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PROCLAMATIONS, 1924. 1969 FORT MATANZAS, FLORIDA An area of one acre comprising within it the site of the old fortifi- cation which is situated on a marsh island south of the present main channel of the Matanzas River in the southeast quarter of section 14, Township 9 South, Range 30 East, about 15 miles from the city of Saint Augustine, and about one mile from Matanzas Inlet. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [sea l .] twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-ninth. Cal vi n Coo li dg e By the President: Jose ph C. Grew Acting Secretary of State. Fort Matanzas, Fla. By th e Presi den t of the Uni ted Sta te s of Amer ic a A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, an Act of Congress entitled the “Merchant Marine Act of 1920”, approved June 5, 1920, contains the following provi- sions : “Sec. 21. That from and after February 1, 1922, the coast- wise laws of the United States shall extend to the island terri- tories and possessions of the United States not now covered thereby, and the board is directed prior to the expiration of such year to have established adequate steamship service at reasonable rates to accommodate the commerce and the pas- senger travel of said islands and to maintain and operate such service until it can be taken over and operated and maintained upon satisfactory terms by private capital and enterprise: Provided, That if adequate shipping service is not established by February 1, 1922, the President shall extend the period herein allowed for the establishment of such service in the case of any island Territory or possession for such time as may be necessary for the establishment of adequate shipping facilities therefor: Provided further, That until Congress shall have authorized the registry as vessels of the United States of vessels owned in the Philippine Islands, the Government of the Philip- pine Islands is hereby authorized to adopt, from time to time, and enforce regulations governing the transportation of mer- chandise and passengers between ports or places in the Philip- pine Archipelago: And provided further, That the foregoing pro- visions of this section shall not take effect with reference to the Philippine Islands until the President of the United States after a full investigation of the local needs and conditions shall, by proclamation, declare that an adequate shipping service has been established as herein provided and fix a date for the going into effect of the same.” AND WHEREAS, an adequate shipping service to accommodate the commerce and passenger travel of the Virgin Islands has not been established as provided by Section 21 of the “Merchant Marine Act of 1920”; AND WHEREAS, a proclamation dated February. 1, 1922, was issued by Warren G. Harding, President of the United States of October 23, 1924. Virgin Islands. Preamble. Statutory provisions. Vol. 41, p. 997. Vol. 41, p. 997. Vol. 42, p. 2261. 1970 PROCLAMATIONS, 1924. Vol. 42, p. 2269. Vol. 42, p. 2287. Time for establishing service to, further ex- tended to May 1, 1925. Ante, p. 1929. Ante, p. 1943. Coastwise laws de- ferred to May 1,1925. Ante, p. 1944. 1. America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred on him by Section 21 of said Act of Congress, declaring that the period for the establishment of adequate shipping service of the aforesaid Virgin Islands be extended from February 1, 1922, to May 1, 1922, and that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the aforesaid Virgin Islands be deferred from February 1, 1922, to May 1, 1922; AND WHEREAS, a second proclamation dated May 18, 1922, was issued by Warren G. Harding, President of the United States of America, declaring that the period for the establishment of ade- quate shipping service of the aforesaid Virgin Islands be extended from May 1, 1922, to November 1, 1922, and that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the aforesaid Virgin Islands be deferred from May 1, 1922, to November 1, 1922; AND WHEREAS, a third proclamation dated October 28, 1922, was issued by Warren G. Harding, President of the United States of America, declaring that the period for the establishment of adequate shipping service of the aforesaid Virgin Islands be extended from November 1, 1922, to November 1, 1923, and that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the aforesaid Virgin Islands be deferred from November 1, 1922, to November 1, 1923; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority con- ferred upon me by Section 21 of said Act of Congress, having issued a proclamation on October 25, 1923, declaring that the period for the establishment of an adequate shipping service to the aforesaid Virgin Islands be extended from November 1, 1923, to May 1, 1924, and that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the aforesaid Virgin Islands be deferred from November 1, 1923, to May 1, 1924; and having issued a second proclamation on April 7, 1924, declaring that the period for the establishment of an adequate shipping service to the aforesaid Virgin Islands be extended from May 1, 1924, to November 1, 1924, and that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the aforesaid Virgin Islands be deferred from May 1, 1924, to November 1, 1924, do hereby declare and proclaim that the period for the establishment of adequate shipping service of the aforesaid Virgin Islands be further extended from November 1, 1924, to May 1, 1925; AND INASMUCH as the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the aforesaid Virgin Islands, as provided in Section 21 of the aforesaid act, is dependent upon the establishment of an adequate shipping service to such island possession, I do hereby further proclaim and declare that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Virgin Islands is deferred from Novem- ber 1, 1924, to May 1, 1925. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this twenty-third day of October, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred [seal ] and Twenty-Four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the One Hundred and Forty-ninth. Cal vi n Coo lid ge , By the President: Jos eph C. Gre w Acting Secretary of State.