PROCLAMATIONS-MAR . 26, 1948 1495 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 2 6 th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: G C MARSHALL Secretary of State ENUMERATION OF ARMS, AMMUNITION, AND IMPLEMENTS OF WAR BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA March 26, 1948 [No. 27761 A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 12 (i) of the joint resolution of Congress approved November 4, 1939, provides in part as follows (54 Stat. 11; 22 U.S. C. 452 (i)): "The President is hereby authorized to proclaim upon recom- mendation of the (National Munitions Control) Board from time to time a list of articles which shall be considered arms, ammuni- tion, and implements of war for the purposes of this section***" NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the Designatlon of cer- United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority ammunition, asnd m conferred upon me by the said joint resolution of Congress, and plements of war. pursuant to the recommendation of the National Munitions Control Board, and in the interest of the foreign-affairs functions of the United States, hereby declare and proclaim that the articles listed below shall, on and after April 15, 1948, be considered arms, ammunition, and implements of war for the purposes of section 12 of the said joint resolution of Congress: CATEGORY I-SMALL ARMS AND MACHINE GUNS Rifles, carbines, revolvers, pistols, machine pistols, and machine guns (using ammunition of caliber .22 or over); barrels, mounts, breech mechanisms and stocks therefor. CATEGORY II-ARTILLERY AND PROJECTORS Guns, howitzers, cannon, mortars, and rocket launchers (of all calibers), military flame throwers, military smoke, gas, or pyrotechnic projectors; barrels, mounts and other components thereof. CATEGORY m-AMMUNITION Ammunition of caliber .22 or over for the arms enumerated under (I) and (II) above; cartridge cases, powder bags, bullets, jackets, cores, shells (excluding shotgun); projectiles and other missiles; percussion caps, fuses, primers and other detonating devices for such ammunition. CATEGORY IV-BOMBS, TORPEDOES AND ROCKETS Bombs, torpedoes, grenades, rockets, mines, guided missiles, depth charges, and components thereof; apparatus and devices for the handling, control, discharge, detonation or detection thereof. 62 STAT.]
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