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NUMBER 198

Washington, Wednesday, October 13, 1937
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
S u s p e n s io n
of
C e r t a in J u r i s d i c t io n t e r r it o r ia l
C ourts i n
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A m e r ic a n
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By the President of the United States of America A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS by a Presidential proclamation issued on March 27, 1876, pursuant to the authority of the act of Con gress approved March 23, 1874, the judicial functions there tofore exercised in Egypt by the minister, consuls, or other functionaries o f the United States pursuant to the act of Congress approved June 22, I860, were suspended, during the pleasure of the President, so fa r as the jurisdiction of certain Egyptian tribunals embraced matters cognizable by the minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States in Egypt, except as to cases actually commenced be fore the date of the said proclamation;
WHEREAS at the time of the issuance of the said procla mation the jurisdiction of the said Egyptian tribunals did not extend to certain categories of cases within the jurisdiction of the minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States which were accordingly retained within the jurisdic tion of, and have continued to the present time to be exer cised by, those functionaries;
WHEREAS the Government of the United States and other governments concluded a convention with the Gov ernment of Egypt on May 8, 1937, providing for the ter mination of the capitulatory rights now enjoyed by the United States and other powers in Egypt and providing that, during the period October 15, 1937-October 14, 1949, the judicial functions now exercised by consular courts would be exercised by the Mixed Tribunals of Egypt, except as to personal status matters as defined in article 28 of the Rglement dOrganisation Judiciaire annexed to and form ing a part of the said convention of May 8, 1937 with rspect to which the said convention provides that the signa tory governments may retain existing consular courts for the purpose of jurisdiction in cases involving the personal status of their respective nationals during the period October 15, 1937-October 14, 1949;
WHEREAS, pending the ratification of the said conven tion by the Government of the United States it is in the interest of the United States to cooperate with the Govern ment of Egypt and the other capitulatory powers by suspend ing the jurisdiction now exercised by the minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States in Egypt and consenting to the transfer of that jurisdiction to the Mixed Tribunals of Egypt, except jurisdiction in matters involving the personal status of citizens of the United States; and WHEREAS satisfactory information has been received by me that the said Mixed Tribunals of Egypt are organized on a basis likely to secure to citizens of the United States in Egypt the impartial justice which they now enjoy under the judicial functions exercised by the minister, consuls, or other
functionaries of the United States pursuant to the said act of Congress of June 22, 1860:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said act of Congress approved March 23, 1874, do hereby suspend, effective Octo ber 15, 1937, during the pleasure of the President, the judi cial functions now exercised by the minister, consuls, or other functionaries of the United States in Egypt, except as to cases actually commenced before October 15, 1937, and ex cept as to matters involving the personal status of citizens of the United States as defined in article 28 of the Rgle ment dOrganisation Judiciaire annexed to the said conven tion of May 8, 1937.
IN W ITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the city of Washington this 9th day of October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty seal seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second.
F r a n k l in D R o o s e v e l t
By the President:
C ordell H u l l ,
Secretary of State.
No. 22553
F . R. Doc. 37-3007; Filed, October 11,1937; 4:01 p. m.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
R u l e s a n d R e g u l a t io n s t o G o v e r n t h e U s e , A d m in i s t r a t i o n , a n d N a v ig a t io n o f B a y o u T e c h e , L a .
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LAW

Section 7 of the River and Harbor Act of August 8, 1917, provides as follows:
That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of W a r to prescribe such regulations for the use, administration, and navigation of the navigable waters of the United States as in his judgment the public necessity may require for the protection of life and property, or of operations of the United States in channel improvement, covering all matters not specifically delegated by law to some other executive department. Such regulations shall be posted, in con spicuous and appropriate places, for the information of the public;
and every person and every corporation which shall violate such regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on con viction thereof in any district court of the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been com mitted, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment in the case of a natural person not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court.
THE REGULATIONS

The following rules and regulations are prescribed for the use, administration, and navigation of Bayou Teche, Lou2529