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 PROCLAMZATIONS, 1922. 2269 The withdrawal made by this proclamation shaH, as to all lands m§g'd"¤‘**$·°°°··¤°* embraced in any valid a plication or entry pending at the date of the ` approval of the aforesaig Act, or reservation for an public purpose, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat fegal hts under such aégplication or entry, nor prevent the use for such puliiic pm·pose of lan so reserved, so ong as such claims are legally maintained or such reservation remains in force. ` IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the·seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this fifteenth da of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine humged and twenty- [sian,.] two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-sixth. Wammu G Hannmo By the President: Cmmnns E. Huorms Secretary of State. Br rim Pamsmmrr or rmi Unrrma Sums or Anmmoa A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, An act of Congress entitled the "Merchant Marine Act of 1920", approved June 5, 1921, contains the following provisions: “Szc. 21. That from and after February 1, 1922, the coastwise %i°i.m4iT;i.%i•iYm°m laws of the United States shall extend to the island territories and possessions of the United States not now covered thereby, and the oard is directed prior to the expiration of such year to have established adequate steamship service at reasonable rates to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of said islands and to maintain and operate such service until it can be taken over and qperated and maintained iriplon satisfactory terms by private capital an enterprise: Provided, at if adequate shippling service is not established February 1, 1922, the President s al extend the period herein allowed for the establishment of such service in the case of any island territo or possession for such time as may be necessary for the establighment of adequate shipiping facilities therefor: Provided further, That until Congress shall ave authorized the registry as vessels of the United States of vessels owned in the Philip me slands, the overnment of the Philippine Islands is hereby autlibrized to adopt, Prom time to time, and enforce regulations governing the transportation of merchandise and passengers between Triprts or Palaces in the Philippine Archipelago: And provided further, at the oregoing rovisions of this section shall not take effect with reference to the Philippine Islands until the President of the United States after a full investigation of the local needs and conditions shall, by proclamation, declare that an adequate shipping service has been established as herein provided and fix a date for the going into eH’ect of the same. " AND WHEREAS, an adequate shipfping service to accommodate V°'·*‘·¥’·"”· the commerce and passenger travel o the Virgin Islands has not been established as provided by Section 21 of the "Merchant Marine Act of 1920": Now, irraanronn, 1, Warren G. Hm-(aug, President of the e?I»‘€$é°;1.°$§.,*?"€§?‘:;€ United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority {gsi ¤¤ N¤*¤¤b°*1· conferred on me by Section 21 of said act of Congress, having issued .4»u,p.ms1. a proclamation on February 1, 1922, declaring that the period for P°"*P‘m7‘ the establishment of adequate shipping service of the aforesaid Virgin 42150°-von 42, rr 2--47