Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-10-26

any investigation, regulation or prohibit
ton of any transaction in foreign ex-
change, export or earmarking or gold or
silver coin or bullion or currency, trans
fers of credit in any form (other than
credits relating solely to transactions to
be executed wholly within the United
States and transfers of evidences of In
debtedness or of the ownership of prop
erty between the United States and any
foreign country or between residents of
one or more foreign countries by any per-
son within the United States), and l here
by vest in the secretary of the treasury
the authority and power to require any
person engaged in any such transaction
to furnish under oath complete informa-
tion relative thereto, including the pro-
duction of any books or accounts, con-
tracts, letters or other papers in connec-
tion herewith In the custody or control
OF such person, either before or after
such transaction is completed
l further hereby vest in the secretary of
the treasury the executive administration
of the provisions of subsection (C) of sec
tion of the trading with the enemy act,
relative to sending. or taking out of,
or bringing into, attempting to
send, take out of, or bring into, the
United States any letter, writing or
tangible form of communication, ex-
cept In the regular course of the
mall and of the sending, taking, or trans
mitting or attempting to send, take or
transmit out of the United States any let
ter or other writing, book, map, plan or
other paper, picture or any telegram, ca
| blegram, or wireless message or other
| form of communication intended for or
to be delivered, directly or indirectly, to
any enemy or ally of enemy. And said
| secretary of the treasury is hereby au-
| thorized and empowered to issue licenses
| to send take m. cTl1it of the Unit
ed States anything otherwise forbidden by
said subsection (C) and give such consent
or grant such exemption in respect there
to as is not inconsistent with law or to
withhold or refuse the same.
| L further authorize the secretary of the
| treasury to grant a license under such
terms and conditions as are not inconsis-
| tent with law or to withhold or refuse
| the same to any enemy or ally of enemy
insurance or reinsurance company doing
business within the United States through
an agency or branch office or otherwise,
which shall make application within &c
days of October 6, 1917.
| hereby authorize and direct the secre-
tary of the treasury. for the purpose OF
such executive administration, to take
such measures, adopt such administra-
tive procedure and use such agency OF
agencies as he may from time to time
deem necessary and proper for that pur-
pose. The proclamation of the president
dated September z, 1917, made under au-
thority vested in him by title VII of said
act of congress, approved June Is, 1917
shall remain in full force and effect. The
executive order, dated September Z, 1917
made under the authority of said title
shall remain in full force and effect unit
new regulations shall have been estab-
lished by the president or by the secre'
tary of the treasury with the approval Of
the president. and thereupon shall be su
| perSeded