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 PROCLAMATIONS-APR. 15, 1941 State of be NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- Yenogary dent of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred on me by the said joint resolution, do hereby proclaim that, Hungary having without justification attacked Yugo- slavia, a state of war exists between Hungary and Yugoslavia and that it is necessary to promote the security and preserve the peace of the United States and to protect the lives of citizens of the United States. Officers to prevent And I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States, charged violatons. with the execution of the laws thereof, the utmost diligence in prevent- ing violations of the said joint resolution and in bringing to trial and punishment any offenders against the same. Powers of ecretary And I do hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the power to o State exercise any power or authority conferred on me by the said joint resolution, as made effective by this my proclamation issued there- under, which is not specifically delegated by Executive order to some other officer or agency of this Government, and the power to promul- gate such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of its provisions. 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 15" day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. April 15,1941 [No. 2478] 16t. S.C.1703- 711. 5U. . C. §133t (note). Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Tex., certain adjacent lands and waters designated as closed area. 39 Stat. 1702 . 50 Stat. 131L CLOSED AREA UNDER THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT TEXAS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Acting Secretary of the Interior has submitted to me for approval the following amendatory regulation adopted by him on March 31, 1941, under authority of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755, 16 U. S. C. 704), and Reorganization Plan No. II (53 Stat. 1431): AMENDMENT OF REGULATION DESIGNATING AS CLOSED AREA CERTAIN LANDS AND WATERS ADJACENT TO, OR IN THE VICINITY OF THE ARANSAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, TEXAS By virtue of and pursuant to the authority contained in section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755, 16 U. S . C . 704), and Reorganization Plan No. II (53 Stat. 1431), I, A. J. Wirtz, Acting Secretary of the Interior, having due regard to the zones of temperature and to the distribution, abundance, economic value, breeding habits, and times and lines of flight of the migratory birds included in the terms of the conventions between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, and the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of mi- gratory birds and game mammals concluded February 7, 1936, [55 STAT.

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