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REGISTER

FEDERAL
VOLUME 7

1934
NrttO

NUMBER 11

Washington, Friday, January 16, 1942
The President
REGULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE
CRISTOBAL AND THE GULF OF PANAMA
MARITIME CONTROL AREAS

E stablishing the C ristobal and the G ijlf of P anama M aritime C ontrol A reas and P rescribing R egulations fof. the C ontrol T hereof
1. A vessel not proceeding under United States naval or other United States authorized supervision shall not enter or navigate the waters of the above-described Maritime Control Areas except during daylight, when good visi bility conditions prevail, and then only after specific permission has been ob tained. Advance arrangements for en try into or navigation through or within the said Areas must be made, preferably by application at a United States Naval District Headquarters in advance of sail ing, or by radio or visual communication on approaching the seaward limits of either Area. If radio telegraphy is used, the call NQO shall be made on a fre quency of 500 kcs, and permission to en ter the port requested. The name of the vessel, purpose of entry, and name of master must be given in the request. If visual communications are used, the pro cedure shall be essentially the same.
2. Even though permission has been obtained, it is incumbent upon a vessel entering the said Areas to obey any fur ther instructions received from the United States Navy, or other United States authority.
3. A vessel may expect supervision of its movements within the said Areas, either through surface craft or aircraft.
Such controlling surface craft and air craft shall be identified by a prominent display of the Union Jack.
4. These regulations may be supple mented by regulations of the local United States naval authority as-necessary to meet local circumstances and conditions.
5. Should any vessel or person within the said Areas disregard these regula tions, or regulations issued pursuant hereto, or fail to obey an order of the United States naval authority, or perform any act threatening the efficiency of mine or other defenses, or take any action therein inimical to the defense of the United States, such vessel or person may be subjected to the force necessary toxequire compliance, and may be liable to detention or arrest, or penalties or for feiture, in accordance with law.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the United States is now at war, and the establishment of the maritime control areas hereinafter de scribed is essential in the interests of national defense; and WHEREAS the Government of the Republic of Panama has requested the cooperation of the Government of the United States in exercising control in Panamanian waters adjacent to the Pan ama Canal, in accordance with the joint obligation of the two countries under their General Treaty of March 2, 1936, and otherwise, to insure the effective protection of the said Canal:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and in accordance with the principle of self-defense of the Law of Nations, do hereby establish and proclaim the fol lowing-described areas as the Cristobal Maritime Control Area and the Gulf of Panama Maritime Control Area for the purposes of safeguarding the Pana ma Canal and for national and hemi spheric defense, and prescribe the following regulations for the control thereof:
Cristobal M aritim e Control Area All waters con tain ed w ith in th e seaward lim it of an arc described w ith th e w estern breakwater entrance lig h t a t Cristobal, Canal Zone, as a center, a radius o f 36 sea m iles, and m eeting th e shore lin e in th e east in th e v i cinity of p o sitio n L atitud e 9035 North, Longitude 7921 West, and in th e w est in the vicinity of p o sition L atitud e 09 "08 North, Longitude 8029 West.
G ulf
of
P anama M aritim e C ontrol Area
AU waters o f th e G ulf of Panam a to th e north of L atitude 8 North.

CONTENTS
THE PRESIDENT
Proclamation:
Cristobal and Gulf of Panama Maritime Control Areas, es tablishment, etc ----------Executive Order:
War effort act, provisions ex tended to contracts of cer tain d e p a r t m e n t s and agencies------------------------RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS

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T itle 16 C ommercial P ractices :

Federal Trade Commission:
Cease and desist orders:
Natures Herb Co-----------Stephen Rug Mills------------

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T itle 19 Custom s D u t ie s :

Bureau of Customs:
Calexico Municipal Airport, Calif., redesignation as airport of entry-----------Restrictions on imports and exports subject to Pro claimed List of Blocked Nationals, etc__________

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T itle 24 H ousing C redit :

Federal Savings and Loan In surance Corporation:
Insurance of accounts; forms of annual reports to be filed by insured institutions_________________
T itle 30M ineral R esources :
Bituminous Coal Division:
D i s t r i c t Board 13, relief granted_______________
T itle 31 M oney T reasury :

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F ina n ce :

Monetary Offices:
Foreign exchange transac tions, etc.:
General License No. 68A
amended____________
General License No. 83----General Ruling No. 10------T it l e 32N ational D e f e n s e :
Bureau of Mines:
Control of explosives and their ingredients in time of war or national emer gency ________________
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