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1660 PROCLAMATIONS-J18141 [55 STAT. Aug. 9, 1941 EXCLUDING LAND FROM THE CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT-IDAHO July 18, 1941 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [No. 2499] A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it appears that certain public land which is now a part of the Craters of the Moon National Monument in the State of Idaho, established by proclamation of May 2, 1924, 43 Stat. 1947, and enlarged by proclamations of July 23, 1928, 45 Stat. 2959, and July 9, 1930, 46 Stat. 3029, is not necessary for the proper care and management of the objects of scientific interest situated on the lands within the said monument; and WHEREAS it appears that such land is needed for the construction of Idaho State Highway No. 22, by the State of Idaho: Land excluded. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, c. 3060, 34 Stat. 225, U. S . C ., title 16, sec. 431, do proclaim that a strip of land situated in section 3, Township 1 North, Range 24 East, and sections 25, 34, 35 and 36, Township 2 North, Range 24 East, Boise Meridian, Butte County, Idaho, as shown on a map prepared by the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Highways, State of Idaho, on file in the General Land Office, Department of the Interior, bearing the title "FAP 128-E (1) Map showing right-of-way across Craters of the Moon National Monument-Butte County-Idaho February 1941-Scale 1"=400"' is hereby excluded from the Craters of the Moon National Monument. 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 18 t h day of July in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States the one hundred sixty-sixth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: SUMNER WELLES Acting Secretary of State. SUSPENDING THE INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINES CONVENTION IN PORTS AND WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES AND IN SO FAR AS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS CONCERNED Aug N st 9, 141 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [No. 25o0] A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS a convention establishing uniform principles and rules with regard to the limits to which ships on international voyages may 47 Stat. 22 be loaded, entitled "International Load Lines Convention", was signed by the respective plenipotentiaries of the United States of America and certain other countries at London on July 5, 1930; and