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FEDERAL
VOLUME 5

REGISTER
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NUMBER 193

Washington, Thursday, October 3, 1940
The President I celand S uspension
op
T onnage D uties
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA

A PROCLAM ATION
WHEREAS section 4228 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by the act of July 24, 1897, c. 13, 30 Stat.
214 U.S.C., title 46, sec. 141, provides, in part, as follows:

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tinued so far as respects the vessels of Iceland and the produce, manufactures, TH E PRESIDENT
or merchandise imported in said vessels into the United States from Iceland or Proclamation:
from any other foreign country; the sus Iceland Suspension of tonnage pension to take effect from September 13, duties_____________________
1940, and to continue so long as the re Executive Orders:
ciprocal exemption of vessels belonging Civilian officers and employees to citizens of the United States and their of U. S., payment of ex cargoes shall be continued, and no longer.
penses in connection with IN TESTIM O NY WHEREOF, I have the death of certain_______
hereunto set my hand and caused the Hershey, Lt. Col. Lewis B., desigseal of the United States of America to nated to perform certain be affixed.
duties under S e l e c t i v e DONE at the City of Washington this Training and Service Act, 30" day of September in the year of our 1940_______________________
Lord nineteen hundred and seal forty, and of the Independence RULES, REGULATIONS, of the United States of America ORDERS
the one hundred and sixty-fifth.

Upon satisfactory proof being given to the President, by the government of any foreign nation, that no discriminating duties of ton nage or imposts are imposed or levied in the ports of such nation upon vessels wholly be longing to citizens of the United States, or upon the produce, manufactures, or mer chandise imported in the same from the United States or from any foreign country, F ranklin D R oosevelt the President may issue his proclamation, By the President:
declaring that the foreign discriminating C ordell H ull duties of tonnage and impost within the United States are suspended and discon Secretary of State.
tinued, so far as respects the vessels of such foreign nation, and the produce, manufac No. 24291
tures, or merchandise imported into the United States from such foreign nation, or F. R. Doc. 40-4121; Filed, October 2, 1940;
11:50 a. m .
from any other foreign country; the suspen sion to take effect from the time of such notification being given to the President, and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemp tion of vessels, belonging to citizens of the EXECUTIVE ORDER
United States, and their cargoes, shall be continued, and no longer . . .
D esignating L ieutenant C olonel L ew is
WHEREAS, satisfactory proof was re ceived by m efrom the Government of Iceland on September 13, 1940, that no discriminating duties of tonnage or im posts are imposed or levied in the ports of Iceland upon vessels wholly belonging to citizens of the United States, or upon the produce, manufactures, or merchan dise imported in such vessels, from the United States, or from any foreign country;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the above-quoted stat utory provisions, do hereby declare and proclaim that the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and imposts within the United States are suspended and discon
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T itle 24 H ousing C redit :

Home Owners Loan Corpora tion:
Insurance, inspection and fire prevention; service and procedure, amendments 2 documents__________
Reconditioning and property management, a m e n d
ments___________________
T itle 33 N avigation and N aviga ble
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W aters:

Corps of Engineers, W ar De partment:
B. H ershey to P erform C ertain D uties Danger zone r e g u l a t i o n s U nder the S elective T raining and added:
S ervice A ct of 1940
Mason Creek, Va__________ 3892
Under and by virtue of the authority San Pablo Bay, Calif_______ 3892
vested in me by the Selective Training T itle 49 T ransportation a n d and Service Act of 1940 Public No. 783, R ailroads :
76th Congress, it is hereby ordered that Chapter I Interstate Commerce pending the appointment of a Director Commission:
of Selective Service under the provisions Waive tariff rules, automatic of section 10 a 3 of the said Act, postponement___________ 3892
Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B. Hershey, Field Artillery, United States Army, be, NOTICES
and he is hereby, designated to perform all duties in connection with the admin Department of Agriculture:
Rural Electrification Adminis istration of the Selective Service law tration:
prescribed in paragraph 119,1 section 3, Allocation of funds for loans Volume One Organization and Adminis3 documents______ 3892,3893
15 F.R. 3781.

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