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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1918. 1809 successful termination all the resources of the country are hereby pled ed by; the Congress of the United States;" _ AND WEE EAS it is provided by section 1 of the act approved t,§f§t“*°"Y “““‘°“"* August 29, 1916, entitled "An act making appropriations fdr the V<>i·39,p-64—'» support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, and for ot er purgpses/’ as follows: "'l e President in time of war is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, or any part thereof, and to utilize the same, to the exclusion, as far as may be necessary, of all other traflic thereon, for the transfer or transportation of troops, war material, and equipment, or for such other purposes connected with the emergency as may be needful or des1rable;" AND WHEREAS it has now become necessary in the national defense to take possession and assume control of certain systems of transportation and to utilize the same, to the exclusion, as far as may be necessary, of other than war trailic thereon, for the transportation of troops, war material, and equipment therefor, and for other needful and desirable ur(poses connected with the rosecution of the war; NOW, THEREF RE, I, WOODROW VJBILSON, President of ,,,§,°,,°§*‘,f§§°,§l;}$n;,';,,‘;' the United States, under and b virtue of the powers vested in me ¤* ¤¤¤ ¤<>¤¤r>¤¤y- by the foregoing resolutions and statute, and by virtue of all other powers thereto me enabling, do hereby, throug Newton D. Baker, ecretary of War ta.ke possession and assume control at 12.01 A. M. on the twenty-fifth day of July, 1918, of the following system of transportation and the appurtenances thereof, to wit; the canal and other property of the Boston Cape Cod and New York Canal Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, consistirlig of a ship canal extending from Cape Cod Ba to Buzzards Bay in assachusetts, with all the appurtenances andy equipment of said canal, including all the lands, easements, wharves, docks, buildings, tugs, barges, ships, boats, tackle, a pliances, and all other pro erty of whatsoever kind owned, leased, dhartered, controlled or used by the said corporation in the maintenance and operation of said canal or in connection with the towage, pilotage, or anchorage of vessels passing through the same. _ To the end that said system of transportation be utilized for the ,,,£,§}Lf,?“°” '°‘ “`“' transfer and transportation of troops, war material, and equipment, to the exclusion so far as may be necessary of all other traffic thereon; O,d,,,,_,,y ,mSp“,m_ and that so far as such exclusive use be not necessary or desirable such ¤<>¤ ¤¤1¤-‘·¤1· system of transportation be operated and utilized in the performance of such other services as the national interest may require and of the usual and ordinary operation of the said transportation system. _ _ It is hereby directed that the possession, control, operation, and D§§",j},“‘$§§‘;§f§,‘§,, bg} utilization of such trans rtation s tem, hereby b me undertaken, R=jl;,¤¤<i¤· mp shall be exercised by andwlzhrou h l§Silliam G. McA¢loo, who has been i' p' ' duly appointed and designatedgDirector General of Railroads. Said Director General may lperform the duties imposed upon him, so long and to such extent as e shall determine, through the board of directors, officers, and employees of said corporation; or through such other agents or agencies as he may from time to time appoint. Until and except so far as said Director General shall from time to time by general or special orders otherwise provide, the board of directors, officers, and employees of said corporation shall continue the usual and ordinary operation of said transportation system in the name of said corporation. E _ _ Fedmlmd lfntil and except so far as said Director General shall from time S,,,§S§§€§, M, W,. to time otherwise by general or special orders determine, such sys- “““°d· tem of trms ortation shall remain subject to all existing statutes of the lfnited States and to all statutes and orders of regulating e0m· 12t)SOS°——vo1. 40, rrr 2——33