PROCLAMATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA March 19, 1919. A PROCLAMATION Licenses for food Preamble. WHEREAS, under and by virtue of an Act of Congress entitled commodities. "That, by reason of the existence of a state of war, it is AND, WHEREAS, it is further provided in said act as follows: "That, from time to time, whenever the President shall find it essential to license the importation, manufacture, storage, mining, or distribution of any necessaries, in order to carry into effect any of the purposes of this Act, and shall publicly so announce, no person shall, after a date fixed in the announcement, engage in or carry on any such business specified in the announcement of importation, manufacture, storage, mining, or distribution of any necessaries as set forth in such announcement, unless he shall secure and hold a license issued pursuant to this section. The President is authorized to issue such licenses and to prescribe regulations for systems of accounts and auditing of accounts to be kept by licensees, submission of reports by them, with or without oath or affirmation and the entry and inspection by the President's duly authorized agents of the places of business of licensees." AND, WHEREAS, by virtue of the above provisions certain public announcements were made by the President from time to time as a result of which the importation, manufacture, storage and distribution of certain necessaries was licensed. Statutory provisions Vol. 40. p. 277. Announcing the licensing of designated essential. AND, WHEREAS, a changed situation has been brought about by the present armistice in the war between the United States and Germany. NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of products no longer the United States of America, by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by said Act of Congress, hereby find and determine and by this Proclamation do announce that it is no longer essential in order to carry into effect the purposes of the Act that the importation, manufacture, storage or distribution of certain necessaries be subject to license, to the extent hereinafter specified. Specified licenses canceled. Hawaiian Islands. Licenses heretofore required for the importation, manufacture, storage or distribution of certain necessaries are hereby cancelled, effective April 1, 1919, with respect to the following: All persons, firms, corporations or associations engaged in importing, manufacturing (including packing), storing or distributing fresh, canned or cured beef, pork or mutton, or lard. All regulations issued under the said Act covering licensees so dealing in these commodities are hereby cancelled, effective April 1, 1919. This Proclamation shall in no way affect licenses heretofore required for the importation, manufacture, storage or distribution of necessaries, or regulations governing licensees, other than as indicated above. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the City of Paris, France, this nineteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and [SEAL.] Nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the One Hundred and Forty-third. WOODROW WILSON By the President: FRANK L. POLK Acting Secretary of State BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, by joint resolution "to provide for annexing the Lighthouse lands, Hawaiian Islands to the United States," approved July 7, 1898, the Maui Island. Preamble. VOL 30, p. 750. cession by the Government of the Republic of Hawaii to the United States of America, of all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies, and the transfer to the United States of the absolute fee and ownership of all public, government or crown lands, public buildings, or edifices, ports, harbors, military equipment, and all other public property of every kind and description belonging to the government of the Hawaiian Islands, was duly accepted, ratified, and confirmed, and the said Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies annexed as a part of the territory of the United States, and made subject to the sovereign dominion thereof, and all and singular the property and rights herein before mentioned vested in the United States of America. AND WHEREAS, it was further provided in said resolution that the existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands in the Hawaiian Islands, but the Congress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition; 36, p. 447. AND WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has provided Vol. 31, p. 159; Vol. by the Act of April 30, 1900, chapter 339, section 91, as amended by the Act of May 27, 1910, chapter 258, section 7, that the public property ceded and transferred to the United States by the Republic of Hawaii under said resolution shall be and remain in the possession, use and control of the government of the Territory of Hawaii and shall be maintained, managed, and cared for by it, at its own expense, until otherwise provided for by Congress, or taken for the uses and purposes of the United States by direction of the President or of the governor of Hawaii, and that any such public property so taken for the uses and purposes of the United States may be restored to its previous status by direction of the President; AND WHEREAS, because of a change in conditions certain pieces and parcels of land situated on the Island of Maui, in the Territory of Hawaii, reserved for lighthouse purposes by Presidential Vol. 35, p. 2211. Proclamation of December 4, 1908, and by Proclamation of the Governor of Hawaii, of October 11, 1912, are no longer required for such purposes; stored to Territory. NOW THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of Lighthouse lands rethe United States, by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby declare, proclaim and make known that the parcel of land situated at McGregor Point, District of Lahaina, on the Island of Maui, in the Territory of Hawaii, reserved for lighthouse purposes by Pres- Vol. 35, p. 2211. idential Proclamation of December 4, 1908, be and the same is hereby restored to the possession, use and control of the government of the Territory of Hawaii, to wit; Dwelling Site: From a concrete monument marking former location of McGregor McGregor Point. Point Light Station measure by true azimuth 138° 45′ 945 ft. to a point on the hillside for a place of beginning. Thence by true azi muths and distances: 1. 157° 52′ 275 ft. thence 2. 104° 15' 450 ft. thence 3. 337° 52′ 560 ft. more or less to north side of Government road; thence 4. Along Government road to place bearing 337° 52′ and being about 300 ft. distant from place of beginning, thence 5. 157° 52' 300 ft. to place of beginning. Containing 4.2 acres more or less. AND FURTHER, do hereby declare, proclaim and make known Kanahena Point. that the parcel of land situated at Kanahena Point, on the Island of Maui, in the Territory of Hawaii, taken for lighthouse purposes by Proclamation of the Governor of Hawaii of October 11, 1912, be and the same is hereby restored to the possession, use and control of the government of the Territory of Hawaii, to wit; From PUU O KANALOA Triangulation Station measure by true azimuth 86° 23′ 6092.1 feet to an ahu for a place of beginning; thence 1. 68° 58' 250 feet to an ahu by the sea; thence 2. Continuing said course 68° 58' to high water mark at sea; thence 3. In a southeasterly direction along the sea at high water mark; thence 4. 177° 06' to an iron bolt sunk in the rock and formerly used as a guy for a wireless telegraph mast. Thence continuing the last described course; thence 5. 177° 06′ 849 feet to the place of beginning. Containing 4.3 acres more or less. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE this 8th day of April, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Inyo National Forest, Calif. and Nev. Preamble. Vol. 38, p. 113. Area diminished. Excluded lands restored to settlement. Vol. 38, p. 113. Time of opening. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by excluding certain lands from the Inyo National Forest, in California and Nevada, and by restoring the public lands subject to disposition in the excluded areas in a manner authorized by the Act of Congress approved September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen (38 Stat., 113), entitled "An Act To authorize the President to provide a method for opening lands restored from reservation or withdrawal, and for other purposes"; Now, therefore, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (30 Stat., 11 at 34 and 36), entitled "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes", do proclaim that the boundaries of the Inyo National Forest are hereby changed to exclude the areas indicated as eliminations on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part hereof. And I do further proclaim and make known that in my judgment it is proper and necessary, in the interest of equal opportunity and good administration, that all of the excluded lands subject to disposition should be restored to homestead entry in advance of settlement or other forms of disposition, and pursuant to the authority reposed in me by the aforesaid act of September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, I do hereby direct and provide that such lands, subject to valid rights and the provisions of existing withdrawals, shall be opened to entry only under the provisions of the homestead laws requiring residence, at and after, but not before, nine o'clock a. m., standard time, on the eighty-fourth day after the date of this Proclamation, and to settlement and other disposition under any public land law applicable thereto, at and after, but not before, nine o'clock a. m., standard time, on the ninety-first day after said date. ProsFiling applications. pective applicants may, during the period of twenty days preceding the date on which the lands shall become subject to entry, selection or location of the form desired under the provisions of this Proclamation, execute their applications in the manner provided by law and present the same, accompanied by the required payments, to the proper United States Land Office in person, by mail, or otherwise, and all applications so filed, together with such as may be submitted at the hour fixed, shall be treated as though simultaneously filed and shall be disposed of in the manner prescribed by existing regulations. Under such regulations conflicts of equal rights will be determined by a drawing. Warning against trespassing prior to opening. Warning is hereby given that no settlement initiated prior to seven days after the date herein prescribed for homestead entry will be recognized, but all persons who go upon any of the lands to be restored |