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 War Risk Insurance Bureau shall suspend within six months after the end of the war, but that for the purpose of the final adjustment of outstanding insurance or claims said division may, in the discretion of the President, be continued in existence for a period not exceeding three years after such suspension, and

V°'·“·P·‘”°· WHEREAS, by a Joint Resolution of the Congress of the United States, approved by the President on the third of -arch, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, it is provided that in the interpretation of any provision relating to the duration or date of the termination of the ate war between the Imperial German Government and the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Government and the Government and people of the United States, in any Acts of Congress contingent upon the date of the termination of such war, the date when such resolution becomes effective should be construed and treated as the date of the termination of the war, and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to continue the existence of said Division of Marine and Seamen's Insurance for the purpose of final adjustment of outstanding claims, and

V°l·*“·P·’*8· _ WHEREAS, b the Act of Congress entitled, "An Act to Establish a Veterans’ Bureau" and for other purposes, approved by the President on the ninth of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, the powers, duties and personnel of the War Risk Insurance Bureau were transferred to the Veterans’ Bureau, and

V°‘·‘“·P·”°’· WHEREAS, b a Joint Resolution of the Congress of the United States, approved lay the President on the twenty-fourth of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, the name of the Veterans’ Bureau was changed to the United States Veterans’ Bureau, and

V°*·*’· P· 22*8- WHEREAS,, Warren G. Harding, President of the United States, by proclamation of date the first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one and o the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-sixth, did declare and proclaim that the Division of Marine and Seamen’s Insurance of the United States Veterans’ Bureau should continue in existence for the purpose of making final adjustment of outstanding insurance or claims until the thirty—first of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and

V0!-*2· ¤·”·$°· WHEREAS, I, Warren G. Harding, President of the United States, b proclamation of date the fourteenth day of December in the {year of, our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty—one and o the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-sixth, did declare and proclaim that the Division of Marine and Seamen’s Insurance of the United States Veterans’ Bureau should continue in existence for the purpose of making final adjustment of outstanding insurance or claims until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and

W- ”» P- 2m·· WHEREAS, I, Warren G. Harding, President of the United States, by proclamation of date the thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty—two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-sixth, did declare and proclaim that the Division of Marine and Seamen’s Insurance of the United States Veterans’ Bureau should continue in existence for the purpose of making final adjustment of outstanding insurance or claims until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and

WHEREAS, it becomes necessary to further extend the existence of said Division of Marine and Seamen’s Insurance of the United States Veterans’ Bureau.

D '{,':f*,,°;"?"§_';°}§’l;{ NOW THEREFORE, I, Warren G. Harding, President of the mu, <=•>i¤¤¤¤•¤ until United States of America, by authority of the powers conferred upon °°°°°'”°°' 3’ ml me by said Acts and Resolutions of Congress, do hereby declare and