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PROCLAMATIONS, 1933. All expenditures of the board shall be allowed and paid for out of the appropriation “emergency Boards, Railway Labor Act, May 20, 1926, 1933 and 1934” on the presentation of itemized vouchers properly approved by the chairman of the board hereby created. IN TESTIMONY 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 26th day of July in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-three, and of the [seal ] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-eighth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President. Wil li am Phi lli ps Acting Secretary of State. [No. 2051] Exe mpti on of Vir gi n Isla nd s Fro m Coa stw is e Laws BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS an act of Congress entitled “Merchant Marine Act, 1920”, approved June 5, 1920 (41 Stat. 988), contained the following provisions: “Sec. 21. That from and after February 1, 1922, the coastwise laws of the United States shall extend to the island Territories and possessions of the United States not now covered thereby, and the board is directed prior to the expiration of such year to have estab- lished adequate steamship service at reasonable rates to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of said islands and to main- tain and operate such service until it can be taken over and operated and maintained upon satisfactory terms by private capital and enter- prise: 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. ” AND WHEREAS an adequate shipping service to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of the Virgin Islands had not been established as provided by section 21 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920; and WHEREAS the President of the United States, in accordance with the authority vested in him by section 21 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, has from time to time, to wit, on February 1, 1922, on May 18, 1922, on October 28, 1922, on October 25, 1923, on April 7, 1924, on October 23, 1924, on April 25, 1925, on November 24, 1925, on August 14, 1926, on August 9, 1927, on August 2, 1928, on July 26, 1929, on July 28, 1930, on August 19, 1931, and on August 18, 1932, issued proclamations extending the time for the establishment of such service and deferring the application of the coastwise laws to the Virgin Islands until September 30, 1933; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by section 21 of the above-mentioned act, do hereby declare and proclaim that the period for the establish- 86637°—34—PT 2-----27 1703 Funds available. Ante, p 286. August 10, 1933. Virgin Islands. Preamble. Statutory provision. Vol. 41, p. 997. Extending period. Vol. 42, pp. 2261, 2269, 2287; Vol. 43, pp. 1928, 1943, 1969; Vol. 44, pp. 2575, 2592, 2620; Vol. 45, pp. 2920, 2960; Vol. 46, pp. 3002, 3032; Vol. 47, pp. 2466, 2528. Time for establishing shipping service to, fur- ther extended to Sep- tember 30, 1934. 1704 Application of coast- wise laws deferred. Vol. 41, p. 997. August 18, 1933. National banking as- sociations. Preamble. Statutory provision. Vol. 47, p. 908. Designated authority of Comptroller of Cur- rency over, extended. PROCLAMATIONS, 1933. ment of an adequate shipping service with the aforesaid Virgin Islands be further extended from September 30, 1933, to September 30, 1934. And inasmuch as the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Virgin Islands, as provided in section 21 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, is dependent upon the establishment of an adequate shipping service to such island possession, I do hereby further pro- claim and declare that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Virgin Islands is deferred from September 30, 1933, to September 30, 1934. 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 10th day of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-three, and of [seal ] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-eighth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: Cor de ll Hul l Secretary of State. [No. 2052] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Ext en di ng th e Pow er s Gra nt ed to th e Compt ro ll er of th e Cur re nc y by th e Joi nt Reso lu ti on of Feb ru ar y 25, 1933, fo r a Per iod of Six Mon th s WHEREAS, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States passed a joint resolution which was duly approved February 25, 1933, authorizing the Comptroller of the Currency to exercise, with respect to National Banking Associations, any powers which state officials may have with respect to state banks, savings banks, and/or trust companies under state laws; and WHEREAS, said resolution provides that the powers therein con- ferred shall terminate six months from the date of approval of the resolution by the President, but that the President may extend its force by Proclamation for an additional six months: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim that the force of said resolution be, and the same hereby is, extended for an additional period of six months from August 25, 1933. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia, this 18th day of August in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty- [sea l ] three, and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: Wil li am Phi lli ps Acting Secretary of State. [No. 2053]