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REGISTER
VOLUME 5

1934
C tflVITED

NUMBER 127

Washington, Saturday, June 29, 1940
The President Control op W aters
Vessels in op the U nited
T erritorial S tates
BY THE PRESIDENT OP THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, A proclamation issued by me on September 8, 1939,1 proclaimed that a national emergency existed in connection with and to the extent nec essary for the proper observance, safe guarding and enforcing of the neutral ity of the United States and the strengthening of our national defense within the limits of peace-time author izations, and th at specific directions and authorizations would be given from time to time forcarrying out these two purposes, WHEREAS, The continuation of the conditions set forth in said, proclamation of September 8, 1939, now calls for additional measures within the limits of peace-time authorizations, WHEREAS, Under and by virtue of section 1 of title H of the Act of Con gress approved June 15, 1917, 40 Stat.
220 U.S.C. title 50, sec. 191, it is pro vided as follows:
S ection 1. Whenever the President by proclamation or Executive order de clares a national emergency to exist by reason of actual or threatened war, in surrection, or invasion, or disturbance or threatened disturbance of the inter national relations of the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury may make, subject to the approval of the President, rules and regulations governing the anchorage and movement of any vessel, foreign or domestic, in the territorial waters of the United States, may inspect such vessel at any time, place guards 14 F.R. 3851.

thereon, and, if necessary in his opinion in order to secure such vessels from damage or injury, or to prevent damage or injury to any harbor or waters of the United States, or to secure the observ ance of the rights and obligations of the United States, may take, by and with the consent of the President, for such purposes, full possession and control of such vessel and remove therefrom the officers and crew thereof and all other persons not specially authorized by him to go or remain on board thereof.
Within the territory and waters of the Canal Zone the Governor of the Panama Canal, with the approval of the President, shall exercise all the powers conferred by this section on the Secre tary of the Treasury.
AND, WHEREAS, It is essential, in order to carry into effect the provisions of said Act, which are quoted herein, that the powers conferred therein upon the President, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Governor of the Pan ama Canal be at this time exercised, or available for exercise, with respect to foreign and domestic vessels.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the pow ers conferred upon me by the provisions of the said Act of Congress quoted herein, do hereby declare the continua tion of the conditions set forth in my proclamation of September 8, 1939, and the existence of a national emergency by reason of threatened disturbance of the international relations of the United States.
AND, I therefore consent to the exer cise, with respect to foreign and domes tic vessels, by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Governor of the Pan ama Canal, of all the powers conferred by the provisions of said Act.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Proclamation:
Page Control of vessels in territorial w a te rs_________________ 2419
Executive Order:
Additional construction agen cies designated, etc_______ 2420
Reorganization Plan No. IV_____ 2421
RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS
T itle 6A gricultural C redit :

Farm Credit Administration:
Federal Land Bank of Co lumbia, appraisal fees__
T itle 16C ommercial P ractices:
Federal Trade Commission:
Policies__________________
Rules of Practice___________
T itle 19C ustoms D u ties :
Bureau of Customs:
Airports of entry redesignated for period of one year___
T itle 22F oreign R elations :
Department of State:
Travel in combat areas S. S.
Washington __________
T itle 24H ousing C redit :
Home Owners Loan Corpora tion:
Garnishment cases, regula tions ________________
T itle 31M oney T reasury:

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F inance :

Monetary Offices:
Foreign exchange, etc., trans actions:
General License No. 19
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General License No. 22___ 2429
T itle 33N avigation ble W aters:

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Corps of Engineers, War De partment :
Hudson River south of Stony Point, N. Y., fishing and hunting r e g u l a t i o n s am ended_____________
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