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 WHEREAS such proclamation provides that "The times and places for registration in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico will be fixed in subsequent proclamations."; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, do proclaim the following: 1. The first registration under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 for Puerto Rico shall take place in Puerto Rico on d Wednesday, the twentieth day of November, 1940, between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 9:00 P. M. 2. Every male person (other than persons excepted by section 5 (a) p of the aforesaid Act and those previously registered pursuant to the a said Proclamation of September 16, 1940, or pursuant to the Procla- mation issued by me on the first day of October, 1940, providing for registration for the Territory of Hawaii) who is a citizen of the United States residing in, or on November 20, 1940, is within, Puerto Rico or who is an alien residing in Puerto Rico, and who on the registration date fixed herein has attained the twenty-first anniversary of the date of his birth and has not attained the thirty-sixth anniversary of the date of his birth, is required to and shall on that date present himself for and submit to registration at the duly designated place of regis- tration within the precinct, district, or registration area in which he has his home or in which he may happen to be on that date. Every such citizen and alien residing in Puerto Rico who is not within Puerto Rico on the registration date fixed herein shall within five days after his return to Puerto Rico present himself for and submit to registration. The provisions of Section XIV entitled "Special Cases of Registra- tion", of Volume Two of the Selective Service Regulations prescribed by Executive Order No. 8545 of September 23, 1940, shall, so far as they may be applicable, govern the registration of those who on ac- count of sickness or other causes beyond their control are unable to present themselves for registration at the designated places of regis- tration on the registration date fixed herein. 3. Every person subject to registration is required to familiarize himself with the rules and regulations governing registration and to comply therewith. 4. I call upon the Governor of Puerto Rico to provide suitable and sufficient places of registration and to provide suitable and necessary registration boards to effect such registration. 5. I further call upon the Governor of Puerto Rico and all officers and agents of Puerto Rico and subdivisions thereof to do and perform all acts and services necessary to accomplish effective and complete registration; and I especially call upon al local election officials and other patriotic citizens to offer their services as members of the boards of registration. 6. In order that there may be full cooperation in carrying into effect the purposes of said Act, I urge all employers and government agencies of all kinds-Federal and local-to give those under their charge suffi- cient time off in which to fulfill the obligations of registration incum- bent on them under the said Act. 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 8th day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty, and of the [sEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hun- dred and sixty-fifth. _ fT wr.T.P Post, p. 2760; amlte, .2745. Puerto Rico. First registration, ate and time. Registration ofmale ersons between 21 nd 36;exception. Ante, pp. 887, 2739. Special cases of reg- stration. Observance of rules, etc. Facilities for regis tration. Services of Oover- nor, officers, etc. Local election offi- cials and other patri- otic citizens. Time off for regis- tration. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. 2749 PROCLAMATIONS-OCT. 8, 1940 54 STAT.] J4'. K1JJNM 1, 1'4J x%-AX-iM Tif"

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