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2920 PROCLAMATIONS, 1927. ■ Rates. • August 9, 1927, Virgin Islands. Preamble. Statutory provisions. Vol. 41, p. 997. Vol. 41, p. 997. Vol. 42, pp. 2261,2269, 2287; Vol. 43, pp. 1926, 1943, 1969; Vol. 44, pp. 2575, 2596, 2620. Post, p. 2960. Time for establishing shipping service to, further extended to September 30, 1928. Vol. 44, p. 2621. vided for in paragraph 27 of Title I of said act in the clause for all dis- tillates of coal tar, blast-furnace tar, oil-gas tar, and water-gas tar, which on being subjected to distillation yield in the portion distilling below two hundred and fifteen degrees centigrade a quantity of tar acids equal to or more than 75 per centum of the original distillate, in the United States and in the principal competing country necessary to equalize such differences (within the limit of total decrease provided for in said act) are the rates of 20 per centum ad valorem based upon the American selling price) as defined in subdivision (f) of section 402, Title IV of said act), of any similar competitive article manufactured or produced in the United States, and 3K cents per pound. 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 twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty- [seal ] seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-second. Cal vi n Coo li dg e By the President: Fra nk B Kel lo gg Secretary of State. By th e Pre sid en t of th e Uni ted Sta te s of Amer ic a A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, an Act of Congress, entitled the “Merchant Marine Act, 1920”, approved June 5, 1920, contains the following provisions: “Sec. 21. That from and after February 1, 1922, the coast- wise 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 established adequate steamship service at reasonable rates to accommodate 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 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 establish- ment of such service in the case of any island territory or pos- session 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 has not been established as provided by Section 21 of the “Merchant Marine Act, 1920”; AND WHEREAS, the President of the United States in accord- ance 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, and on August 14, 1926, issued Proclamations extending the time for the establishment of such service, and deferring the applica- tion of the coastwise laws to the Virgin Islands until September 30, 1927. 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 the above mentioned Act, do hereby declare and proclaim that the period for the establishment of an PROCLAMATIONS, 1927. 2921 adequate shipping service with the aforesaid Virgin Islands be further extended from September 30, 1927 to September 30, 1928; 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 proclaim and declare that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Virgin Islands is deferred from September 30, 1927 to September 30, 1928. 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 ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and [sea l ] Twenty-Seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the One Hundred and Fifty-Second. Cal vi n Coo li dg e By the President: Fra nk B Kello gg Secretary of State. By th e Pre sid en t of th e Uni te d Stat es of Amer ic a A PROCLAMATION Whereas, the act of Congress approved July 3, 1926 (44 Stat., 818), transferred a portion of the Sequoia National Forest to the Sequoia National Park and part of said park to such forest; And Whereas, it appears that the public good will be promoted by excluding from the said Sequoia National Forest certain areas, and releasing the lands in such areas affected thereby from certain with- drawals made in 1918 and 1921 in aid of legislation to change the boundaries of the Sequoia National Park, and by restoring the public lands subject to disposition in the excluded areas to entry in the manner prescribed by existing law; Now, Therefore, I, CALVIN COOLIDGE, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat., 11, at 34-36), do proclaim that the boundaries of the Sequoia National Forest are hereby changed to exclude the areas indicated as eliminations on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part hereof. And I do also proclaim that Executive Orders Nos. 2906 and 3395 of July 8, 1918, and January 28, 1921, respectively, withdrawing certain lands under the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 847), as amended August 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 497), are hereby revoked in So far as they affect any lands within the areas excluded from the forest under this proclamation. And I do further proclaim and make known that, pursuant to Public Resolution No. 29 of February 14, 1920 (41 Stat., 434), as amended January 21, and December 28, 1922 (42 Stat., 358, 1067), the public lands in the excluded areas, subject to valid rights and the provisions of existing withdrawals, shall be opened only to entry under the homestead and desert land laws by qualified ex-service men of the war with Germany, under the terms and conditions of such resolution and the regulations issued thereunder, for a period of 91 days beginning with the 63rd day from and after the date hereof, and thereafter any of said lands remaining unentered will be subject to appropriation under'any public land law applicable thereto by the general public. Coastwise laws de- ferred to September 30, 1928. Vol. 44, p. 2621. August 19, 1927, Sequoia National Forest, Calif. Preamble. Vol. 44, p. 818. Area diminished. Vol. 30, p. 36. Executive orders re- voked. Vol. 36, p. 847; Vol. 37, p. 497. Excluded lands opened to entry for 91 days to ex-service men of World War. Vol. 41, p. 434; Vol. 42, pp. 358, 1067. Unentered lands opened to settlement thereafter.