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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1918. 1819 entitled "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other V°l·39·P·535· purpIoses," approved Au§Et 25, 1916 (39 Stat., 535). I TEST MONY W REOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia This 3d day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, [sEAL.] and of the Inde endence of the United States of America the one hundred) and forty-third. Woonnow Wn.soN By the President FRANK L. Pom; Acting Secretary of State. BY THE Pmzsmmrr Or THE UNITED STATES or Ammuca. A¤¤¤S*7, 1918· A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, an Act of Congress, entitled "Shipping Act, 1916," §,*,1;gg,ig§,fm¤$‘€’s· approved September 7, 1916, as amended by an Act of Congress V¤l·w,p-73®- entitled "An Act To amend the Act approved September seventh, §inetee1éhl§undredBand(§·ii_:teen1, entitled, ‘Ar; Act to establiséi a United tates in oar or the ose 0 encour, eve 0 ing, and creatiiig agnaval auxillarypaliidi naval reservwigl a mercliant marine to meet the requirements of the commerce of the United States with its Territories and possessions and with foreign countries ; to regulate carriers by water in the foreign and interstate commerce Sum wma, of the United States· and for other purposes,’ " approved July 15, em. my w` 1918, contains the following provisions: ""‘* p· °°1· "Sec. 37. That when the United States is at war or during any national emergency, the existence of which is declared by proclamation of the President, it shall be unlawful, without first obtaining the approval of the board: " (a) To trans er to or to lace under any foreign registry or flag any vessel owned in wholie or in part by any person a citizen of the United States or by a corporation organized under the laws of the United States, or of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof; or " (b) To sell, mortgage, lease, charter, deliver, or in an manner transfer, or agree to sell, mortgage, lease, charter, deliver, or in any manner transfer, to any person not a citizen of the United States, (1) any such vessel or any interest therein, or (2) any vessel documented under the laws of the United States, or any interest therein, or (3) an shipyard, dry dock, ship-building or ship-repairing plant or iiacilities, or any interest therein; or " (c) To enter into any contract, agreement, or understanding to construct a vessel within the United States for or to be delivered to any person not a citizen of the United States, without expressly stipulating that such construction shall not begin until after the war or emergency proclaimed by the President has ended; or "(d) T0 make any agreement or effect any understanding whereby there is vested in or for the benefit of any person not a citizen of the United States, the controlling interest or a majority of the voting power in a corporation which is organized under the laws of the United States, or of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof, and which owns any vessel, shipyard, dry dock, or shipbuilding or ship—repairing plant or facilities; or