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1>1z0cLAM.A*1*10Ns, 1917. 1725 Persons having rior settlement rights or preferences, as above I’¤'*°*‘ =¤¢¤·¤¤¤¤= iiefinedé wi;lu1be_aIlowed to make entry in accordance with existingrmm aw an re ations. IN WTIWESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia this thirtieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [snn.] seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-second; W W . oomzow ILSON By the President: ‘ Ronmrr Lansme, · Secretary of State. Br run Pmcsmmrr or run Umrnn Srarns or Aunmca. Dmmbers, 1917- A PROCLAMATION _ WHEREAS, Under and by virtue of an Act of Congress entitled ¤§,’,;"§Q,1’,,,.,_,*f‘ U’“°°" "An Act To punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the P¤·¤¤¤¤¤- neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the United States to gunish espionage, and better to enforce thecrimimllaws of theUnited tates, _ , gn} for ofgeg purposes/f approved byththe Presidentfon the 15th day une, 1,1t1spro amongo ertlungsas :·` ·— "Section 1. Whenever the by proclamation or f‘,‘f$_",g'f",,*{{_°"""'“· Executive order declares a emergency to- exist by reason of actual or threatmed war, insurrection, or invasion, or disturbance or threatened disturbance of the international relations of the United States the Secretary of the Treasury may make, subject to the approval of the President, rules and regulations governing the anchorage and movement of any vessel, foreign or domestic, in the territorial waters of the United States, may inspect such vessel at any time, place guards thereon, and, if necessary in his opinion in order to secure such vessels from damage or 1Il2'l11‘y, or to prevent damage or injmy to any harbor or waters o the United States or to secure the o servance of the rights and obligations of the United States, may take, by and with the consent of the President, for such pxuposes, full possession and control of such vessel and remove therefrom the officers and crew thereof and all other persons not specially *aut·ho£ized by him to go or remain on board ereo . " · AND WHEREAS, In a proclamation made biy me on the 6th day ‘*”"· "' *°‘°°‘ of Aprii, 1917, it was {proclaimed that a state o war exists between the ’nited States an the Imperial German Government, AND, WHEREAS, It is essential, in order to carry into effect the provisions of the said Act, which are noted herein, that the powers conferred u on the President thereinlbe at this time exercised, NOW, UHEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President “" of the United States of America, by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by the provisions of the said Act of Congress quoted herein, do hereby proclaim that a national emergency einsts by reason of the §;isten§iaGof a sigte of war between the United States and the eri erman ovemment. AEYD the Secretary of the Treasury is therefore hereby authorized S§,';,,,Y"‘, to make rules and regulations governing the anchorage and movement xy-? *¤ of any vessel, foreign or domestic, in the territorial waters of the United States, and to inspect such vessel at any time, place guards thereon, and, if necessary m his opinion in order to secure such vessels