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PROCLAMATIONS, 1918. 1853 of any State or Territory, to perform any duty in the execution of this Act are hereby required to perform such uty as the President . shall order or direct, and all suc oiilicers and agents and persons so Aumnty °°m’°"°d‘ designated or appointed shall hereby have full authority for all acts done by them m the execution of this Act by the direction of the President. Correspondence in the execution of this Act may be carried in penalty envelopes bearing the frank of the War Depart- OH d . d ment. Any person charged as herein provided with the duty of °°°°s °°g°°t°' 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 exercisingh any authority under said Act, regulations, or directions who sh knowingly make or be a nparty to the making of any false or incorrect registration, physic examination, exemption, enlistment, enrollment or muster; and any person who shall make or be a party to the makiqg of any false statement or certificate as to the fitness or liability 0 himse 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, s all, if not subject to military law, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the district court of the P“““"‘”’°°*· United States having jurisdiction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or, if subject to military law, shall be tried by court·mar·tial and suffer such punishment as ar courtmartial ma direct. Am P ,8,0 AND WTTEREAS, on the thirt —first day of August, one thousand ’ ` nine hundred and eighteen, the President of the United States did issue a. Proclamation calling u on all persons subject to registration in the several States and in the District of Columbia to register as provided b the aforesaid Act of Congress: Am 1, _ AND WTIEREAS, in such Proclamation it was rovided amen °’p‘ M other things that "A day or days for registration in iihe Territories 0% Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico will be named in a later proclamam°“·U . . . October is to ne. Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wdson, President of the United mmm ia, 19l8,desig- States, for the purpose of fixing the time for registration in the Terri- §‘§§f,,,,‘Q,‘;_ l’°"°‘* ‘°‘ tory of Alaska, do hereby set, fix, and establis the period between 7 a. m. on the fifteenth day of October to 9 p. m. on the sixteenth day of December (Sundays and legal holidays excepted), one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, as the period of registration, and I do hereby direct that during such period all male persons herein made subject to registration do present themselves for the purpose of registration at such places and during such hours, and to be registered by such persons or officials in suc areas as shall be designated and a pointed by the Governor of the Territory of Alaska. Omms . M kB And} I do call uion the Governor of Alaska and all members of cauea upauiiii exeihite Local Boards in Alaska and agents thereof appointed under the °“°““'· provisions of said Act of Congress approved May 18, 1917, and all ollicers and ents of the Territory 0 Alaska, and of the counties and rnunicipgities therein, to gprform certain duties in the execution of the foregoing law, whic duties are communicated to them directly in regulations dated August 31, 1918. Pmmmmenagm All male persons in Alaska who shall have attained their e` hteenth ofl_Sa¤d-15requi¥edt0 birthday and who shall not have attained their forty-sixthliirthday "g“‘°’ ou or before Monday, the sixteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, the last day herein named for re¢ristra— Em,,,t,,,,,s_ tion, are required to register: Provided, however, That the follbowing _ _ persons are hereby exem ted from registration, to wit: Persons P"' '°g"°"‘“°"‘ who, prior to the last daylherein named or registration, have regis- 12080S°-—voa 40, rr 2-36