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1CSCAOAA /, AAtIC v, CAAoPVCA CV, VI
the Act approved June IS, 1917
40 Stat. 2l7, 22l; u. s.
c.. 1894 edition, title 1s,
sec. 81, and If. in the Presidents
judgment, such action will serve
to maintain peace between the
United States and foreign states,
or to protect the commercial
interests. Of the United States
and its citizens, or to promote
the security or neutrality of the
United States, he shall have the
power and it shall be his duty
to require the owner. master, or
person in command thereof, be-
fore departing from a port of
the United States, to give bond
to the United States, with suf-
ficient sureties, in such amount
as he shall deem proper condi-
toned that the vessel will not
deliver the men, or any part Of
the cargo, to any warship, tender,
or supply ship of a belligerent
state.
90 If the President, or any
person thereunto authorized by
him, shall find that a vessel. do
mestic or foreign, in a port of the
United States, has previously
cleared from a port of the United
States during such war and de-
livered its cargo or any part
thereof to warship, tender, or
supply ship of belligerent state.
he may prohibit the departure Of
such vessel during the duration
of the war.
Submarines and Armed
Merchant Vessels.
SECTION 11.-Whenever. dur
ing any war in which the United
States is neutral, the President
shall find that special restric-
tions placed on the use of the
ports and territorial waters Of
the United States by the subma-
rines or armed merchant vessels
of a foreign state, will serve to
maintain peace between the
United States and foreign states,
or to protect the commercial in
terests of the United States and
its citizens. or to promote the
security of the United States,
and shall make proclamation
thereof, it shall thereafter be
unlawful for any such submarine
or armed merchant vessel to
enter a port or the territorial
waters of the United States or
to depart therefrom, except un-
der such conditions and subject
to such limitations as the Presi-
dent may prescribe. Whenever.
in his judgment, the conditions
which have caused him to issue
his proclamation have ceased to
exist. he shall revoke his proc
lamation and the provisions of
this section shall thereupon cease
to apply.
National Munitions
Control Board.
SECTION 12.-(a) There is
hereby established a National
Munitions Control Board there-
matter referred to as the
"Board'D. The Board shall con-
sist of the Secretary of State,
who shall be chairman and ex-
ecutive officer of the Board: the
Secretary of the Treasury, the
Secretary of War, the Secretary
Of the Navy, and the Secretary
of Commerce. Except as other
wise provided in this joint reso-
luton, or by other law, the ad-
ministration of this joint reso-
luton is vested In the Depart
ment of State. The Secretary of
State shall promulgate such rules
and regulations with regard to
the enforcement of this section
as he may deem necessary to
carry out its provisions. The
Board shall be convened by the
chairman and shall hold at least
one meeting a year.
Co Every person who engages
in the business of manufacturing,
exporting, or importing any of
the arms, ammunition, or i'm
plements of war referred to in
this joint resolution, whether as
an exporter, importer, manu-
facturer, or dealer, shall register
with the Secretary of State his
name, or business name, principal
place of business, and places of
business in the United States, and
a list of the arms, ammunition,
and implements of war which he
manufactures, imports or ex-
ports.
(c) Every person required to
register under this section shall
notify the Secretary of State of
any change in the arms, ammu-
milton, or implements of war
which he exports, imports, or
manufactures; and upon such
notification the Secretary of
State shall issue to such person
an amended certificate of regis
tration, free of charge, which
shall remain valid until the date
of expiration of the original Ger
tif1cate. Every person required
to register under the provisions
OF this section shall pay a regis
tration fee of 500. Upon receipt
OF the required registration fee,
the Secretary of State shall issue
a registration certificate valid for
five years, which shall be renew
able for further periods of five
years upon the payment for each
renewal of a fee of 500.
I'd It shall be unlawful for any
person to export, or attempt to
export, from the United States
to any other state, any of the
arms, ammunition, or implements
of war referred to in this section.
or to import, or attempt to i'm
port, to the United States from
any other state, any of the arms.
ammunition, or implements of
war referred to in this section.
without first having submitted to
the Board the name of the pur-
chaser and the terms of sale and
having obtained a license there.