247 of August 25, 1937, as amended by the said Proclamation No. 2249 of August 31 1937.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this 26th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fortyCseal eight,, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second.
H arry S. T ruman By the President:
G. C. M arshall, Secretary of State.
F. R. Doc. 48-2813; Filed, Mar. 26, 1948;.
11:56 a. m.

PROCLAMATION 2 776
E numeration of A rms, Ammunition , and I mplements of W ar BY THE PRESIDENT OFTHE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS section 12 i of the joint resolution of Congress approved Novem ber 4, 1939, provides in part as follows 54 Stat. 11; 22 U. S. C. 452 i:
The President is hereby authorized to pro claim upon recommendation of the National Munitions Control Board from time to time a list of articles which shall be consid ered arms, ammunition, .nd implements of war for the purposes of this section

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S.
TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by the said joint resolution of Congress, and pursuant to the recommendation of the National Munitions Control Board, and in the interest of the foreign-affairs functions of the United States, hereby declare and proclaim that the articles listed below shall, on and after April 15, 1948, be considered arms, ammunition, and implements of war for the purposes of section 12 of the said joint resolution of Congress!
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CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Proclamations
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Arms, ammunition, and imple ments of war; enumeration___
Panama Canal toll rates________

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Executive Orders
Creation of emergency board to investigate dispute between Railway Express Agency, Inc., and certain of its employees___
Secretary of State authorized to prescribe rules and regulations relating to foreign service retire ment and disability system___

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EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Agriculture Department
See also Animal Industry Bureau;
Federal Farm Mortgage Corpo ration; Forest Service. Rules and regulations:
Limitation of shipments in Cali fornia and Arizona:
Lemons________________
Oranges_____ _____________

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Alien Property, Office of
Notices:
Vesting orders, etc.:
Beckord, Otto, et al________ 1637
Hosomura, Nobuko, et al____ 1636
Oki, Kakuma and Miyoko___ 1636
Osram G. m. b. H. Kommanditgesellschaft_______ 1635
Schaake, John_____________ 1637
Schmid, Wally____ ____ _ 1636
Siemens & Halske A. G. and Dr. Ing. W. Kroll________ 1635
Takebe, Sukeyoshi, et al___ 1637
Bureau of Animal Industry
Proposed rule making:
Purebred animals, recognition of breeds and books of record-

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Civil Aeronautics Board
Notices:
Hearings, etc.:
Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia, S. A. Avianca__
Alaska Airlines, Inc------------

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Civil Service Commission
Rules and regulations:
Exceptions from competitive service______________
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