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1664 PROCLAMATIONS, 1917. be nec to carry the provisions of this Proclamation into full force and edect.

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 Washin%on, this 28th day of April, in the year of our Lord ineteen Hundred and Seventeen [sEA.L.] and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Forty-first.

Woomzow WILSON.

By the President:

Ronnnr LANSING,

Secretary of State.

““Y‘8»'°"· Br THE PRESIDENT or rim UNITED Smrns A PROCLAMATION

§§_;,,F‘?,§f’“ D°Y· WHEREAS, Congress has enacted and the President has on the Smmry mm 18;,h day hpfhMay one tholpssgnall nine hundred and seventeen approved M P'° ·a aw w 'c contains the o owing provisions:

m§i;¤»iiS¤¤.m’°°t m Sec. 5. That all male lpersons between the ages of twenty-one and ¤¤d1>!=¤>¤- with regulations to be prescribed by the President; and upon proclamation by the President or other public notice given by him or b his direction stating the time and place of such registration it shall be the duty of all persons of the designated ages, except officers and enlisted men of the_ Regular Army, the Navy, and the National Pmm, mm m_ Guard and Naval Militia while in the service of the United States, ferrod- to present themselves for and submit to registration under the provisions of this Act; and even? such person shall be deemed to have notice of the requirements o this Act upon the publication of said Pumshmm for M, proclamation or other notice as aforesai Rgiven by the President or resiswrinz. y his direction; and any person who sh wilful y fail or refuse to present himself for registration or to submit thereto as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, u on conviction in the district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, be pumshed by imprisonment for not more than one year, and shall _ thereupon e duly registered:_ Provided, That in the call of the m‘;{;°°‘*°”°" ¤"’°” Wdocket precedence shall be given, in courts trying the same, to the trial of criminal proceedings imder this Act: Provided further, An mm denim. That persons shall be subject to registration as heroin provided who shall ave attained their twenty- rst birthday and who shall not have attained their tlurgi-first irthday on or before the day set for the registration, and persons so registered shall be and remain subject to draft into the forces hereby authorized, unless exempted Registrationbymall. or excused therefrom as in this Act provided: Provided further, That in the case of temporary absence from actual place of legal residence of any person hable to registration as provided herein such l1;cg1ts§ra1t‘ion_;1nay be made by mail under regulations to be prescribed y e resident.
 * Z,‘§,%§§§’,; 0, ,,,,,,9 thirty, both_inelusive, s all be subject to registration in accordance

m%;;§w;&g§§é;1i¤r;;E Sec. 6. That the President is hereby authorized to utilize the sem omrsaiaete. service of any or all dgipartments and argv or all officers or agents of the United States an of the several tates, Territories, and the District of Columbia, and subdivisions thereof, in the execution of this Act, and all officers_and agents of the United States and of the Dm several States, Terntories, and subdivisions thereof. and of the Y °°"‘*’“*’°"" District of Columbia, and all persons designated or appointed under regulations prescribed by the President whether such appointments