Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-19
\ PROCLAMATION
By THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES

~ L. ~
Whereas, congress has enacted and
the president has on the eighteenth
day Of May, II thousand, nine hun
dred and seventeen, approved q Law
which contains the following provis-
4 ions:
Section 5. That all male persons
between the ages Of 81 and 80. both
gsreglstration in accordance with reg
h ulations to be prescribed by h presi-
kdent; n upon proclamation by the
Sprcsident or other public notice given
sRbN him or by his direction stating the
St1me and place of such registration 1t
shall be the duty of all persons of
%the designated ages, except officers
sand enlisted men Of the regular army,
#the navy and the National Guard and
.Mnaval militia while in the service of
ssSthe United States, to present them
Ssselves for and submit to registration
$sunder the provisions of this act, and
&every such person shall be deemed to
n haev notice of the requirements OF
Sthis act upon the publication of said
\ proclamation or other notice as afore-
said given by the president or by his
direction: n any person who shall
willfnlly fail or refuse To present him.
self for registration or to submit
thereto as herein providedA shall be
i guilty of a misdemeanor and shall,
upon conviction In tho district cour
Of the United States having jurisdic-
ton thereof, he punished by impris-
4 Onmcnt for not more than one year
and shall thereupon he duly regis
tered: provided that in the call Of the
docket precedence shall be given in
of criminal proceedings under this
act; provided further, that persons
shall be subject to registration as
herein provided who shall have at
tanned their twenty-first birthday
and who shall not have attained their
~thirty-first birthday on or before tho
day set for the registration, and all
persons SO registered shall be and re-
main, subject to draft into the forces
hereby authorized, unless exempted or
excused therefrom as in this act pro-
vided; provided further that in the
case OF temporary absence from act
ual place of. legal residence Of any
person liable to registration a pro-
vided herein such registration may be
made by mail under regulations to be
prescribed by the president.
Section 6. That the president ia
have notice Of the requirements Of
ice Of any or all departments and any
or all officers or agents Of the United
States and of the several states, ter
ritories and the District of Columbia,
n subdivisions thereof. in-the exc
SiIiol w tilia dCl, anu All Objects anu
agents of the United States and of the
several states. territories and sub-di-
viFons thereof and OF the District Of
Columbia. and all persons designated
or appointed under regulations pre-
scrihed by the president, whether
such appointments are made by. the
president himself or by the governor
or other officer Of any state or terri
tory, to perform any duty In the ex-
ecutton Of this act, are hereby re-
du!red to perform any duty as the
president shall order or direct and all
such officers and agents and persons
go designated or appointed shall here
hv have fall authority for all acts
done by them In the execution Of this
act by the direction of the president.
Any person cl,argch as herein pro-