New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-28

Whenever during the present war
the President shall find that the public
safety shall SO require, and shall make
proclamation thereof. it shall be un-
lawful to export from or ship from or
take out of the United States to any
country named in such proclaim alton
any article or articles mentioned in
scuch proclamation, except as such
time Or times, and under such regu-
lat1ons and orders. and subject to such
limitations and exceptions as the Presi-
dent shall prescribe, until otherwise
ordered by the President or by the
Congress; provided, however, that no
preference shall be given to the ports
of one state over those of another.
Any person who shall export, ship.
or take out, or deliver or attempt to
deliver for export, shipment or taking
out, any article in violation of this
title. Or of any regulation or order
made hereunder. shall be fined not
more than $4,000, or, If natural
person. imprisoned for not more than
two years. or both; and any article so
delivered or exported, shipped, or
taken out, shall be seized and forfeited
to the United States: and any officer,
director. or agent of corporation
who participates in any such violation
shall be liable to like fine or imprison
ment or both.
Whenever there is reasonable cause
to believe that any vessel, domestic or
foreign, is about to carry out OF the
United States any article or articles in
violation of the provisions of this title,
the collector Of customs for the dis
tr1ct In which such vessel is located is
hereby authorized and empowered,
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commerce. 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 persons
in command or charge of any domestic
vessel for which clearance is not re-
qlured by law, to forbid the departure
of such vessel from the port, and it
shall take, or attempt to take, or au-
thor1ze 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, ap-
parel, furniture equipment, and her
forbidden cargo, shall be forfeited to
the United States.
Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson,
president of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim to all
whom it may concern that the public
safety requires that, except at such
time or times, and under such regu-
lations 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, and explosives,
for their manufacture or
repair, component parts thereof ma
teria1s or ingredients used in their
and all articles neces-
sary or convenient for their use; all
for or means or trans
portation in land or in the water or
air, machines used in their manu-
facture or repair. component parts
thereof materials or ingredients
used in their manufacture, and all
instruments. articles, and animals
necessary or convenient for their
use, all means of communication,
tools, implements, instruments.
equipment, maps. pictures, papers,
and other articles. machines and
documents necessary or convenient
for carrying on hostile operations,
coin, bullion, currency. evidences of
debt, and metal. materials, dies.
plates, machinery and other articles
necessary or convenient for their
manufactures; all kinds of fuel. food
foodstuffs, feed, forage and clothing,
and all articles and materials used in
their manufacture; all chemicals
drugs, dyestuffs, and tanning ma
terials, cotton, wool, silk, fax, hemp.
jute, sisal and other fibers and
manufactures thereof; all earths, clay,
glass, sand and their products, hides,
skins and manufactures thereof, nom
edible animal and vegetables prod
ucts, machinery. tools and apparatus,
medical, surgical. laboratory and
sanitary supplies and equipment: all
metals, minerals, mineral oils. ores,
and all derivatives and manufactures
thereof, paper pulp, books, printed
matter, rubber, gums. rosins, tars and
wakes, their products, derivatives and
substitutes, and all articles containing
them, wood and wood manufactures.
coffee, cocoa, tea and spices, wines.
spirits, mineral waters and beverages.
shall not, on and after the 30th day
Of August, in the year one thousand
nineteen hundred and seventeen be
exported from or shipped from or
taken out of the United States or it's
territorial possessions to Albania,
ustria-Hungary, that portion of Bel
GUM occupied by the military forces
of Germany, Bulgaria, Denmark, her
colonies, possessions or protectorates,
Germany, her colonies, possessions or
protectorates Greece, Leichtenstein,
Luxum burg, the Kingdom of the
Netherlands Norway, Spain, her COL
onies, possessions, or protectorates.
Sweden, Switzerland or Turkey. ex-
Guiding any portion Of the foregoing
occupied by the military forces Of the
United States or the nations associat-
ed with the United States in the war;,
or any territory occupied by the mil