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 [54 STAT. If repairs are desired, a similar declaration shall be furnished stating Inclusion of certif- the cause of the damage and the nature of the repairs. In either case, ca te. a certificate shall be included to the effect that the desired services are in accord with the rules of the United States in that behalf. Provision of sup No agency of the United States Government shall, directly or agencies prohibited. indirectly, provide supplies nor effect repairs to a belligerent ship of war. Right of search; No vessel of a belligerent shall exercise the right of search within the pri zes . waters under the jurisdiction of the United States, nor shall prizes be taken by belligerent vessels within such waters. Subject to any applicable treaty provisions in force, prizes captured by belligerent vessels shall not enter any port, harbor, roadstead, or waters under the jurisdiction of the United States except in case of unseaworthiness, stress of weather, or want of fuel or provisions; when the cause has disappeared, the prize must leave immediately, and if a prize captured by a belligerent vessel enters any port, harbor, roadstead, or waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States for any other reason than on account of unseaworthiness, stress of weather, or want of fuel or provisions, or fails to leave as soon as the circumstances which justified the entrance are at an end, the prize with its officers and crew will be released and the prize crew will be interned. A belligerent Prize Court can not be set up on territory subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or on a vessel in the ports, harbors, roadsteads, or waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. vuessels operatinr The provisions of this proclamation pertaining to ships of war shall for hostile, etc., pur- apply equally to any vessel operating under public control for hostile poses. or military purposes. Neutrality of per- AND I do further declare and proclaim that the statutes and the sons within U. S. ter- ritory. treaties of the United States and the law of nations alike require that no person, within the territory and jurisdiction of the United States, shall take part, directly or indirectly, in the said war, but shall remain at peace with all of the said belligerents, and shall maintain a strict and impartial neutrality. Applicablityto AND I do further declare and proclaim that the provisions of this tih. one; es proclamation shall apply to the Canal Zone except in so far as such Pot, p. 238. provisions may be specifically modified by a proclamation or procla- mations issued for the Canal Zone. Observance of laws, AND I do hereby enjoin all nationals of the United States, and all persons residing or being within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, to observe the laws thereof, and to commit no act contrary to the provisions of the said statutes or treaties or in violation of the law of nations in that behalf. Miasonductof U. S. AND I do hereby give notice that all nationals of the United States tiondenied. and others who may claim the protection of this government, who may misconduct themselves in the premises, will do so at their peril, and that they can in no wise obtain any protection from the govern- ment of theUnited States against the consequences of their misconduct. Continuance in ef- This proclamation shall continue in full force and effect unless and until modified, revoked or otherwise terminated, pursuant to law. 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 fifth day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fourth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. PROCLAMATIONS-SEPT. 5, 1939 2634

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