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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1920. 1789 and continue in him, and his successors in office all Powers mae rea. authong heretofore delegated under the Federal (`§ii1ii·gl‘S AES iinii¤•.»iiim°| Act M`- ¤PP1'0Y _ MH-tch 21, 1918, exceg, as Such powers and authority have VM- 40. v- 451- been limited in the said Act of ebruary 28th, 1920. Phe said Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, or his  *’°"°' °°“` successor in office, is hereby authorized and directed, until otherwise pronded by proclamation of the President or by Act of Congress, to do andlpe orm as fully in all respects as the President is authorized to do a and singular the acts_an things necessary or proper in order to carry into effect the provisions of this roclamation, the provisions of said Act of February 28th, 1920, and tihe unrepealed provisions of the said Federal Control Act of March 21, 1918. · IN WITNESS WHERIEOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed. Done by the President in the District of Columbia this 28th day of February, in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and [sian,.] Twenty, and of the Independence of the United States the One I undred and Forty Fourth. Woonnow Wrnson By the President: Fnamc L Pour Acting Secretary of State BY mn Pxnsmnxr or THE UNITED Smams or Ammica ¥¤rch1l,1v20. A PROCLAMATION • WHEREAS Section 206 of the Act approved February 28, 1920 wgunsporrscion Am, entitled "An Act to provide for the termination of Federa control oi réumma, railroads and systems of transportation; to provide for the settle- ‘"'“·"""" ment of disputes between carriers and their employees; to further amend an - ct entitled ‘An Act to regulate c0mmerce’, approved February 4, 1887, as amended, and for other purposes", provides that the President shall within thirty (30) days after the assage of said Act designate an agent against whom shall be brouglilt actions at law, suits in equity, and proceedings in admiralty, based on causes of action arising out of the possession, use, or operation by the President of the railroad or system of transportation of any carrier (under the provisions of the Fe eral Control Act, or of the Act of August :29, 1916) of such character as prior to Federal control could have been brought against such carrier., _ _ _ NOW, 'l HEREFORE, I, \Voodrow Wilson, President of the United G§f§‘,{H“,§°,‘{’,§l{”,§§f,f{[§ States, under and by virtue of the power and authority so vested in ;;=··g;¤wg;;&g;§·gj;; me by said Act, and of all other powers me hereto enabling, do heresy mil. _ desi ate and appoint Walker D. Hines, Director General of R `· '°""·°·"9‘· roatlgi and his successor in office, as the agent provided for in Section 206 of said Act, alvroved February; 28, 1920. IN `WITNESS EYHEREOF, I ave hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be afiixed. Done by the President in the District of Columbia this 11th day of i March, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and [anu,.] Twenty, and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Forty Fourth. Woonnow Winsor: By the President: Fnaxx L Porn Acting Secretary of State.