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 PROCLAMATIONS-DEC. 9, 10, 1947 55 Stat. 1715 . 56 Stat. 180. 50U. .C.app. §635. 61 Stat., Pt. 1, pp. 34. 322 . 50 U.S. C. app. §645. 61 Stat., Pt. 1, pp. 34, 322. 41 Stat. 997 . 46 U.S. C.§ 877. December 10, 1947 (No. 2761l 1 Stat. 21. Designation of Dec. 15, 1947, as Bill of Rights Day. WHEREAS an adequate shipping service to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of Canton Island has not been established as provided in the aforesaid section; and WHEREAS the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to Canton Island, as provided in the aforesaid section, is dependent upon the establishment of such adequate shipping service; and WHEREAS by various proclamations the period for the establish- ment of an adequate shipping service for Canton Island was extended to January 1, 1943, and the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Island was deferred to that date; and WHEREAS no extensions have been made beyond that date for the reason that the Secretary of the Treasury waived compliance with the coastwise laws under the authority vested in him by section 501 of the Second War Powers Act, as extended; and WHEREAS such authority of the Secretary of the Treasury has, pursuant to section 1 of the act of June 29, 1946, 60 Stat. 345, expired: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 21 of the aforesaid Merchant Marine Act, 1920, do hereby declare and proclaim that the period for the establishment of an adequate shipping service for Canton Island is further extended to January 1, 1953, and that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to Canton Island is further deferred to January 1, 1953. 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 9th day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-second. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: ROBERT A LOVETT Acting Secretary of State BILL OF RIGHTS DAY, 1947 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States, cherished in our history as the Bill of Rights, became effective on December 15, 1791; and WHEREAS the anniversary of the adoption of this hallowed declaration of our liberties affords a fitting occasion for rededication to its inspired and lofty principles; and WHEREAS the Government of the United States has proposed the incorporation of these essential freedoms in a Declaration of Human Rights for all the peoples of the world: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate December 15, 1947, as Bill of Rights Day; and I call upon the officials of the Government and upon all citizens of the United States to observe that day by displaying the flag of the United States on public and private buildings and on homes, and by meeting together for appropriate ceremonies. Since to comprehend and value our liberties is the first condition of remaining free, I urge the people of the Nation to reexamine and to reflect upon the provisions of our Constitution which secure our 1102 [61 STAT.

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