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 PROCLAMATIONS-SEPT. 3,1941 Coordinator for National Defense, detailed survey maps of which shall be of record in the said office, commencing at Port St. Joe Florida, and extending in a northerly direction through the States of Florida and Georgia, and into Tennessee to a point on the Tennessee River at or in the vicinity of Chattanooga, Tennessee, (2) that South- eastern Pipe Line Company, a private corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, has commenced the work necessary for the construction of such a pipe line system, and has partially con- structed the same and represents that it is prepared to complete said pipe line system, and (3) that it is necessary for the purposes of con- struction, completion, operation, and maintenance of said pipe line system that the Southeastern Pipe Line Company have the right to acquire, by the exercise of the right of eminent domain as provided in the aforesaid act, along the route and between the points herein- before identified, (a) such parcels of land or any interests therein, not in excess of 100 acres in each separate parcel, for the location of its storage tanks, pumping stations, delivery facilities, and other facilities in connection therewith, and (b) easements and rights of way, not in excess of 100 feet in width, for the construction, comple- tion, operation, maintenance and removal of the pipe lines, including right of access thereto over adjoining lands: Provided, That such right of eminent domain be exercised by the Southeastern Pipe Line Company for the aforesaid purposes prior to June 30, 1943. The pipe line hereinbefore identified shall be constructed, com- pleted, operated, and maintained subject to such terms and condi- tions as the President may hereafter from time to time prescribe as necessary for national defense purposes. 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 3 rd day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-sixth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. FIRE PREVENTION WEEK-1941 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the serious problems of national defense now confront- ing this country demand the utmost attention to the conservation of our human and physical resources; and WHEREAS the lives of thousands of persons were lost and prop- erty damage of more than a quarter of a billion dollars occurred during the year 1940 as a result of avoidable fires in the United States; and WHEREAS individual responsibility for protecting human life and safeguarding homes, industries, and public buildings against this grave menace should be impressed upon the entire citizenry: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning October 5, 1941, as Fire Prevention Week, and I Designation of week beginning Oct. 5,1941 as Fire Prevention Week. Acquisition of land. Proviso. Time limit. September 3, 1941 [No. 2609] 55 STAT.] 1673

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