WHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by reserving and setting apart said lands as a public forest reservation and the same have been designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as the Boone National Forest; National Forest, Vol. 36, p. 963. NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of North Carolina. the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section eleven of said Act and by section twenty-four of the Act of March three, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An Act To repeal timberculture laws and for other purposes", do proclaim that there are hereby reserved and set apart as a public forest reservation all of said lands within the area shown as the Boone National Forest on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof, and that all lands therein which have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States under authority of said Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall be permanently reserved and administered as part of the Boone National Forest. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia this 16 day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-fourth. By the President: ROBERT LANSING, WOODROW WILSON BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, certain lands within the States of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States under authority of the Act of Congress approved March first, nineteen hundred and eleven (36 Stat., 961), entitled "An Act To enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers"; and WHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by reserving and setting apart said lands as a public forest reservation, and the same have been designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as the Nantahala National Forest; NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section eleven of said Act and by section twenty-four of the Act of March three, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An Act To repeal timber-culture laws and for other purposes", do proclaim that there are hereby reserved and set apart as a public forest reservation all of said lands within the area shown as the Nantahala National Forest on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof, and that all lands therein which have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States under authority of said Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall be permanently reserved and administered as part of the Nantahala National Forest. February 12, 1920. Federal Railroad control. Preamble. Appointing Director General of Railroads agent to effect reim bursement for equip riers, etc. Ante, p. 1782. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia this 29th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-fourth. By the President: ROBERT LANSING WOODROW WILSON BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, it is provided in Section 4 of the Act of Congress approved November 19, 1919, entitled, "An Act to Provide for the Reimbursement of the United States for motive power, cars, and other equipment ordered for railroads and systems of transportation under Federal control and for other purposes", that the President may execute any of the powers therein granted through such agencies as he may determine; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, under and by virtue of the powers and authority vested in ment furnished car me by law affecting the Federal control of railroads and systems of transportation, and under said Act of Congress approved November 19, 1919, and of all powers me hereto enabling, do hereby constitute and appoint Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, my agency for the purpose of executing, and authorize and empower him to execute, any and all of the powers granted to me by the said Act of November 19, 1919, either personally or through such divisions, agencies, or persons as he may appoint, and either in name of the President or in his own name or in the name of such divisions, agencies, or persons, as fully in all respects as the President is authorized to execute any and all said powers. February 17, 1920. Hawaiian Islands. Vol. 31, p. 159, Vol. 36, p. 447. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done this 12th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and of the Independence [SEAL.] of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-fourth. By the President: ROBERT LANSING, WOODROW WILSON BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS section ninety-one of the Act of Congress approved April thirtieth, nineteen hundred, entitled "An Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii" (31 Stat., 141-159), as amended by section seven of the Act approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and ten (36 Stat., 443, 447), authorizing the transfer of the title to certain public property ceded and transferred to the United States by the Republic of Hawaii under the joint resolution of annexation, approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight (30 Stat., 750), and in the possession and use of the Territory of Hawaii, to said Territory; and WHEREAS it is necessary that the title to such public property be transferred to the Territory of Hawaii; Vol. 30, p. 750. Title ritory. of property Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States ceded by Republic of America, by virtue of the power vested in me by section seven of the transferred to the TerAct of Congress approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and ten (36 Stat., 443, 447), do hereby transfer to the Territory of Hawaii the title to all such public property so ceded by the Republic of Hawaii and in the possession and use of said Territory for the purposes of water, sewer, electric, and other public works, penal, charitable, scientific, and educational institutions, cemeteries, hospitals, parks, highways, wharves, landings, harbor improvements, public buildings, or other public purposes, or required for any such purposes: Provided, That this proclamation shall not affect the vious status. title to any such public property within the said Territory taken for the uses and purposes of the United States, unless such property has been or shall be restored to its previous status by direction of the President of the United States in accordance with said section seven of the Act approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and ten. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia this 17th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-fourth. Restoration of pre By the President: FRANK L. POLK Acting Secretary of State. WOODROW WILSON BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. February 27, 1920. Copyrights. WHEREAS, it is provided by the Act of Congress of March 4, 1909, entitled "An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts respecting Vol. 35, p. 1077. copyright", that the benefits of said Act shall extend to the work of an author or proprietor who is a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation, only upon certain conditions set forth in Section 8 of said Act, to-wit: (a) When an alien author or proprietor shall be domiciled within the United States at the time of the first publication of his work; or (b) When the foreign state or nation of which such author or proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens, or copyright protection substantially equal to the protection secured to such foreign author under this Act or by treaty; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States may, at its pleasure, become a party thereto; AND, WHEREAS, it is also provided by said Section that "The existence of the reciprocal conditions aforesaid shall be determined Benefits extended to subjects of Sweden, by the President of the United States, by proclamation made from time to time, as the purposes of this Act may require"; AND, WHEREAS, The King of Sweden has declared, under authority of law, that on and after February 1, 1920, citizens of the United States shall be entitled to all the benefits conferred by the new copyright laws of Sweden, including the exclusive right to reproduce their works by means of records or perforated rolls or any other appliances for mechanical reproduction; NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of including mechanical the United States of America, do declare and proclaim that one of musical reproductions. the alternative conditions specified in Section 8 of the Aot of March 4, 1909, was fulfilled in respect to the subjects of Sweden on February 1, 1920, and that the subjects of Sweden from and after that date shall be entitled to all the benefits of the said Act, and the acts amendatory thereof to and including the Act of Congress of March 28, 1914. including copyright controlling the parts of instruments serving to reproduce mechanically a musical work, as provided in Section 1 (e) of the said Act, in the case of all works by Swedish authors which have been published on or after February 1, 1920, and have been deposited and registered for copyright in the United States. Vol. 38, p. 311. February 28, 1920. Transportation Act, 1920. Preamble. Ante, p. 469. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 27th day of February, in By the President: FRANK L POLK Acting Secretary of State. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Act approved February 28th, 1920, entitled "An Act to provide for the termination of Federal control of railroads and systems of transportation; to provide for the settlement of disputes between carriers and their employees; to further amend an Act entitled 'An Act to regulate commerce', approved February 4, 1887, as amended, and for other purposes", contains certain provisions with reference to the termination of Federal control of railroads and systems of transportation, and WHEREAS Section 211 of said Act is as follows: "Sec. 211. All powers and duties conferred or imposed upon the President by the preceding sections of this Act, except the designation of the agent under section 206, may be executed by him through such agency or agencies as he may determine". NOW, THEREFORE, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United Railroads designated States, under and by virtue of the power and authority so vested in ferred upon the Presi- me by said Act, and of all other powers me hereto enabling, do hereby dent in terminating designate and appoint Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, Director General of to exercise powers con Federal control. Exception. or his successor in office, either personally or through such divisions, agencies or persons as he may appoint, to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon me by the provisions of said Act of February 28th, 1920, except the designation of the agent under Section 206 thereof; and hereby confirm |