St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-09-08
WARNEWSFROM
BULLETINS OF
u. 5. GOVT.
OFFICIAL

Whereas Congress has enacted, and
the President has on the fifteenth
day Of June. 1917. approved a
law which contains the following
poryis.ons:
whenever during the present
war the President shall find that the
public safety shall SO require, and
shall make proclamation thereof, it
shall be unlawful to export from or
or ship from or take out of the Unit
ed States to any country named in
such proclamation any article named
in such proclamat, on any article or
articles mentioned in such procla-
nation, except at such time or times
and under such regulations and OF
ders, and subject to such limitations
and exceptions as the Pres dent shall
prescribe, until otherwise ordered by
the President or by the Congress
Provided. however, That no prefer
ence shall he given to the ports OF
one State over those of another.
ANY person who shall export,
ship, or take out, or deliver or at
tempt to deliver for export, ship
ment, or taking out, any article IN
violation of this title, or of any reg
ulation or order made hereunder,
shall be fined not more than $4,000,
or, if a natural person, imprisoned
for not more than two years, or
both; and any article so delivered or
exported, shipped or taken out, or so
attempted to be delivered or export
ed, shipped, or taken out, shall be
seized and. forfeited to the United
States; and any officer, director, or
agent Of corporation who part.ci-
pates in any such violation shall be
liable to like fine or imprisonment.
or both.
whenever there is reasonable
cause to believe that any vessel, do
nestle or foreign, is about to carry
out of the United States any article
or articles in violation of the provis-
ions Of this title, the collector of
customs for the district in which
such vessel is located is hereby au-
thor zed and empowered, subject to
review by the Secretary of Com
merce, to refuse clearance to any
such vessel, domestic or foreign, for
which clearance is required by law,
and by formal notice served upon the
owners, master, or person or per
sons in command OF charge of any
domestic vessel for (which clearance
is not requf red by law, to forbid
the departure of such vessel from
the port, and it shall thereupon be
unlawful for such vessel to depart.
Whoever, in violation of any of the
provisions of this section, shall take.
or attempt to take, or authorize the
taking of any such vessel out of
port or from the jurisdiction of the
United States, shall be fined not
more than $4,000 or imprisoned for
not more than two years, or both;
and, in addition, such vessel, her
tackle, apparel, furniture, equip
ment, and her forbidden cargo, shall
be forfeited to the United States.''
Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Will
son, president of the United States
OF America, do hereby procla m to
all whom it may concern that the
public safety requires that, except
at such time or times and under such
regulations and orders and subject
to such limitations and exemptions
as the President shall prescribe, until
otherwise ordered by the President
or by Congress. the following arti-
cles, namely, all kinds of arms, guns,
ammunition andexplosives, machines
for their manufacture or repair, COM
ponent parts thereof, materials or
ingredients used in their manufac-
ture, and all articles necessary or
convenient for their use; all con-
triyances for or means Of transports