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PROCLAMATIONS, 1924. 1969 FORT MA TANZAS, FLORIDA F°’*M°*°'””·F'¤ An area of one acre comprising within it the site of the old fortification which is situated on a marsh island south of the present main channel of the Matanzas River in the southeast quarter of section 14, Township 9 South, Range 30 East, about 15 miles from the city of Saint An stine, and about one mile from Matanzas Inlet. IN WITNIESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. Done at the city of Washington this fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ’ [BEAL.] twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-ninth. Garvin Coounen By the President: Josmru C. Gmcw Acting Secretary of State. ' Br rim Pnzsmam or rum Uurrnn Sums or Amniuca A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, an Act of Congress entitled the "Merchant Marine X,,,"§*‘,,,§f§f“°‘· Act of 1920", approved June 5, 1920, contains the following provisions: ‘

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wise laws of the United States shall exten to the island territories and possessions of the United States not now covered thereby, and the board is directed prior to the expiration of such year to have established adequate steamship service at reasonable rates to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of said islands and to maintain and operate such service until it can be taken over and operated and maintained upon satisfactory terms by private capital and enter rise: Provided, That if adequate shipping service is not establlfshed by February 1 1922, the President shall extend the period herein allowed for the establishment of such service in the case of any island Territory or possession for such time as ma be necessary for the esta hshment of adequate shipp` facilities therefor: Provided further, That HD Coaiagressmiiall have authorized the Iilqgstljy as vessels of the Unit States of vessels owned in the P ppme Islands, the Government of the Philip- ·pine Islands is here y authorized to adopt, from time to time, and enforce regulations governing the transportation of merchandise and passengers etween ports or places in the Philippine Archipelago: And provided further, That the foregoing provisions of this section s all not take effect with reference to the Phili pine Islands until the President of the United States after a full) mvestigation of the local needs and conditions shall, by roclamation, declare that an adequate ship ing service has been established as herein provided and fix a dldte for the going into eH’ect of the same." AND WHEREAS, an adequate shipping service to accommodate the commerce and passenger travel o the Virgin Islands has not V¤¤·4¤»v-°°'*· been established as provided by Section 21 of the "Merchant Marine Act of 1920"· AND WHEREAS, a roclamation dated February 1, 1922, was V¤l·*$·¤· *2**1- issued by Warren G. Hparding, President of the United States of