Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 37 Part 2.djvu/823

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PROCLAMATION S, 1912. 1769 under the laws ap licable thereto on such dates as shall be fixed by ge _Sc{·5etary of tlie Interior and after such notice as he may deem VISB E. This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of ·*¤*°°'*¤¤* '•¤¤*· any lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act "°‘·’*· 1*-***- of Coragress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitle "An ct To provide for the entry of A 'cultural lands withm forest reserves} and Acts amendatory theme?. It ns not intended by this proclamation to release any land from **°••*'*¤°·* reservation except the areas indicated on the diagram as eliminated ` g_<;1;°st;> reserve any land not heretofore embraced in a National IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and canfiad the sgal of thefI%ited States tgsbe of N ne at the 'ty o ashmgto' n the' ovember, in the year of our Lord one thousand fine hundred and [sun.] twelve, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-seventh. W H T ra arr By the President: P C Knox Secretary of State. Br rn Pazsmmrr or rm: Usrrnn Sraras or Aimaroa. A PROCLAMATION. I, WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, President of-the United States {:;*:*:*6 of America, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the Mw, "° Act of Congrus, approved ugust twenty-fourth, nmeteen hundred A•¢·.v-¤¤· and twelve, to provide for the opening; maintenance, protection and o eration of the Panama Canal and the sanitation and government ol, the Canal Zone, do hereby prescribe and proclaim the followmg rates of toll to be aid by vessels using the Panama Canal: 1. On merchant vessels carrying passengers oizrcio one dol- “•'°”*¤' '•••*•· lar and twenty cents ($1.20) per net yssse ton one hundred (100) cu ic feet——of actual earning capacity. 2. On vessels in ballast without passengers or_carg0 forty (40) "•·°•“*¤ *·•*¤·*~ percent less than the rate of tolls for vessels with passengers or car o. ai Upon naval vessels, other than transports, colhers, hospital ”•'•* '•••**~ ships and supply ships, fifty (50) cents per displacement ton: 4. Upon army and navy transports, colhcrs, hcsprtal slnps ""*"’°°"*°'°· and supply one dollar and twenty cents ($1.20) per net ton, the vessels to measured by the same rules as are employed lll determining the net tonnage of merchant vessels. The Seeretagy of War will prepare and prescribe such rules for the £g_*•• ·¤° ·•¢¤*· measurement veueb and such regulatiom as may be necessary and prwr to % this Eroclamatxon mto full force and sfeet. REOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be_aExed. DONE at the City of W•shi%0n thzathxrteonth day of November in the year of our_ rd one thousand nine lumdrsd and [san.] twelve and of the independence of the United Stats the one hundred and thirty-seventh. wu H Tu`. _ By the Pruidmtz P C Knox Ssaetory of Stole.