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Washington, Saturday, August 28, 1937
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, P a n a m a C a n a l T o l l 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 pre scribe 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 requires the President to determine the tonnage of vessels on which toll charges fo r the use of the Panama Canal shall be based, and fixes maximum and minimum rates of tolls; and WHEREAS the act entitled An Act to provide for the measurement of vessels using the Panama Canal, and for other purposes , approved August 24, 1937, which amends the said section 412 and which by its terms becomes effective March 1, 1938, provides, in part, that the tonnage on which tolls shall be based shall be determined in accordance with the Rules fo r the Measurement Of Vessels for the Panama Canal prescribed by the President, and fixes maximum and minimum rates of toll:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, F R A N K L IN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the afore said section 411 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, do hereby prescribe and proclaim the follow ing rates of toll to be paid by vessels using the Panama Canal:
1. On merchant vessels, yachts, army and navy trans ports, colliers, hospital ships, and supply ships, when carrying passengers and cargo, ninety 90 cents per netvessel ton of 100 cubic feet each of actual earning capac itythat is, the net tonnage determined in accordance with the Rules for the Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal.
2. On vessels in ballast without passengers or cargo, seventy-two 72 cents per net-vessel ton.
3. On other floating craft, including warships, other than transports, colliers, hospital ships, and supply ships, fifty 50 cents per ton of displacement.
The tolls prescribed by this Proclamation shall became effective on March 1, 1938, and on that date shall super sede the tolls prescribed by Proclamation No. 1225 of November 13, 1912.
IN W ITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this 25th day of Au gust, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirtyseven and of the Independence of the United se al States of America the one hundred and sixtysecond.
By the President, F r a n k l in D R o o se v e lt C ordell H u l l
Secretary of State.
No. 22473
F . R. Doc. 37-2644; Filed, August 27,1937; 10:37 a. m .

R u l e s for t h e M e a su r e m e n t o f V e sse ls for t h e P a n a m a C anal
By the President of the United States of America A PROCLAM ATION

WHEREAS section 412 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code approved June 19, 1934, requires the President to determine the tonnage of vessels upon which toll charges for the use of the Panama Canal shall be based; and WHEREAS the act entitled An Act to provide for the measurement o f vessels using the Panama Canal, and for other purposes , approved August 24, 1937, which amends the said section 412 and which by its terms becomes effec tive March 1, 1938, provides, in part, that tolls on merchant vessels, army and navy transports, colliers, hospital ships, supply ships, and yachts shall be based on net-vessels tons o f 100 cubic feet each of actual earning capacity determined in accordance with the Rules for the Measurement of Ves sels for the Panama Canal prescribed by the President and as may be modified by him from time to time by proclama tion after public hearings and six months public notice:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, F R A N K L IN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the afore said section 412 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, do hereby prescribe and proclaim the Rules fo r the Measurement of Vessels fo r the Panama Canal which are annexed hereto and made a part of this procla mation.
The Rules for the Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal prescribed by this proclamation shall become effective on March 1, 1938, and shall on that date supersede the Rules prescribed by Proclamation No. 1258 of November 21, 1913.
IN W ITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
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