PROCLAMATIONS, 1917. 1669 private vessel of an enemy of the United States or an ally of such enemy shall be allowed to use the Panama Canal nor the territorial waters of the Canal Zone for any purpose, save with the consent of the Canal authorities and subject to such rules and regulations as they may prescribe. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the city of Washington this twenty-third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [smn.] seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-rst. Woomzow WILSON By the President: Ronnrrr Lerrixo, Secretary of State. BY run Pnnsmmrr or rim Urarrnn Srzrrns or Amniucn. “*Y2*r*°“· A PROCLAMATION. g WHEREAS, the laws of the German Empire provide that letters §§j:,’;§,;{‘ G°"“°”’ patent granted or issued to citizens of other countries shall lapse unless certain taxes, annuities or fees are aid within stated periods; AND WHEREAS, the interests of tli)e citizens of the United States in such lettersspatent are of great value, so that it is important that such ayments ould be made in order to preserve their rights; Ci , M NOW, 'FHEREFORE, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United p,yg‘,H';, y§§ States of America, by virtue of the powers vested in me assuch, hereby P°*°““*”°°‘ “*°'°*’Y- declare and proclaim that citizens of the United States owning letters patent granted or issued by the German Empire are hereby authorized and permitted to make payment of any tax, annuity or fee which may be required by the laws of the German Empire for the preservation of their rights in such letters atent. IN WITNESS WHEREOIE, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. DONE at the city of Washington, this 24th dgof May, in the tyeaf of our Lord Nineteen Himdred and venteen and 0 the [sam.,] Independence of the United States, the One Hundred and orty-first. Woonaow Wusou By the President: Ronnar LANSING, Secretary of State. Br rm: Pnmsrnmrr or run Umrnn Svrarns or- Aunmca. "°Y“°»””· A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS the President, in a proclamation issued on the 18th B°§‘j,°;,"€*§,‘f°‘°' m“' day of May, 1917, set apart the 5th day of June, 1917, between the hours of 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. for the registration of all male persons ’°` ’ between the ages of twenty-one and thirty, both inclusive, w 0 may be subject to registration in accordance with the Act of Congress **”"·*’·8°‘ approved May 18, 1917, authorizinv the President to increase temporarily the military establishment oi, the United States: _ NOW THEREFORE I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United wY,§‘{"“§_,, - *’°”°,§§ States of America do hereby give warning that all {persons subject to gags? to swig resisregistration under the provisions of the said Act 0 Congress and the ‘
