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2. TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT

Proclamation 2040-March 9, 1933

CONTINUING IN FORCE THE BANK HOLIDAY
PROCLAMATION OF MARCH 6, 1933

By the President of the United States

A Proclamation

WHEREAS, on March 6, 1933, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by Proclamation declared the existence of a national emergency and proclaimed a bank holiday extending from Monday the 6th day of March to Thursday the 9th day of March, 1933, both dates inclusive, in order to prevent the export, hoarding or earmarking of gold or silver coin, or bullion or currency, or speculation in foreign exchange; and

WHEREAS, under the Act of March 9, 1933, all Proclamations heretofore or hereafter issued by the President pursuant to the authority conferred by section 5 (b) of the Act of October 6, 1917, as amended, are approved and confirmed; and

WHEREAS, said national emergency still continues, and it is necessary to take further measures extending beyond March 9, 1933, in order to accomplish such purposes:

NOW, THEREFORE, Î, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, in view of such continuing national emergency and by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 5(b) of the Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. L., 411) as amended by the Act of March 9, 1933, do hereby proclaim, order, direct and declare that all the terms and provisions of said Proclamation of March 6, 1933, and the regulations and orders issued thereunder are hereby continued in full force and effect until further proclamation by the President.

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

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Proclamation 2070-December 30, 1933

THE RESTORATION OF NON-MEMBER BANKS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THEIR OWN STATE BANKING AUTHORITIES

By the President of the United States

A Proclamation

WHEREAS, on March 6, 1933, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of authority vested in me by the act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. L. 411), as amended, issued a proclamation declaring that an emergency existed and that a national banking holiday be observed;

WHEREAS, on March 9, 1933, I issued a proclamation continuing the terms and conditions of said proclamation of March 6, 1933, in full force and effect until further proclamation by the President; WHEREAS, on March 10, 1933, I issued an Executive Order authorizing the appropriate authority having immediate supervision of banking institutions in each State or any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to permit any banking institution not a member of the Federal Reserve System to perform any or all of its usual banking functions except as otherwise provided;

WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Treasury, pursuant to authority granted by other provisions of the said Executive Order of March 10, 1933, has acted upon all requests for licensing of banks members of the Federal Reserve System;

WHEREAS, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has acted upon all applications to it for membership in the Temporary Federal Deposit Insurance Fund as provided for in section 12B (y) of the Federal Reserve Act as amended by section 8 of the act of June 16, 1933, Public No. 66, 73d Congress, and has admitted to the said fund all applicant banks which are duly and properly qualified; and WHEREAS, it is now appropriate that the banking authority in each State and any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States should have and exercise the sole responsibility for, and control over, banking institutions not members of the Federal Reserve System;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, in order to assure that the banking authority in each State and in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States shall have and exercise the sole responsibility for, and control over, banking institutions which are not members of the Federal Reserve System, do hereby proclaim, order, direct, and declare that the proclamations of March 6, 1933, and March 9, 1933, and the Executive Order of March 10, 1933, and all orders and regulations pursuant thereto, are amended, effective the first day of January, nineteen hundred and thirty-four, to exclude from their scope banking institutions which are not 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, nor allow the withdrawal of any currency for hoarding, nor engage in any transactions in foreign exchange except such as may

be undertaken for legitimate and normal business requirements, for reasonable traveling and other personal requirements, and for the fulfillment of contracts entered into prior to March 6, 1933.

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

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Proclamation 2725-April 7, 1947

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 SYSTEM

By the President of the United States

A Proclamation

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

HARRY S. TRUMAN

Executive Order 6073-March 10, 1933

REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF BANKS

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 5 (b) of the Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. L., 411) as amended by the Act of March 9, 1933 and by Section 4 of the said Act of March 9, 1933, and by virtue of all other authority vested in me, I hereby issue the following Executive Order.

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and empowered under such regulations as he may prescribe 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 their usual banking functions, except as otherwise prohibited.

The appropriate authority having immediate supervision of banking institutions in each State or any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States is authorized and empowered under such regulations as such authority may prescribe to permit any banking institution in such State or place, other than banking institutions covered by the foregoing paragraph, to perform any or all of their usual banking functions, except as otherwise prohibited.

All banks which are members of the Federal Reserve System, desiring to reopen for the performance of all usual and normal banking functions, except as otherwise prohibited, shall apply for a license therefore to the Secretary of the Treasury. Such application shall be filed immediately through the Federal Reserve Banks. The Federal Reserve Bank shall then transmit such applications to the Secretary of the Treasury. Licenses will be issued by the Federal Reserve Bank upon approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. The Federal Reserve Banks are hereby designated as agents of the Secretary of the Treasury for the receiving of application and the issuance of licenses in his behalf and upon his instructions.

Until further order, no individual, partnership, association, or corporation, including any banking institution, shall export or otherwise remove or permit to be withdrawn from the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof any gold coin, gold bullion, or gold certificates, except in accordance with regulations prescribed by or under license issued by the Secretary of the Treasury.

No permission to any banking institution to perform any banking functions shall authorize such institution to pay out any gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates except as authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury, nor to allow withdrawal of any currency for hoarding, nor to engage in any transaction in foreign exchange except such as may be undertaken for legitimate and normal business requirements, for reasonable traveling and other personal requirements, and for the fulfillment of contracts entered into prior to March 6, 1933.

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