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PROCLAMATIONS, 1931. Mexico, Utah, Arizona, California, Nevada, Idaho, and Oregon the open season shall be from SeJ.>tember 1 to December 15; In that portion of Texas lymg west and north of a line more par- ticularly described in the paragraph establishing the open seasons on Wilson's snipe, or jacksnipe, the open season shall be from Sep- tember 1 to October 31 ; In that portion of Texas lying south and east of the aforesaid line the op~n season shall be from October 1 to November 30; In North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama (except in Mobile and Baldwin Counties), Mississippi, and Louisiana the open season shall be from September 1 to September 30 and from November 20 to January 31; In that portion of Alabama comprising Mobile and Baldwin Count- ies the open season shall be from November 1 to January 31; In Florida (except in Dade, Monroe, and Broward Counties) the open season shall be from November 20 to January 31; and In that portion of Florida comprising Dade, Monroe, and Broward Counties the open season shall be from September 16 to November 15. 2479 Now, THEREFORE, I, HERBERT HOOVER, President of the United Regu]ationapproved. States of America, do hereby approve and proclaim the foregoing amendatory regulation. 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 25" day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-one, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-sixth. HERBERT HOOVER By the President: W. R. CASTLE, Jr. Acting Secretary of State. [No. 1966] SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE SURRENDER OF LORD CORNWALLIS AT YORKTOWN BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION September 3, 1931. WHEREAS October 19,1931, is the one hundred and fiftieth anniver- SurreD~er of Lord sary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, which brought ~~nwallis. YOI'ktown, to an end the heroic struggle of our forefathers for political freedom Preamble. and the ideals of liberty upon which our institutions are founded; and WHEREAS it is fitting that this momentous event in the history of our nation be commemorated in such a manner as to inspire love of our country and devotion to its ideals by recalling to this generation the struggles of the past; Now THEREFORE, I, HERBERT HOOVER, President of the United Recommending Oe- States of America, do recommend that appropriate religious cere- ~~JS;:~93JCe~~: monies be held in the churches of the country on Sunday, October 18, nialof. 1931, in commemoration of that event and in thanksgiving for the blessings that have been bestowed upon the people of the United States; and Especially d.o I recommend that Monday, October 19, 1931, be fittingly observed in universities, schools, and other suitable places,