Extending time for establishing shipping service, etc., to Virgin Islands to May 1, 1922. February 1, 1922
PROCLAMATIONS, 1922. By the President of the United States of America A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, an Act of Congress, entitled the “Merchant Marine Act of 1920,” approved June 5, 1920, contains 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 es- tablished adequate steamship service at reasonable rates to accom- modate the commerce and the passenger 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 capi- tal 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, fu …
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PROCLAMATIONS, 1922. By the President of the United States of America A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, an Act of Congress, entitled the “Merchant Marine Act of 1920,” approved June 5, 1920, contains 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 es- tablished adequate steamship service at reasonable rates to accom- modate the commerce and the passenger 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 capi- tal 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 author- ized the registry as vessels of the United States of vessels owned by the Philippine Islands, the Government of the Philippine Islands is hereby authorized to adopt, from time to time, and enforce regulations governing the transportation of merchandise and passengers between ports or places in the Philippine Archi- pelago; And provided further, That the foregoing provisions of this section shall not take effect with reference to the Philippine Islands until the President of the United States after a full inves- tigation 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 to the Virgin Islands has not been established as provided by Section 21 of the “Merchant Marine Act of 1920”: NOW, THEREFORE, I Warren G. Harding, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred on me by Section 21 of said Act of Congress, do hereby declare and proclaim that the period for the establishment of ade- quate shipping service to the aforesaid Virgin Islands be extended from February 1, 1922 to May 1, 1922. 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 possessions, 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 February 1, 1922 to May 1, 1922. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set may hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this 1st day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty- [seal] two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-sixth.Warren G. Harding. By the President: Charles E. Hughes Secretary of State. 2261 February 1, 1922. Virgin Islands. Preamble. Statutory provisions. Vol. 41, p. 997. Vol. 41, p. 997. Time for establishing shipping service to, ex- tended to May 1, 1922. Vol. 41, p. 997. Post, pp. 2269,2287. Extension of coast- wise laws deferred to May 1, 1922. Post, pp. 2270,2287.