(Fu.ther
Exten ing the
Est.blishmeat
of
Adequate
Shipping Service In,
Aad Defer-
ring
Ext:rsion of the
Coastwise
Laws
of
thc United
States
to the virgin I.lands.)
BY THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
®
A Proclamation.
HEREAS,
an
act
of
Congress,
en-
titied the
‘‘Merchant Marine
Act of
1920°’,
approved
June
5,
1921,
con-
tains the following provisions:
*‘See.
21.
That
from and
after
Febru-
ary 1,
1922, the coastwise
laws of
the
Unvited
States
shall
extend
to
the
is-
land Territories
and
possessinns
of the
United
States
rot
cow
covered
there-
by, and
the board i;
directed prior
to
the
exviration
of
such
year
to
have
established
adequate
steamship
service
at.reasonahle
rates
to accommodate
the
commerce
and the
passenger
travel
of
said
islands
and
to maintain
and
oper-
ate
such
service
until it can
be
taken
over
and
operated
and
maintained
upon
satisfactory
terms
by
private
capital
and
enterprises:
Provided,
That
if adequate
shipping
service
is
not
established
by Feoruary
1,
1922,
the
President
shall extend
the
period
herein
allowed
for
the
establishment
of
such
service
in the
case
of
any
is-
land
Territory
or possession
for
such
time
as
may
be
necessary
for
the
es-
tablishment nf adequate
shipping facili-
ties therefor:
Provided
further,
That
until
Congress
shall
have
authorized
the
registry
as
vessels
of the
United
States
of vessels
owned
in the Philip-
pine
Islands,
the Government
of
the
Philippine Islands
is hereby
authorized
to
adopt,
from time to
time, and
en-
force regulations
governing the
trans-
portation
of merchandise
and
passen-
gerd
Ir2tween
ports
or
places
in
the
Philippine Archipelago:
And provided
further,
That the foregoing provisions
of
this
section
shall
n>t
take
effect
with
reference
to
the
Philippine
Is-
lands
until the President
of the United
States
after a full investigation
of the
local
peeds
and
conditions
shall,
by
Proclamation,
declare
that
an
ade-
quate shipping service
has
been
estab-
lished
as
herein
provided
and
fix
a
date
for the
going
into effect
of the
same.’’
AND
WHEREAS,
an adequate
ship-
pinrg
service
to accommodate
the
com-
merce
and- passenger
travel of the Virgin
Islands
has not yet
been
established
as
provided by Section
21 of
the ‘*Merchant
Marine Act of 1920°’:
NOW
THEREFOKE,
I,
Warren
G.
Harding,
President
of the United States
of America, acting under
and by
virtue
of the authority conferred
on
me by
Sec-
tion
2. of said
act
of Congress,
having
3ST
f 3
3y
1 ¥1
53
issued
a
preelamation
on
February
1,
1922,
deciaring
thut the
perioa
for
the
establishment
of sdequate
shipping
sor-
vice
of the
aforesaid
Virgin
Islands
be
extended
from Februar
1,
1922 to May 1,
1922,
and
that
the
exi- nsion
of the coast-
wise
laws
of the
United
States
to
the
aforesaid
Virgin
Islands
be
deferred
from
February
1,
1922
to May 1,
1922;
and having issued
a second
prociamation
on
May
18,
1922,
declaring
that
the
period for the establishment
of adeguate
shipping
service
of the aforesail
Virgin
Islands
be extended
from
May
1, 1922 to
November
1,
1922,
ana
that
the
exten-
sion of the coastwise
laws
of the
United
States
to
the
aforcsaid
Virgin
Islands
be deferred
from May 1, 1922
to Novem-
ber
1,
1922.
do
hereby
declare
and
proclaim
thet
the
period
for the
estab
lishment
of adequate
shipping service
of
the aforesaid
Virgin
Islands
be
“urther
extended
fror
November
Ilst
1922
to
November
1,
1923.
AND INASMUCH as
the extension
of
the coastwise
laws of
the
United
States
to the aforesaid
Virgin Islands,
as
pro-
vided 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 Novemkter
1, 1922
to
November
1,
1923.
IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF,
I
have
hereunto
set
my hand
and
caused
the seal
of the United States
to be aflixed.
Done
at the City of Washington
this twentv-eighth
day of
Oecto-
ber.
in
the
yea:
of
our
Lord,
(SEAL.)
One
Thousand
Nine
Hundred
and Twenty-Two and of the
In-
dependence
of the United States
of
America
the
One
Hundred
and Forty-Seventh.
WARREN
G. HARDING.
By the President:
CHARLES E. HUGHES
Secretary of State.,
(No. 1642).
Assurance Company
Lo
®
imited
OF
LONDON
a
GEO. L. MARKOE
Agent for Fred.riisted’s
Dastrict
ERIK R. STAKEMANN
Agent for Chrisiianstéd’s
District
Policies
are not subject
to average.
"M TIE DISTRICT COUST
OF
T4E V'AsiN ISLYID3
OF THE UXITED STATES.
GRi TIANSIED 3U3
JuDiG AL DISTRIGT.
IN THE MATTER OF THR ESTATE OF
ARTHUR QUEALE,
DECFEASED.
CiTATION
il
G
o
10 THE HEIRS TN THE ESTATE OF
ART'HUR QUEALE AND OTHERS
INTERESTED.
IFHEREAS
A.
E. STAKEMANN,
ad-
ministrate
of
the
estate
of
LR-
THUR
QUFALE,
deceased,
has
made
application for an
order of sale
of
the
following property,
to
wit:
Esrates
CANAAN
and
BET!IY’S JEWEL
wih
livestock
and implements,
belonging
(o
the said
estate
for
the
purpose
of paying
debts
of the above entitled
estate.
You
are hereby
cited
to appear
in the
Distriet
Court
of the Virgin lslands
of
the United
States,
sub-judicial
districet of
Christiansted
on the 30th day of
Decens-
ber
A. D.
1922 at 10 o’clock in
the
fore-
roon of that day, toshow
cause
why such
order
of sale
should
not
be
granted
ac-
cording
to said application.
GIVEN
under
my
Hand and
the
Seal
of
the Court
this 27th
day of November
A D
1922
-
3.
E. HENRY,
Clerk of the Distriet Court.
JUSTEPENEDOUT
ATTHE OLD RELIABLESTORE
OF THE UNDERSIGNED,
LADIES
DRESS
GOODS,
in
grea’
variety,
LADIES STOCKINGS,
MEN’S & CHILLDREN’S SOCKS,
WHITE DUCK,
WHITE & COLOURED
STRIPED
DRILLS,
ART~SILK & COTTON LACES &
AILL-
OVERS,—EMBROIDERIES,
Felt,
Panama'&
Porto Rico Straw Hats,
COLGATES PLlirvr UMERY,
SOAPS
and POWDER,
SILVER
PLATED
WARES in time for
next month!
Single
& Double Iron Bedsteads
& Bed
Springs,
COMING!
COMING!
TOYS and NOYVELIESfor Xmas
Presenis.
-
ROBERT ARMSTHONG.
Chrastiansted,
25th Nov.
1622,