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 1810 PROCLAMATIONS, isis. missions of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; but anynorders, general or special, hereafter made by said Director General s ll have tm. paramount authority and be obeyed as such. _ °°”"’°”°° The Director General shall, as soon as may be after  assumed such possession and control, enter upon negotiations W1 the said corporation looking to an agreement for {ustand reasonable Mt h t compensation for the possession, use and contro of its property. p¤,ps§°r¤§°iii$`ari.°° Except with the prior written assent of said Dn·ector General, no attachment by mesne process or on execution shall during Federal control be levied on or against any of the property of said corporation or used by said transportation iystem in the maintenance and operation of said canal while under ederal control; but suits may be brought by and   t the said corporation and judgments rendered as hitherto un and excetpt so far as said Director General may, mmmdm by Pgeneral or special orders, o erwise determine. ' om and after 12:01 A. M., on said twenty-fifth day of July, 1918, the transportation system included in this order and proclamation shall conclusively be deemed within the possession and control of said Director General without further act or notice; IN  WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done by the President, through Newton D. Baker, Secreta? oi War, in the District of Columbia this 22nd day of uly [san,.] in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hrmdred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and for-ty~third. Woonnow W1Ls0N By the President: Fang: L. Pilon}: S cti ccretcry o tate Nnw·roNnD. BAKER f Secretary of War BY rmi. Pnnsmnnr or nm Uurrnn S·rA·rr:s or Aunmca A PROCLAMATION “‘“°*"” °‘“"°"· WHEREAS an Act of Congress a roved Jul 18 1918 entitled Pr b . 1 1 1 mm il "An Act To confer on the President ggwer to reyscribe charter rates and freight rates and to requisition vessels, and for other purposcs", _ contains, among others, the following sections conferring authority n,?,ff"“°°"Y “““‘°""" upon the President: AM. v· M3. "Sec. 5. That the President may, by roclamation, require that vessels of the United States of any s ecidhd class or description, or in any specified trade or trades, shall not be chartered unless the instrument in which such charter is embodied, and the rates, terms, and conditions thereof are first approved by him. Whenever any vessel is comprised in an such procllimation, it shall be unlawful to make any charter thereog: or complywith or perform any of the rates, terms, or conditions of any charter thereof, or to operate such vessel under any charter, without first obtaining the approval thereof by the President. Whenever any charter of such vessel is approved, it shall be unlawful, without the approval of the President first obtained, to make any alterations in such charter, or additions thereto or deletions therefrom, or to make or receive any payment or do any act with respect to such vessel, except in accordance with such charte.r."