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 PROCLAMATIONS-JULY 20, 1948 62 Stat., Pt. 1, p. 604. Registration days. Persons required to register. 62 Stat., Pt. 1, . 609. "(5) to utilize the services of any or all departments and any and all officers or agents of the United States, and to accept the services of all officers and agents of the several States, Terri- tories, and possessions, and subdivisions thereof, and the District of Columbia, and of private welfare organizations, in the execu- tion of this title;" "SEC. 15. (a) Every person shall be deemed to have notice of the requirements of this title upon publication by the President of a proclamation or other public notice fixing a time for any registration under section 3." NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by title I of the Selective Service Act of 1948, do pro- claim the following: 1. The registration of male citizens of the United States and other male persons residing in the United States who shall have attained the eighteenth anniversary of the day of their birth and who shall have not attained the twenty-sixth anniversary of the day of their birth shall take place in the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands between the hours of 8:00 A. M. and 5:00 P. M. on the day or days hereinafter designated for their registration, as follows: (a) Persons born in the year 1922 after August 30, 1922, shall be registered on Monday, the 30th day of August, 1948. (b) Persons born in the year 1923 shall be registered on Tuesday, the 31st day of August, 1948, or on Wednesday, the 1st day of Sep- tember, 1948. (c) Persons born in the year 1924 shall be registered on Thursday, the 2nd day of September, 1948, or on Friday, the 3rd day of Septem- ber, 1948. (d) Persons born in the year 1925 shall be registered on Saturday, the 4th day of September, 1948, or on Tuesday, the 7th day of Septem- ber, 1948. (e) Persons born in the year 1926 shall be registered on Wednes- day, the 8th day of September, 1948, or on Thursday, the 9th day of September, 1948. (f) Persons born in the year 1927 shall be registered on Friday, the 10th day of September, 1948, or on Saturday, the 11th day of September, 1948. (g) Persons born in the year 1928 shall be registered on Monday, the 13th day of September, 1948, or on Tuesday, the 14th day of September, 1948. (h) Persons born in the year 1929 shall be registered on Wednes- day, the 15th day of September, 1948, or on Thursday, the 16th day of September, 1948. (i) Persons born in the year 1930 before September 19, 1930, shall be registered on Friday, the 17th day of September, 1948, or on Saturday, the 18th day of September, 1948. (j) Persons who were born on or after September 19, 1930, shall be registered on the day they attain the eighteenth anniversary of the day of their birth, or within five days thereafter. 2. (a) Every male citizen of the United States and every other male person residing in the United States other than persons excepted by section 6 (a) of title I of the Selective Service Act of 1948, who is within any of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Territory of Alaska, the Territory of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands and who shall have attained the eighteenth 1532 [62 STAT.

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