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PROCLAMATIONS—JAN. 6, 1953

67 STAT.]

WHEREAS by various proclamations the period for the establishment of an adequate shipping service for Canton Island was extended to January 1, 1953, and the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Island was deferred to that date: 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, 1958, and that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to Canton Island is further deferred to January 1, 1958. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Sfeal of the United States of America to be affixed. D O N E at the City of Washington this 31st day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-two and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-seventh. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President DEAN

Canton Island. Shipping service. 46 USC 877.

ACHESON

Secretary of State

ENLARGING THE OLYMPIC NATIONAL P A R K WASHINGTON BY THE PRESIDENT OP THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

January 6, 1953 [No. 3003]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS section 1 of the act of June 29, 1938, 52 Stat. 1241, established the Olympic National Park in the State of Washington; WHEREAS section 5 of the said act provides in part as follows:

16 USC 251. 16 USC 255.

"The President may after eight months from the approval of this Act by proclamation add to the Olympic National Park any lands within the boundaries of the Olympic National Forest, and any lands which may be acquired by the ' Government by gift or purchase, which he may deem it advisable to add to such park; and any lands so added to such park shall, upon their addition thereto, become subject to all laws and regulations applicable to other lands within such park: Provided, That the total area of the said park shall not exceed eight hundred and ninety-eight thousand two hundred and ninety-two acres: Provided further, That before issuing any such proclamation, the President shall consult with the Governor of the State of Washington, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Agriculture and advise them of the lands which he proposes to add to such park, and shall afford them a reasonable opportunity to consult with and communicate to him their views and recommendations with respect to the addition of such lands to such park.";

WHEREAS it is deemed advisable and in the public interest that certain lands, hereinafter described, be added to the said park; and WHEREAS it appears that the terms and conditions of the said act of June 29, 1938, have been fully complied with as to such lands;

16 USC 251-255.

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