63 STAT.]
PROCLAMATIONS-AUG. 24, 25, 1949
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 24th day of August in the
year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of
[SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one
hundred and seventy-fourth.
By the President:
1291
HARRY S TRUMAN
DEAN ACHESON
Secretary of State.
FURTHER POSTPONING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROCLAMATION No.
2775 OF MARCH 26, 1948, PRESCRIBING CHANGES IN PANAMA
CANAL TOLL RATES
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS section 411 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved
June 19, 1934, authorizes the President to prescribe and from time to
time change the tolls that shall be levied by the Government of the
United States for the use of the Panama Canal, and provides that no
tolls when so prescribed shall be changed unless six months' notice
thereof is given by the President by proclamation; and
WHEREAS increased tolls for the use of the Panama Canal were
prescribed by Proclamation No. 2775 of March 26, 1948, the said
proclamation to become effective on October 1, 1948; and
WHEREAS the effective date of the said Proclamation No. 2775
was thereafter postponed until September 1, 1949; and
WHEREAS it appears consistent with the public interest further
to postpone the effective date of the said Proclamation No. 2775:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the
United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the aforesaid section 411 of title 2 of the Canal Zone
Code, do hereby proclaim that the effective date of the said Proclama-
tion No. 2775 of March 26, 1948, is further postponed to, and shall
be April 1, 1950.
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 25th day of August in the
year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of
[SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one
hundred and seventy-fourth.
By the President:
DEAN ACHESON
Secretary of State.
HARRY S TRUMAN
Augst 25, 1949
INo. 28621
62 Stat. 149 .
62 Stat. 1494.
62 Stat. 1494 .
Effective date of
Proclamation No.
2775.
63 Stat. 144.
UNITED NATIONS DAY, 1949
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS throughout the march of civilization mankind has
yearned for security, justice, and lasting peace; and
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