vene in extra session at the Capitol in the District of Columbia on the nineteenth day of May, 1919, at twelve o'clock, noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members thereof are hereby required to take notice. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States of America the seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thou[SEAL.] sand nine hundred and nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-third. WOODROW WILSON By the President: A PROCLAMATION. May 31, 1919. Licenses for food Preamble. WHEREAS, under and by virtue of an Act of Congress entitled commodities. "An Act to provide for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply and controlling the distributing of food products and fuel", approved by the President on the 10th day of August, 1917, it is provided among other things as follows: "That, by reason of the existence of a state of war, it is essen- "That, from time to time, whenever the President shall find it AND, WHEREAS, by virtue of the above provisions certain public announcements were made by the President from time to time as a result of which the importation, manufacture, storage and distribution of certain necessaries was licensed. Statutory provisions, Vol. 40, p. 277. Announcing the licensing of designated essential. AND, WHEREAS, a changed situation has been brought about by the present armistice in the war between the United States and Germany. NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of products no longer the United States of America, by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by said Act of Congress, hereby find and determine and by this Proclamation do announce that it is no longer essential in order to carry into effect the purpose of the Act that the importation, manufacture, storage or distribution of certain necessaries be subject to license, to the extent hereinafter specified. Specified licenses canceled. Manufacturing, etc., cotton seed and products. Regulations canceled from May 31, 1919. Licenses heretofore required for the importation, manufacture, storage or distribution of certain necessaries are hereby cancelled effective May 31st, 1919, with respect to the following: All persons, firms, corporations or associations engaged in the business of importing, manfacturing, storing or distributing cotton seed, cotton seed oil, cotton seed meal, cotton seed cake, cotton seed hulls, lard substitutes and all other cotton seed products. All regulations issued under the said Act covering licensees so dealLicenses not affected, ing in these commodities are hereby cancelled effective May 31st, 1919. This Proclamation shall in no way affect licenses heretofore required for the importation, manufacture, storage or distribution of necessaries, or regulations covering licensees, other than as indicated above. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the City of Paris, France, this 31st day of May, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Nineteen, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States of America the One Hundred and Forty-third. By the President WILLIAM PHILLIPS Acting Secretary of State WOODROW WILSON. June 2, 1919. Hawaiian Islands. Lighthouse land, Honolulu. Preamble. Vol. 30, p. 750. Vol. 31, p. 159; Vol. 86, p. 447. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, by joint resolution "to provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States," approved July 7, 1898, the cession by the Government of the Republic of Hawaii to the United States of America, of all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies, and the transfer to the United States of the absolute fee and ownership of all public, government or crown lands, public buildings, or edifices, ports, harbors, military equipment, and all other public property of every kind and description belonging to the government of the Hawaiian Islands, was duly accepted, ratified, and confirmed, and the said Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies annexed as a part of the territory of the United States, and made subject to the sovereign dominion thereof, and all and singular the property and rights hereinbefore mentioned vested in the United States of America. AND WHEREAS, it was further provided in said resolution that the existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands in the Hawaiian Islands, but the Congress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition: AND WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has provided by the Act of April 30, 1900, chapter 339, section 91, as amended by the Act of May 27, 1910, chapter 258, section 7, that the public property ceded and transferred to the United States by the Republic of Hawaii under said resolution shall be and remain in the possession, use and control of the government of the Territory of Hawaii and shall be maintained, managed, and cared for by it, at its own expense, until otherwise provided for by Congress, or taken for the uses and purposes of the United States by direction of the President or of the governor of Hawaii, and that any such public property so taken for the uses and purposes of the United States may be restored to its previous status by direction of the President: AND WHEREAS, because of a change in conditions the piece and parcel of land situated at Honolulu, on the Island of Oahu, in the Territory and District of Hawaii, reserved for lighthouse purposes by Presidential Proclamation of February 14, 1917, is no longer required for such purposes; NOW THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby declare, proclaim and make known that the parcel of land situated at Honolulu, on the Island of Oahu, in the Territory and district of Hawaii, reserved for lighthouse purposes by Presidential Proclamation of February 14, 1917, be and the same is hereby restored to the possession, use and control of the Government of the Territory of Hawaii, to wit; Vol. 37, p. 1817. Lighthouse land re stored to Territory. Beginning at a point bearing 144° 38' 0" true and distant 94.0 Description. feet from Fort Street Survey Monument, said monument being a copper bolt set in a 4" cast iron pipe and located 72° 50′ 45′′ true and distant 6091.77 ft. from Punch Bowl Triangulation Station, thence by true azimuths and distances; 1. 108° 28' 0", 16.0 feet to a point, thenec 2. 198° 28′ 0′′, 16.0 feet to a point, thence 3. 288° 28' 0", 16.0 feet to a point, thence 4. 18° 28' 0'', 16.0 feet to the point of beginning. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affxed. DONE This second day of June, in the year of our lord One By the President: ROBERT LANSING WOODROW WILSON BY THE PRESIDENT OE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has provided by act of August 18, 1856 (11 U. S. Statutes at Large, page 119; Secs. 5570 to 5578 U. S. Revised Statutes), that whenever any citizen of the United States, after the passage of the act, discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government and shall take peaceable possession thereof and occupy the same, the island, rock, or key may, at the discretion of the President of the United States, be considered as appertaining to the United States. AND WHEREAS, pursuant to the foregoing act of Congress, Roncador Cay in the western part of the Caribbean Sea is now 44282°-VOL 41-PT 2-21 Reserved for lighthouse purposes. June 12, 1919. Humboldt National Forest, Nev. Vol. 38, p. 113. Area modified. Vol. 30, p. 36. Prior rights not affected. Excluded lands restored to settlement. Vol. 38, p. 113. under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any other government. NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested, do hereby declare, proclaim, and make known that Roncador Cay, in the western part of the Caribbean Sea, be and the same is reserved for lighthouse purposes, such reservation being deemed necessary in the public interests, subject to such legislative action as the Congress of the United States may take with respect thereto. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done this fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and of the Independence of [SEAL] the United States the one hundred and forty third. WOODROW WILSON By the President: WILLIAM PHILLIPS Acting Secretary of State. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by adding certain lands to the Humboldt National Forest in the State of Nevada and by excluding certain areas therefrom, and restoring the public lands in such excluded area in a manner authorized by the Act of Congress approved September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, entitled "An Act To authorize the President to provide a method for opening lands restored from reservation or withdrawal, and for other purposes ODROW WILSON, President of the United Now, therefore, 1, States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (26 Stat., 1095), entitled "An Act To repeal timber-culture laws and for other purposes", and also by the Act of Congress approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (30 Stat., 11 at 34 and 36), entitled An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes", do proclaim that the boundaries of the Humboldt National Forest are hereby changed to include the areas indicated as additions on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part hereof and to exclude the areas indicated thereon as eliminations. The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legally maintained, or such reservation remains in force. And I do further proclaim and make known that in my judgment it is proper and necessary, in the interest of equal opportunity and good administration, that all of the excluded lands subject to disposition should be restored to homestead entry in advance of settlement or other forms of disposition, and pursuant to the authority reposed in me by the aforesaid Act of September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, I do hereby direct and provide that such lands, |