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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1935. 3463 NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, Establishment of Area President of the United States of America, do hereby find and declare: No.1. 1. That vessels hover or are being kept off the coast of the United Description. States on the high seas adjacent to but outside customs waters within the area described as follows: That area of waters of the North Atlantic Ocean bounded by: (a) The arc of a circle described with a radius of one hundred nautical miles from a center at Latitude forty degrees thirty-seven minutes North (40°-37' N) Longitude sixty-nine degrees twcnty- three minutes West (69°-23' W). (b) That part of an irregular curve, included within the arc of the circle described in (a), which is the locus of points twelve nautical miles offshore from low water mark of the coast of the United States. (c) That part of an irregular curve, included within the arc of the circle described in (a), which is the locus of points sixty-two nautical miles offshore from low water mark of the coast of the United States. 2. That the place or immediate area within the area described in paragraph 1 where such vessels are hovering or are being kept is: That place or immediate area on the North Atlantic Ocean at Latitude forty degrees thirty-seven minutes North (40°-37' N) Longitude sixty-nine degrees twenty-three minutes West (69°-23' W). 3. That the area described in paragraph 1 does not include any waters more than 100 nautical miles from the place or immediate area where such vessels are and are hereby declared to be hovering or kept, and does not include any waters more than 50 nautical miles outwards from the outer limit of customs waters. 4. That! by virtue of the presence of such vessels within the area described m paragraph 1, the unlawful introduction or removal into or from the United States of merchandise or persons is being or may be occasioned, promoted, or threatened. . 5. That all the waters within the area described in paragraph 1 are in such proximity to such vessels that such unlawful introduction or removal of merchandise or persons may be carried on by or to or from such vessels. And I do herebl: proclaim that under the terms of the said An ti- Provlslollll of law to S · d 'bed' h . be enforced. mugglmg Act, t e area escn m paragrap 1 constitutes a customs-enforcement area, to be designated as Customs Enforcement Area No.1, and the provisions of law applying to the high seas adjacent to customs waters of the United States shall be enforced in such area upon ~y vessel, merchandise, or person found therein. 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 7" day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty· [SEAL] five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixtieth. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary oj State. FRANKLIN D nOOSEVELT [No. 2131]