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 PROCLAMATIONS-APR. 8, 25 , 1938 Treaty of friend- ship, etc.; consular authority in shipping controversies. 47 Stat. 2135 . Declaring Act as to Norway to be in force. 22 U.S. C.. 256- 268. WHEREAS the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Consular Rights concluded between the United States and Norway on June 5, 1928, and the additional article thereto, signed on February 25, 1929 (47 Stat. L. [pt. 2] 2135), provides for the jurisdiction of Norwegian consular officers in the waters and ports of the United States over controversies arising out of the internal order of private vessels of Norway and for the enforcement of discipline thereon by such consular officers; and WHEREAS due inquiry has been made of the Norwegian Govern- ment, and an answer has been received containing satisfactory assur- ances that provisions similar to the provisions of the said act for the execution of said treaty have been made and are in force in Norway; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim that provi- sions have been made to that effect by Norway and declare the afore- said act approved June 11, 1864, as amended (U. S . C ., title 22, secs. 256-258) to be in force as to Norway. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this 8" day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-second. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT NATIONAL MARITIME DAY-1938 April 25. 1938 [No. 2280] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION National Maritime WHEREAS in commemoration of the first successful transoceanic Day, 1938. Preamble. voyage made under steam propulsion by the steamship The Savannah, 48 Stat. 73. which set sail from Savannah, Georgia, on May 22, 1819, Public 36 U. S. C . 145. Resolution 7, approved May 20, 1933 (48 Stat. 73), provides: That May 22 of each year shall hereafter be designated and known as National Maritime Day, and the President is authorized and requested annually to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe such National Maritime Day by displaying the flag at their homes or other suitable places and Government officials to display the flag on all Government buildings on May 22 of each year."; AND WHEREAS May 22, 1938, falls on a Sunday: fnitin obsrvane NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of the United States to observe Monday, May 23, 1938, as National Maritime Day by displaying the flag at their homes or other suitable places, and do direct Government officials to display the flag on all Government buildings on that day. 1540 [52 STAT.

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