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 PROCLAMATIONS-JULY 15, 20, 1948 1531 after the respective dates, indicated in the 7th recital of this proclama- tion. 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 15th day of July in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-eight and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-third. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: G C MARSHALL Secretary of State REGISTRATION EY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES July 20, 1948 [No. 2799] A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS title I of the Selective Service Act of 1948, approved p6 Stat., Pt- 1, June 24, 1948, contains, in part, the following provisions: "SEC. 3 . Except as otherwise provided in this title, it shall be the duty of every male citizen of the United States, and every other male person residing in the United States, who, on the day or days fixed for the first or any subsequent registration, is between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six, to present himself for and submit to registration at such time or times and place or places, and in such manner, as shall be determined by proclama- tion of the President and by rules and regulations prescribed hereunder." "SEC. 6 . (a) Commissioned officers, warrant officers, pay clerks, enlisted men, and aviation cadets of the Regular Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Public Health Service; cadets, United States Military Academy; midshipmen, United States Navy; cadets, United States Coast Guard Academy; members of the reserve components of the armed forces, the Coast Guard, and the Public Health Service, while on active duty; and foreign diplomatic representatives, technical attaches of foreign embassies and legations, consuls general, consuls, vice consuls, and other consular agents of foreign countries who are not citizens of the United States, and members of their families, and persons in other categories to be specified by the President, residing in the United States, and who have not declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, shall not be required to be registered under section 3 and shall be relieved from liability for training and service under section 4 (b)." "(k) No exception from registration, or exemption or defer- ment from training and service, under this title, shall continue after the cause therefor ceases to exist." "SEC. 10. (b) The President is authorized- (1) to prescribe the necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this title;" 62 STAT.]

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