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1782 PROCLAMATIONS, 1918. May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, under such regulations as the President may prescribe not inconsistent with the terms of said Act. _ _ b,§°"°°' Ad “P¥’“°°‘ Sec. 4. That all such persons shall be subiqct to_ the terms and pro- ° visions and liabilities of said Act approved ay eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, in all respects as if they had been registered under the terms of said Act, and every such person shall be_deemed to have notice of the requirements of said Act and of this joint resolution upon the publication of any such proclamation by the President. _ 4m,p.a0. AND WHEREAS the act of Congress approved May eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, entitled "An act to authorize the President to increase temporarilly the Military Establishment of the United States," contains the fo owing provisions:

  • T‘m*%h§*°”" ’°‘ mt Sec. 5. * * * And any person who shall wilfully fail or refuse

m°` to present himself for registration or to submit thereto as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction in the district court of the United States having jmisdrction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, and shall thereupon be dnl registered: Provided, That in the call of the docket precedence shai be given, in courts trying the same, to the trial of criminal roceedings under this act. * * * mg§§””‘,£gg§,Q'}°Pg‘,j§ Sec. 6. That the If’resident is hereby authorized to utilize the Smre 6¤i¤i¤1s,¤¤¤· service of any or all de artments and any or all officers or agents of the United States andp of the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, and subdivisions thereof, in the execution of this act, and all officers and agents of the United States and of the several States, Territories, and subdivisions thereof, and of the D“‘Y °°‘“¥’“'s°"Y· District of Columbia, and all ersons designated or appointed under regulations prescribed by the {President, whether such appointments are made by the President himself or by the governor or other officer of any State or Territory, to perform any duty in the execution of _ this act, are hereby required to perform such duty as the President ‘*““’°”" °°'”"”°‘L shall order or direct, and all such officers and ents and persons so designated or appointed shall hereby have full authority for all acts done by them in the execution of this act by the direction of lm °""‘“*’· the President. Correspondence in the execution of this act may be carried in penalty envelopes bearing the frank of the War Depart- °"°“°“°$‘g°“‘°d· ment. Any person charged as herein provided with the duty of carrying into effect any of the provisions of this act or the regulations made or directions given thereunder who shall fail or neglect to perform such duty, and any person charged with such duty or having and exercising any authority under said act, regulations, or directions, who shall knowingly make or be a party to the making of any false or incorrect registration, physical examination, exemption, en istment, enrollment, or muster; and any person who shall make or be a party to the makinfg of any false statement or certificate as to the fitness or liability o himself or any other person for service under the provisions of this act, or regulations made by the President thereunder, or otherwise evades or aids another to evade the requirements of this act or of said regulations, or who, in any manner, shall fail or neglect fully to perform any duty required of him in the execution of this act, shall, if not subject to military law, be Punishment guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the district court of the United States ha jurisdiction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or, if subject to military law, shall be tried by court-martial and suffer such punishment as a court-martial may direct. ti Now, therefore, I, Woodrowv Wilson, President of the United mecha law. States. do call upon the governor of each of the several States, the