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 1804. PROCLAMATIONS, 1918. ’“¤°“·"“· BY mm Pnssmnm or run Umrnn Sums or Ammuca - A PROCLAMATION iiiziiimniiie. “WHEREAS, by reason of the existence of a state of war it is essential to the national security and defense, for the successful prosecution of the war, and for the support and maintenance of the Army and Navy, to secure an adequate supply of sugar and other food products in the United States, including the Territory of Hawaii; efliitgihghlgiiisdiig “N ow therefore, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United }‘;§{,,,f§{,c§,‘{*"'“'“* States, by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by law. do hereby · End and determine, and by this proclamation do announce that it is essential in order to secure such adequate food supply to continue to the fullest extent possible the cultivation of all public lands in the Territory of Hawaii now under cultivation in sugar or other food products; and for the purpose of continuing such cultivation and of the. roduction of all such food products the Commissioner of Public Iliands of the·Territo of Hawaii, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorize? and empowered to enter into all necessary contracts with thelessees of any of said Govemment lands, the leases of which have expired or which, while this proclamation is in force, will expire, or with  other person, firm, or corporation for the continued cultivation o said lands, until such time H atmm mom as the same shall be occupied and cultivated by homesteaders. ¤m°"i¤ cuiuvmm, "And to further effectuate the pigpose of this proclamation, the °‘°· s?iduComc1l1;iisioner, wéth the approv o§_ the Governor, imay require; o su omestea ers at the time 0 ente into B11' s ecia homestead agreements, a contract which maymlig incorporated) into such special homestead agreement to continue the cultivation of their homesteads and to reimburse any person or corporation who or which shall have done any cultivation or other work on said land, with the approval of the Commissioner and Governor, for the conservation of cuwithereon, to the amount of the actual cost of such work." IN h’g`I4lElSSf  havebhereimgzg set my hand and ca t o e nite _ tos to e Done in the District of Columbia this 24th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and [san,.] of the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-second. W oomzow Winsor: By the President: Ronmrr Limsmo, Secretary of State.  Br mn Pnssmswr or rim Uxrrrzn STATES or Amsiuca. A PROCLAMATION. Germandock props- . . . ty on nuam mm. WHEREAS the Act of Congress makin a ro nations to su 1 P'°°“""’· urgent deficiencies in appropriations for tlge year ending diiinje 3{BL 1918, and prior fisc Bdygiars, lpnzgccpgiigt pf)  ex§enses and for o er purposes, a rov arc, 1 u `c— o. 109—65th ' uézmméumwm Congress) containgllhe following provisions '· *" · _ "'Ilhe President is authorized to acquire the title to the docks, piers, warehouses, wharves, and terminal eqkipment and faciliites on the Hudson River now owned by the orth German Lloyd Docl: Company and the Hamburg-American Line Terminal and Navigation Company, two corporations of the State of New Jersey, if he shall eem it necessary for the national security and