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PROCLAMATIONS-OCT. 1 , 8 , 1940 2. Every male person (other than persons excepted by section 5(a) of the aforesaid Act and those previously registered pursuant to the said Proclamation of September 16, 1940) who is a citizen of the United States residing in, or on October 26, 1940, is within, the Terri- tory of Hawaii or who is an alien residing in such Territory, and who on the registration date fixed herein has attained the twenty-first anniversary of the date of his birth and has not attained the thirty- sixth anniversary of the date of his birth, is required to and shall on that date present himself for and submit to registration at the duly designated place of registration within the precinct, district, or regis- tration area in which he has his home or in which he may happen to be on that date. Every such citizen and alien residing in the Terri- tory of Hawaii who is not within such Territory on the registration date fixed herein shall within five days after his return to such Terri- tory present himself for and submit to registration. The provisions of Section XIV entitled "Special Cases of Registration", of Volume Two of the Selective Service Regulations prescribed by Executive Order No. 8545 of September 23, 1940, shall, so far as they may be applicable, govern the registration of those who on account of sickness or other causes beyond their control are unable to present themselves for registration at the designated places of registration on the regis- tration date fixed herein. 3. Every person subject to registration is required to familiarize himself with the rules and regulations governing registration and to comply therewith. 4. I call upon the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii to provide suitable and sufficient places of registration and to provide suitable and necessary registration boards to effect such registration. 5. I further call upon the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii and all officers and agents of the Territory of Hawaii and subdivisions thereof to do and perform all acts and services necessary to accomplish effective and complete registration; and I especially call upon all local election officials and other patriotic citizens to offer their services as members of the boards of registration. 6. In order that there may be full cooperation in carrying into effect the purposes of said Act, I urge all employers and government agencies of all kinds-Federal, Territorial, and local-to give those under their charge sufficient time off in which to fulfill the obligations of registration incumbent on them under the said Act. IN WITNESS 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 first day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America and one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. REGISTRATION DAY-PUERTO RICO BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Registration of male persons between 21 and 36; exception. Ante, pp. 887, 2739. Special cases of reg- istration. Observance of rules, etc. Facilities for regis- tration. Services of Gov- ernor, officers, etc. Local election offi- cials and other patri- otic citizens. Time off for regis- tration. October 8, 1940 [No. 2431] A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Congress has enacted and I have on the sixteenth Ppmbb. day of September, 1940, approved the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which declares that it is imperative to increase and train 1934T70-41 -PT . II -96 2747 54 STAT.]