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Highway No. 1 approximately 8.5 miles to the intersection of the westerly right-of-way boundary of United States Highway No. 1 with the center of the Intracoastal Waterway;

Thence Southwesterly with the center of the Intracoastal Waterway, approximately 36.0 miles to a point in the center of the Intracoastal Waterway about 1.3 miles due North from the most northerly point of Jewish Key in approximate latitude 24°51' 32" N., longitude 80°47′30′′ W.;

Thence Northwesterly across Florida Bay passing about 1 mile northeast of Schooner Bank and about 1 mile southwest of Sandy Key, approximately 25.4 miles to a point, at latitude 25°05' N., longitude 81°07′ W., approximately 2.8 miles southwest of Cape Sable;

Thence Northwesterly approximately 11.0 miles to a point at latitude 25°13′ N., longitude 81°13′ W., approximately 2.8 miles southwest of Northwest Cape;

Thence Northeasterly approximately 11.6 miles to a point at latitude 25°23′ N., longitude 81°12′ W., approximately 3.1 miles west of Shark Point;

Thence Northwesterly approximately 14.2 miles to a point in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 3.0 miles south of Seminole Point, 2.7 miles southwest of Porpoise Point, in approximate latitude 25°34'15" N., and at longitude 81°17′ W.;

Thence East, approximately 3.1 miles to the shore of the Gulf of Mexico approximately 0.5 miles southeast of Porpoise Point;

Thence East along the second latitudinal section line in T. 56 S., R. 31 E. (unsurveyed), approximately 2.2 miles to point for the corner common to sections 22, 23, 26 and 27 (unsurveyed);

Thence North, with the west boundary of section 23, one mile to the northwest corner thereof;

Thence East, with the north boundary of section 23, one mile to the northeast corner thereof;

Thence North, with the west boundary of section 13, one mile to the northwest corner thereof;

Thence East, with north boundary of section 13, one mile to the west boundary of T. 56 S., R. 32 E., the southwest corner of section 7;

Thence North, with the west boundary of T. 56 S., R. 32 E., section 7, one mile to the northwest corner of said section 7;

Thence East, with the fifth latitudinal section line through Tps. 56 S., Rs. 32, 33, 34 and 35 E., 19.0 miles to the northeast corner of section 7, T. 56 S., R. 35 E.;

Thence North, with the fifth meridional section line through Tps. 56, 55 and 54 S., R. 35 E., 10.0 miles to the south right-of-way boundary of Florida State Highway No. 27; Thence East, in part with the south rightof-way boundary of Florida State Highway No. 27, and in part with the south right-ofway boundary of United States Highway No. 94, Tamiami Trail, through Tps. 54 S., Rs. 35

and 36 E., approximately 11.8 miles to the place of beginning.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of the Interior to be affixed this 27th day of March 1947. OSCAR L. CHAPMAN,

Under Secretary of the Interior. AND WHEREAS upon consideration it appears that the foregoing regulation will tend to effectuate the purposes of the aforesaid Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, do hereby approve and proclaim the foregoing regulation of the Under Secretary of the Interior.

IN WITNESS 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 4th day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty[SEAL] seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-first. HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:

DEAN ACHESON,
Acting Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2725

AMENDING THE PROCLAMATIONS OF MARCH 6 AND MARCH 9, 1933, AND THE EXECUTIVE ORDER OF MARCH 10, 1933, TO EXCLUDE FROM THEIR SCOPE MEMBER BANKS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM1

WHEREAS on March 10, 1933, the President of the United States, in pursuance of the program to permit resumption of banking operations following the Bank Holiday Proclamations No. 2039 of March 6 and No. 2040 of March 9, 1933, respectively, issued Executive Order No. 6073 which, among other things, authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to permit any member bank of the Federal Reserve System and any other banking institution organized under the laws of the United States to perform any or all of

1 Codified as § 120.7 of Title 31, infra.

their usual banking functions except as otherwise prohibited; and

WHEREAS on December 30, 1933, the President of the United States issued Proclamation No. 2070 which excluded from the scope of the said proclamations of March 6 and March 9, 1933, and the Executive order of March 10, 1933, all banking institutions which were not members of the Federal Reserve System; and

WHEREAS by December 30, 1933, the Secretary of the Treasury had acted upon all requests for licensing of member banks of the Federal Reserve System; and

WHEREAS on December 31, 1945, the Secretary of the Treasury issued a General License to transact normal banking business to all banks thereafter authorized to begin business by the Comptroller of the Currency and to all State banks thereafter admitted to membership in the Federal Reserve System, and thereby dispensed with the requirement of an individual license for each new member bank of the Federal Reserve System; and

WHEREAS it is no longer necessary, or in the interest of government internal management, for the Secretary of the Treasury to license the transaction of normal banking business:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5 (b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, 40 Stat. 415, as amended, and section 4 of the act of March 9, 1933, 48 Stat. 2, and by virtue of all other authority vested in me, do hereby, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, proclaim, order, direct, and declare that the said proclamations of March 6 and March 9, 1933, and Executive order of March 10, 1933, as amended, are further amended to exclude from their scope banking institutions which are members of the Federal Reserve System: Provided, however, that no banking institution shall pay out any gold coin, gold bullion, or gold certificates, except as authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, or allow the withdrawal of any currency for hoarding.

This proclamation shall become effective as of March 15, 1947.

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CHILD HEALTH DAY, 1947

WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution of May 18, 1928 (45 Stat. 617), authorized and requested the President "to issue annually a proclamation setting apart May 1 of each year as Child Health Day and inviting all agencies and organizations interested in child welfare to unite upon that day in the observance of such exercises as will awaken the people of the Nation to the fundamental necessity of a year-round program for the protection and development of the health of the Nation's children"; and

WHEREAS every citizen of our country has an inescapable obligation to aid in insuring the American child's birthright of health and of freedom from handicaps; and

WHEREAS accidents are the leading cause of death and an important cause of crippling among children:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate May 1, 1947, as Child Health Day; and I invite interested individuals and agencies to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies designed to stimulate interest in and devotion to the cause of child welfare in the coming year.

I call upon parents to dedicate themselves on that day to the exercise of unusual diligence throughout the year toward the prevention of accidents in the home, so that the children may be protected from needless injury and suffering and may receive and enjoy the blessings of health and happiness.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of

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WHEREAS it is a felicitous American custom to turn our thoughts anew to the commemoration of motherhood on one day in each year; and

WHEREAS, in recognition of that custom, Public Resolution 25, 63d Congress, approved May 8, 1914, provides that the second Sunday in May of each year shall be designated as Mother's Day, and authorizes and requests the President to issue a proclamation calling for the public observance of that day; and

WHEREAS, in the eloquent words of the resolution, "the service rendered the United States by the American mother is the greatest source of the country's strength and inspiration":

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, hereby direct the officials of the Government to display the flag on all Government buildings on Mother's Day, May 11, 1947, and I call upon the people of the United States to display the flag on that day in their homes and other suitable places and to manifest through private and public expressions the reverent esteem in which we hold the mothers of our country.

IN WITNESS 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 11th day of April, in the year of our

Lord nineteen hundred and [SEAL] forty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventyfirst.

By the President:

DEAN ACHESON,

HARRY S. TRUMAN

Acting Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION 2728

NATIONAL MARITIME DAY, 1947

WHEREAS the future peace of the world, so earnestly sought by all, will be immeasurably advanced by the cooperation of the several nations in removing excessive restrictions upon international trade, and the United States has already assumed the lead in the reduction of barriers to world commerce; and

WHEREAS international trade and travel, utilizing merchant shipping on all the oceans of the globe, will serve as a vehicle of increased participation of the United States in world affairs; and

WHEREAS the welfare of the American Merchant Marine is of the utmost importance to our national economy, our national defense, and our friendly intercourse with foreign nations; and

WHEREAS the Congress by Public Resolution 7, 73rd Congress, approved May 20, 1933, took cognizance of the historic fact that "on May 22, 1819, the steamship The Savannah set sail from Savannah, Georgia, on the first successful transoceanic voyage under steam propulsion, thus making a material contribution to the advancement of ocean and transportation", requested the President to issue a proclamation annually calling for the observance of May 22 as National Maritime Day:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe May 22, 1947, as National Maritime Day by displaying the flag at their homes or other suitable places, and I direct that the flag be displayed on that day on all I also request Government buildings. that all ships sailing under the American flag dress ship on that day.

IN WITNESS 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 11th day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fortyseven and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-first. HARRY S. TRUMAN

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By the President:

DEAN ACHESON,

Acting Secretary of State.

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PROCLAMATION 2729

COPYRIGHT EXTENSION: NEW ZEALAND

WHEREAS by the act of Congress approved September 25, 1941 (55 Stat. 732) the President is authorized, on the conditions prescribed in that act, to grant an extension of time for the fulfilment of the conditions and formalities prescribed by the copyright laws of the United States of America with respect to works first produced or published outside the United States of America and subject to copyright or to renewal of copyright under the laws of the United States of America, including works subject to ad interim copyright, by nationals of countries which accord substantially equal treatment to citizens of the United States of America; and

WHEREAS the Governor-General of New Zealand has issued an Order in Council, effective from this day, by the terms of which treatment substantially equal to that authorized by the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941 is accorded in New Zealand to literary and artistic works first produced or published in the United States of America; and

WHEREAS the aforesaid Order in Council is annexed to and is part of an agreement embodied in notes exchanged this day between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of New Zealand; and

WHEREAS by virtue of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America dated April 9, 1910 (36 Stat. 2685) citizens of New Zealand are, and since July 1, 1909 have been, entitled to the benefits of the act of Congress approved March 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1075) relating to copyright, other than the benefits of section 1 (e) of that act; and

WHEREAS by virtue of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America dated February 9, 1917 (39 Stat. 1815) the citizens of New Zealand are, and since December 1, 1916 have been, entitled to the benefits of section 1 (e) of the aforesaid act of March 4, 1909;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941, do declare and proclaim:1

1 Noted in Title 37, § 202.1, infra.

That with respect to (1) works of citizens of New Zealand which were first produced or published outside the United States of America on or after September 3, 1939 and subject to copyright under the laws of the United States of America, including works subject to ad interim copyright and (2) works of citizens of New Zealand subject to renewal of copyright under the laws of the United States of America on or after September 3, 1939, there has existed during several years of the time since September 3, 1939 such disruption or suspension of facilities essential to compliance with the conditions and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copyright laws of the United States of America as to bring such works within the terms of the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941; and that accordingly the time within which compliance with such conditions and formalities may take place is hereby extended with respect to such works until the day on which the President of the United States of America shall, in accordance with that act, terminate or suspend the present declaration and proclamation.

It shall be understood that the term of copyright in any case is not and cannot be altered or affected by this proclamation, and that, as provided by the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941, no liability shall attach under the Copyright Act for lawful uses made or acts done prior to the effective date of this proclamation in connection with the above-described works, or in respect to the continuance for one year subsequent to such date of any business undertaking or enterprise lawfully undertaken prior to such date involving expenditure or contractual obligation in connection with the exploitation, production, reproduction, circulation, or performance of any such work.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

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PROCLAMATION 2730

AMENDMENT OF REGULATION RELATING TO MIGRATORY BIRDS AND GAME MAMMALS WHEREAS the Under Secretary of the Interior has submitted to me for approval the following regulations adopted by him, after notice and public procedure pursuant to section 4 of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U. S. C. Supp. 1003), on March 26, 1947, under authority of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755, 16 U. S. C. 704), Reorganization Plan No. II (53 Stat. 1431), and act of August 14, 1946 (Public Law 732, 79th Cong.):

AMENDMENT OF REGULATION RELATING TO MIGRATORY BIRDS AND GAME MAMMALS

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority contained in section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755, 16 U. S. C. 704), and Reorganization Plan No. II (53 Stat. 1431), I, Oscar L. Chapman, Under Secretary of the Interior, having due regard to the zones of temperature and to the distribution, abundance, economic value, breeding habits, and times and lines of flight of the migratory birds included in the terms of the conventions between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, and between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals, concluded February 7, 1936, have determined that development of future wildlife refuge areas and the protection of wildlife thereon may be accomplished in accordance with approved plans by individuals who have conveyed such lands to the United States for refuge purposes subject to a possessory estate and in accordance with such determinations do hereby amend the regulations approved by Proclamation No. 2616,1 July 27, 1944, as last amended by Proclamation No. 2699,2 of August 8, 1946, by the adoption of an amendment to Part 1 of Subchapter A of Chapter I of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, effective 30 days after publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER, as follows:3

1.71 Wildlife Development Areas. With respect to any lands which have

13 CFR 1944 Supp.

23 CFR 1946 Supp.

Codified as §§ 1.71-1.73 of Title 50, infra.

been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States for future use as a migratory bird sanctuary or other wildlife refuge, subject to an outstanding possessory estate, the owner of such outstanding estate may, in accordance with a program for the development of the area and the limitation of shooting during such development period, approved by the Secretary of the Interior, take such measures as are calculated to maintain and increase the waterfowl population of the area in question, and engage in the shooting of migratory birds within the limitations set forth in the approved program.

1.72 Revocation of Program Approval. Approval of any such program may be revoked by the Secretary of the Interior upon a finding that the terms of such program have been violated by the proponents thereof. Following such revocation, all rights and privileges derived from the existence of an approved area development program shall cease.

1.73 Notice and Hearing. Prior to any Secretarial determination that the terms of an approved area development program have been, or are being, violated by the proponent thereof a notice shall be sent to said proponent specifying the character, time and locality of the alleged violation and designating a representative of the Secretary with whom the proponent of the program may discuss any controverted issue of fact or interpretation in an effort to reach an amicable agreement or understanding. Thereupon, the said proponent shall cease and desist from the commission of acts specified in such notice for a period of 60 days, or if the case be finally determined during such 60-day period then only until such final determination. If, within 30 days after such notice has been received, no such agreement or understanding is reached then the Secretary may, after allowing such further opportunity for hearing as he deems proper, make and promulgate a final order revoking approval of the development area program. Thereupon, the provisions of section 1.3 of Part 1, Subchapter A, Chapter I, Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations shall be fully applicable to the area in question.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of the Inte

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