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 31 12 PROCLAMATIONS, 1905. reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the ter1ns of which agreement the United States of America may, at its pleasure, become a party to such agreement "_; _ And whereas it is also provided by said section that " the existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the _Pres1- · dent of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this act may require ”; - _ And whereas satisfactory official assurances have been given that in Norway the law permits to citizens of the United States the benefit of .. copyright on substantially the same basis as to the citizens of that countr : 4 mE°p§§{§,l§§edb°'{°g Now}; therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United zygects °i N°¤‘· States of America, do declare and proclaim that the first of the con- _ditions specified in section 13 of the act of March 3, 1891, is now fulfilled in respect to the subjects of Norway. I In testimony 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 first day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, and of [SEAL.] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and twenty-ninth. ’ Tmaonoim Roosnvnmr By the President: _ HERBERT H. D. Pnnzca Acting Secretary of State. Jmy 3, 1905. A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. A¤¤°“”°*¤g ********1 John Ha Secreta of State of the United States died on Jul igtiiriihgt iiiiiiaseci 1st. His deiiith, a crulsiliing sorrow to his friends, is tri the people o)f this country a national bereavement; and it is in addition a serious loss to all mankind, for to him it was given to stand as a leader in the effort to better world-conditions by strivin to advance the cause of international peace and justice. He entered the public service as the trusted and intimate companion of Abraham Lincoln, and for wellnigh forty-five years he served his country with loyal devotion and high ability in many positions of honor and trust; and finally he crowned his life work by serving as Secretary of State with such farsighted reading of the future and such loyalty to lofty ideals as to confer lasting benefits not only upon our own country but upon all the nations of the earth. As a suitable expression of national mourning, I direct that the diplomatic representatives of the United States in all foreign countries display the fiags over their embassies and legations at half-mast for ten days; that. for a like fperiod the Hag of the United States be displayed at half·mast at all orts and military posts and at all naval stations and on all vessels of the United States. I further order that on the day of the funeral the executive departments in the City of lVashington be closed and that on all public buildings throughout the United States the national flag be displayed at half—mast.