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 1 714 PROCLAMATIONS, 1917. any of the oses of this Act, and shall publicly so announce, no person sliilllj after a date fixed in the announcement, engage in or carry on any such business specifiedin the announcement of importation, manufacture, storage, ncumng, or distribution of any necessaries as set forth in such a.nnouncement,_unless he shall secure and hold a license issued pursuant to this section. The President is authorized to issue such licenses and to prescribe regulations for the issuance of licenses and requirements for systems of accoimts and auditing of accounts to be kept by licensees, submission of reports by them, with or without oat or affirmation, and the entry and inspection by the President’s duly authorized agents of the places of business of licensees." AND, WHEREAS, It is essential, in order to carry into effect the provisions of the said Act, that the powers conferred upon the_Presi— en; bjgl said Act be at this time exercised, to the extent heremafter set ort, ·“g}*%§}°€md“§§h“§; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the hilary pmauasases-United States of America, by virtue of the powers conferred upon E€$$§“¤¤§}° md °°°` me by said Act of Congress, hereby find and determine and by this proclamation do announce that it is essential, in order to carry into effect the pu oses of said Act, to license the manufacture of necessaries, TO Tll1BE EXTENT HEREINAFTER SPECIFIED. ,°c{’g§fj°“’· °'*°—» °" All persons, firms, corporations and associations, who manufacture P¤~i¢,P1>. mz, mo. for sa e bread in any form, cake, crackers, biscuits, pastry or other baker products (excepting, however, those whose consumption of any filiur and meal in the manufacture of such roducts is, in the aggregate, less than ten barrels a month), are liierebpyp required to ·rocure a license on or before December 10, 1917. his includes hotels, restaurants, other public eating places, and clubs, who serve bread or other bakery pro ucts of their own baking. AA, PP*¥9g;gl¤ *¤ Fwd Application for license must be made to the United States Food Ad- °“ ministration, Washington, D. C., Law Department—License Division, on forms prepared by it for that purpose, which may be obtained on r uest. Penalty f¤r umm- 9(liny person, firm, corporation or association, other than those °l`“°°°` hereinbefore excepted, who shall engage in or carry on any business _ hcreinbefore specified after December 10, 1917, without first procuring ·""'· "· 2*  license, will be liable to the penalty prescribed by said Act of 0 on ess. IN WITNESS WVHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia, this seventh day of November, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and [SEAL.] Seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the One Hundred and F orty—Second. Woomzow W11.soN By the President: Ronrmr Lluvsmo, Secretary of State.  BY mm Pnnsmmrr or run Yxrrnn Srrxrms or Amanrca. A PROCLALLXTION. g,*r’;;gg{f€°°mi°*· WHEREAS, Under and by virtue of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to_ provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the {production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution o food products and fuel," approved by the President on phi? 10th day of August, 1917, it is provided andng other things as o ows: