PROCLAMATIONS-DEC. 29, 1939 EXTENDING THE PERIOD FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ADEQUATE SHIPPING SERVICE FOR, AND DEFERRING EXTENSION OF THE COASTWISE LAWS TO, CANTON ISLAND BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 21 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (41 Stat. 997), provides: "That from and after February 1, 1922, the coastwise laws of the United States shall extend to the island Territories and pos- sessions of the United States not now covered thereby, and the board is directed prior to the expiration of such year to have established adequate steamship service at reasonable rates to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of said islands and to maintain and operate such service until it can be taken over and operated and maintained upon satisfactory terms by private capital and enterprise: PROVIDED, That if adequate shipping service is not established by February 1, 1922, the President shall extend the period herein allowed for the estab- lishment of such service in the case of any island Territory or possession for such time as may be necessary for the establish- ment of adequate shipping facilities therefor * * *"; WHEREAS an adequate shipping service to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of Canton Island has not been established as provided in the aforesaid section; WHEREAS the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to Canton Island, as provided in the aforesaid section, is dependent upon the establishment of such adequate shipping service; and WHEREAS by Proclamation No. 2346 of August 21, 1939, the period for the establishment of an adequate shipping service for Can- ton Island was extended to January 1, 1940, and the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Island was deferred to that date: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 21 of the aforesaid Merchant Marine Act, 1920, do hereby declare and proclaim that the period for the estab- lishment of an adequate shipping service for Canton Island is further extended to January 1, 1941, and that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to Canton Island is further deferred to January 1, 1941. 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 29th day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. December 29, 1939 [No. 2379] Preamble. 46 U.S. C. 1877; Supp. V, § 877. Ante, p, 2627, post, p. 2767. Canton Island, ship- ping service. Ante, p. 2627. Establishment of service, timeoxtenddl. Deferment of exten- sion of coastwise laws ofU.S. 2677 54 STAT.]
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