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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1932. 2501 WHEREAS the said Andrew W. Mellon, Director General of Rail- roads, as aforesaid has tendered his resignation as said agentJ •which has been duly accepted, effective upon the qualification of his suc- cessor; Now, THEREFORE, I, HERBERT HOOVER, President of the United o~jf:'tt~m~ ~: States of America, under and by virtue of the power and authority agent. . vested in me by said act~ and of all other powers me hereto enabling, do hereby designate ana. appoint, effective the tweHth day of Feb- ruary, 1932, Ogden L. Mills, Director General of Railroads, and his successor in office, as the agent provided for in section 206 of said act, approved February 28, 1920. 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 12th day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-two, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-sixth. By the President: HENRY L STIMSON Secretary oj State. HERBERT HOOVER [No. 1988] 1fIGRATORY WATERFOWL BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION February 12, 1932. WHEREAS by proclamations of August 25 1931 and Se~tember Migratory water· h fh·• 'rf i 1.._ h fowl. 12, 1931, t e season or untmg DUgratory wate ow tll1'oug out t e -beamble. United States was restricted to one month in order to meet an emer- ~trl~Yo~475'm~t gency brought about by ex.cessive dr~ught over the principal breeding fled. ground of such waterfowl m the Umted. States; and WHEREAS the emergency has now been relieved; and Former provisions re- WHEREAS the Secretary of Agriculture has adopted an amend- stored. ment of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act regulations restoring the open Vol. 40, p. 755; U.S. seasons for waterfowl prescribed by the amendment of the regulations CA: 2440. apP!Oved March 17, 1931; ~OW THEREFOR~, I, HERBERT HOOVER,. President of. the votlllmat1ons reo Umted States of Amenca, do hereby revoke the saId proclamations A7IIe, pp. 2475, 2481. of AlIglli!t 25, 1931, and September 12, 1931, and the seasons during which m.igI-atory game birds may be hunted as prescribed by procla- te:J:ting seasons ex' mation of March 17, 1931, are hereby restored. Ante: p. 2440. 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 12" day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-two, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-sixth. By the President: HENRY L STIMSON Secretary oj State. HERBERT HOOVER [No. 1989]