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rRocLAMAr1oNs, 1912;. 1795 `ven, in courts trying the same, to the trial of criminal rogeedings under this act. * * * P _ _ _ Sec. 6. That the President is hereby authorized to utilize the mgZ§"§§§Z°,§1fo‘l”§{§’§°g service of any or all departments and any or all officers or agents °m°i°iS» °”· of the United States and 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 District of Columbia, and all persons designated or Duty °°‘”P“‘S°'Y· 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 Authority mam perform such duty as the President shall order or direct, and all such officers and agents and persons so desi ated or appointed shall hereby have ull authority for all acts dblne by them in the execution of this act by the direction of the President; Corre- °’°°“"°”“· spondence in the execution of this act mp; be carried in penalty _ envelopes bearinghfthe frank of the ar Department. Any °“°"’°“ d°“g““‘°d· person charged as rein provided with .the duty of carrying into effect any o the provisions of this act or the regulations made or directions given thereunder who shall fail or neg act to perform such duty 2 and any person charged with such duty or having and exams? any authority under said act, fregulationsjor directions, w 0 shall knowingly make or be .a· party to the making of any false or incorr tratjon, physical examination, exemption enlistment, ent, orzmuster; and any person who shall make or be a to the making of any false statement or certificate as to the tness or liability of himself pr 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 milit law, be guilty of a mis- P¤¤1=h¤¤•¤¢- demeanor, and upon conviction inmtbe district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, be punished by imlprisonment for not more than one year, or, if subject to m' `tary law, shall be tried by court-martial and suffer such unishment as a court-martial may direct. AliD WHEREAS, on the twentieth day of Mizly, one thousand ·*”"·P·"“· nine hundred and eighteen, the President of the nited States did issue a. proclamation calling upon all persons subject to registration in the several States and in the District of Columbia to register as provided bg the aforesaid Public Resolution. AND REAS, in such Proclamation it was provided among other thinvs that A day for registration in the Territories of Alaska, Hawaii, **”’°·P·’m· and Porto Rico will be named in a later roclamation. M 5 lm d . _ U N()§Vé'I`HE1§EF(%RE, I, WO(1DROW N£, President of the y day Bt i nite tates, or the urpose o fixing` e ate or r tration in M gi the Territory of Porto lllco, do hereby set, iix, and estaglilgh the fifth i ml day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, as the date of registration, and I do hereb direct that on such day, between the hours of 7 A. M. and 9 P. Nli, all male persons herein made subject to registration, do present themselves for the jiurpose of réelgistration for military urposes, at such places and to e register by such persons or ogicials in each municipality as shall be designated and appointed by the Governor of Porto Rico. 12080S°—vor. 40, rr 2--32