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[56 STAT. PROCLAMATIONS-FEB . 6 , 10 , 1942 Immunization against diphtheria and smallpox. February 10, 1942 [No. 2540] Establishment of Boston Maritime Control Area; regula- tions. And I call upon the people in each of our communities to contribute to the conservation of child health and the reduction of illness among children by exerting every effort to the end that before May Day, Child Health Day, children over nine months of age be immunized against diphtheria and smallpox, the two diseases for which we have the surest means of prevention. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 6 t h day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-two and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-sixth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. ESTABLISHING BOSTON MARITIME CONTROL AREA AND PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL THEREOF BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the United States is now at war, and the establishment of the maritime control area hereinafter described is necessary in the interests of national defense: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and in accordance with the principle of self-defense of the Law of Nations, do hereby establish and proclaim the following-described area as the Boston Maritime Control Area, and prescribe the following regulations for the control thereof: BOSTON MARITIME CONTROL AREA All waters within the area enclosed by lines running as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the western shore of Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Massachusetts, and the parallel of latitude 42°40' North, in approximate Longitude 70°37'23" West; thence along that parallel to Longitude 70°12'30" West; thence along approximate true bearing 152° to position Lati- tude 42°00' North, Longitude 69044' West; and thence west true to the eastern shore of Cape Cod, Massa- chusetts, in approximate Longitude 72°01'10" West. REGULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF BOSTON MARITIME CONTROL AREA Vessels not under 1. A vessel not proceeding under United States naval or other sion, procedure. United States authorized supervision shall not enter or navigate the waters of the above-described Maritime Control Area except during daylight, when good visibility conditions prevail, and then only after specific permission has been obtained. Advance arrangements for entry into or navigation through or within the said Area must be made, preferably by application at a United States Naval District Head- quarters in advance of sailing, or by radio or visual communication on approaching the seaward limits of the Area. If radio telegraphy is used, the call "NQO" shall be made on a frequency of 500 kcs, and permission to enter the port requested. The name of the vessel, 1936