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 2528 Villtin Is1ands. Preamble PROCLAMATIOXS. 1932. DOSE at the City of Washington this 13 day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-two, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-seventh. By the President: . HENRY L STIMSON Secretary oj State. HERBERT HOOYER [No. 2005] EXEMPTIO~ OF VIRGIN ISLANDS FROM COASTWISE LAWS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERIC. - \ A PROCLA~IATIOX '\'HEREAS an act of Congress entitled "~lerrhant ~hrine Art, 1920," approved June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. 988, 996), contained the following provisions: Statutorypro,ision. "SEC. 21 . That from and after February 1, 1922, the coastwise VoUI,p.m. laws of the United States shall extend to the island Territories and possessions of the United States not now covered thereby, and the board is directed prior to the expiration of such year to have estab- lished 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 operated and maintained upon satisfactory terms by private capital and enterprise: Extending period. Provided, That if adequate shipping service is not established bv February 1, 1922, the President shall extend the period herein allowed for the establishment of such service in the case of anv island Terri- tory or possession for such time as may be necessary for the establish- ment of adequate shipping facilities therefor." AND WHEREAS an adequate shipping service to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of the Virgin Islands had not been established as provided by section 21 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920; and zi~OI22s4..~'V~P·432261. WHEREAS the President of the United States, in accordance with 1928; 1943. f969; ·~tJ: the authority vested in him by section 21 of the :Merchant Marine tt(l~5.2~; ==~ Act, 1920, has from time to tune, to wit, on February 1, 1922, on VoI.46,pp.3002.3032. :May 18, 1922, on October 28, 1922, on October 25, 1923, on April 7, Ante,p.2466 . 1924, on October 23,1924, on April 25, 1925, on November 24,1925, on August 14, 1926, on August 9, lo927, on August 2, 1928, on Julv 26, 1929, on July 28, 1930, and on August 19, 1931, issued proclamations exten~ the time for the establishment of such service and deferring the applIcation of the coastwise laws to the Virgin Islands until September 30, 1932; ,!~eroresta~lishing Now, THEREFORE, I, HERBERT HOOVER, President of the United shippmg servtce to, S f Am' . d db' fh h' further extended to. tates 0 enca, actmg un er an y VIrtue 0 t e aut onty con- September30,IIW. ferred upon me by section 21 of the above-mentioned act, do hereby declare and proclaim that the period for the establishmE>nt of an adequate shipping service with the aforesaid Virgin Islands be further extended from September 30, 1932, to September 30, 1933. And inasmuch as the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Virgin Islands, as provided in section 21 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, is dependent upon the establishment of an ada- ~&licaTarmstroBot (talk)C08St- quate shipping service to such island possession, I do hereby further ws • proclaim and declare that the extension of the coastwise laws of the