PROCLAMATIONS, 1917. 1695 shall be fined not more than $10,000, or, if a natural person, imprisoned for not more than two years, or both; and any article so de·‘ livered or exported, shipped, or taken out, or so attempted to be delivered or ex orted, shipped, or taken out, shall be seized and forfeited to the United States; and any omcer, director, or agent of a corporation who participates in any such violation shall be liable to like fine or imprisonment, or both. "Whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that any vessel, domestic or foreign, is about to carry out of the United States any article or articles in violation of the provisions of this title, the co - lector of customs for the district in which such vessel is located is hereby authorized and empowered, subject to review by the Secretary of Commerce, to refuse clearance to any such vessel, domestic or foreign, for which clearance is required by law, and by formal notice served upon the owners, master, or person or persons in command or charge of any domestic vessel for which clearance is not required by law, to forbid the $¢=3>arture of such vessel from the port, and it shall thereupon be awful for such vessel to depart. Whoever, in violation of any of the provisions of this section shall take, or attempt to take, or authorize the taking of any such vessel out of port or from the jurisdiction of the United States, `shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both; and, in addition, such vessel, her tackle, ap arel, furniture, equipment, and her forbidden cargo shall be forfgited to the United States." - AND WHEREAS the President has heretofore by proclamation, *""·*’·“°*· under date of the twettg-seventh day of A\lq,11st in thesyear One ' Thousand Nine Hundr and Seventeen dec ared certain exports in time of war nmlawful, and the President finds that the public safety requires that such proclamation be amended and supplemented in respect to the articles hereinafter mentioned; NOW. THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, PRESIDENT m’§;1I*g’°u‘;=mQ> 2)*;,*;; OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DO HEREBY PRO- md, mmm mlirmm- CLAIM to all whom it may concern that the public safety requires °°"'°°°‘ that, except at such time or times, and under such regulations and orders, and subject to such limitations and exceptions as the President shall prescribe, until otherwise ordered by)-the President or by Congress, the following articles, namely: coin, ullion and currency: shal not. on and after the 10th day of September in the year One Thousand Nine Hrmdred and Seventeen, be exported from or shipped from or taken out of the United States or its territorial possessions to Albania, Austria·Hungary, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, her colonies, possessions or protectorates, Germany, her colonies, possessions of Frotectorates. Greece, Leichtenstein, Luxembourg, The Kingdom o the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, her colonies, possessions or protectorates, Sweden, Switzerland or Turkey, Abyssinia, Afghanistan, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, E t, France, her colonies, possessions or protectorates, Guatemalagsgaiti, Honduras, Italy, her colonies. possessions or protectorates, Great Britain, her colonies, possessions or protectorates, Japan, Liberia, Mexico. Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, the colonies, possessions or protectorates of The Netherlands. Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Persia, Peru, Portugal, her colonies, ossessions or protectorates, Roumania, Russia, Salvador, San Kllarino, Serbia, Siam, Uriiguay, or Venezuela. e regulations, orders, limitations and excqptions prescribed will .,,;,"‘;§§"’,, ,‘L,,,“{,"; be administered by and under the authority o the Secretary of the ¤¤¤¤¤.·¤¤- Treasuryhlfrom whom licenses in conformity with said regulations, orders, 'tations and exceptions will issue. 120803°——vor. 40, rr 2-—24
