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PROGLAMATIONS, 1920. 1801 approved Augusf24, 1912, (37 Stat. L. 561) and known as the Panama "°*· 3"» P- 5***- anal Act, provides that upon the completion of the Panama Canal the President shall cause it to be officially and formally opened for use and o eration; and WIIEREAS the Canal is coggleted, and is open for commerce; NOW, THEREFORE, I, W DROW WILSON, President of the clF¢;1¤¤¤|¤P•¤i¤s do- United States of America, acting under the authority of the Panama " ' Canal Act, do hereby declare and proclaim the official and formal opening of the Panama Canal for use and operation in conformity with the laws of the United States. · IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aflixed. Done in the District of Columbia, this 12th day of Juli, in the . {era: of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hun ed and . [snan.] enty, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the One Hundred and Forty-fifth. Woomzow Winsor: By the President: · » Nommn H. Davis ` Acting Secretary of State. BY run Pnnsmnirr or rim UNITED STATES or Aimmca A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, certain lands within the States of North Carolina, $}7¤§kg,N¤:1E*;<;¤;§lm Tennessee and Virginia have been or may hereafter be acquired by vaf " " the United States under authority of the Act of Congress approved $f,‘}?'§§§§’jg6l_ March first, nineteen hundred and eleven (36 Stat., 961), entitled "An Act To enable any State to coogerate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers"; and _ VVHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by reserving and setting) apart said lands as a public forest reservation, and the same have een designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as the Unaka National Forest; NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the Ngggigggingerggg; United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by ¤essee,aaa xggzaaxa. section eleven of said Act and by section twenty-four of the Act of ¥§{j?§§;§; mg March three, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (26 Stat., 1103), entitled "An Act To repeal timber·culture laws and for other purposes", do proclaim that there are hereby reserved and set apart as a public forest reservation all of said lands within the area shown as the Unaka National Forest on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof, and that all lands therein which have been or may hereafter be ac- ?uired by the United States under authority of said Act of March irst, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall be permanently rwerved and administered aarplart of the Unaka National Forest. IN WITNESS EREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia. this twenty-fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL.] twenty, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty·lifth. Woooaow Wrnson By the President: Bamnnmon Couxr Secretary of State.