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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1917. 1733 act as to compensation to be paid therefor, and do hereby) require that all persons now residing thereon shall vacate the same yJanu- Present", on 0, ary 1, 1918. All owners of land and improvements, title and pos- claims for wmpema session of which are hereby taken under authority of said act of “°°‘ Co ess, and all (persons having claims or liens in respect thereto, ardlhbreby notiiie to appear before the commission appointed by the Secretary of War at their office in Aberdeen, Maryland, and present their- claims for compensation for consideration by said commission and ultimate determination lzyothe President in accordance with the provisions of the said act of ngress. “Foam This reclamation supersedes the proclamation issued on the 16th use ¤¤ps¤•uiii°°m° day of gctober, 1917, authorizing the Secretary of War to take over ‘"‘“· P ml" the lands above described together with other lands, which prior proclamation, in so far as it is inconsistent with this proclamation, ishereb revoked. IN VJITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia this 14th dlaly of December, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand ine Hundred and [SEAL.] Seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-second. Woomzow Winsor. By the President: Ronmrr Lansme, » Secretary of State. A ~ _ ‘ Br Tim Pnmsmmm or rm: Um·rmn:Sra·rms or Aumuoa D•¤¤¤*·•*¤· im- ` A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS the Congress of the United States, in the exercise of t,£‘{“""°""°“ ‘”` the constitutional authoritiy vested in them, by joint resolution of P*°¤'¤°*°· the Senate and House 0 Representatives, bearing date April 6, 1917, resolved: That the state of war between the United States and the Impe- w,?§’°é',L"¥,},_',,*’{’,_"' "" rial German Government which has thus been thrust upon the ·*¤¢··P·’· United States is hereby formally declared; and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorize and directed to ein loy the entire naval and military forces of the United States ami) the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Im erial German Govemment; and to bring the conilict to a successfuq termination, all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States. And by joint resolution bearing date of December 7, 1917, resolved: That a state of war is hereby declared to exist between the ,,l°§°,'f"${°§ ,‘{‘,f',§’E United States of America and the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hum HQQY- m garian Government; and that the President be, and he is hereby, 'p` ` authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on W8.1‘ against the Imperial and Royal Austro-Htmgarian Govemment; and to bring the coniiict to a successful termination, all the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States. _ And whereas it is provided by section 1 of the Act approved August ¤,,S§"t°” °°°"‘“' 29, 1916, entitled "An Act makin appropriations for the support V°*-3°·P·°*‘· of the Army for the fiscal year ending gune 30, 1917, and for other purposes," as follows: The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or