WHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by reserving and setting apart said lands as a public forest reservation and the same have been designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as the Boone National Forest; National Forest, Vol. 36, p. 963. NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of North Carolina. the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section eleven of said Act and by section twenty-four of the Act of March three, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An Act To repeal timberculture laws and for other purposes", do proclaim that there are hereby reserved and set apart as a public forest reservation all of said lands within the area shown as the Boone National Forest on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof, and that all lands therein which have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States under authority of said Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall be permanently reserved and administered as part of the Boone National Forest. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia this 16 day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and torty-fourth. By the President: ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State. WOODROW WILSON BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, certain lands within the States of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States under authority of the Act of Congress approved March first, nineteen hundred and eleven (36 Stat., 961), entitled "An Act To enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers"; and WHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by reserving and setting apart said lands as a public forest reservation, and the same have been designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as the Nantahala National Forest; NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section eleven of said Act and by section twenty-four of the Act of March three, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An Act To repeal timber-culture laws and for other purposes", do proclaim that there are hereby reserved and set apart as a public forest reservation all of said lands within the area shown as the Nantahala National Forest on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof, and that all lands therein which have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States under authority of said Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall be permanently reserved and administered as part of the Nantahala National Forest. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia this 29th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-fourth. By the President: ROBERT LANSING Secretary of State. WOODROW WILSON February 12, 1920. Federal Railroad control. Preamble. Public Laws,1st sess., p. 359. Appointing Director General of Railroads agent to effect reim bursement for equip- Ante, p. 42. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, it is provided in Section 4 of the Act of Congress approved November 19, 1919, entitled, "An Act to Provide for the Reimbursement of the United States for motive power, cars, and other equipment ordered for railroads and systems of transportation under Federal control and for other purposes", that the President may execute any of the powers therein granted through such agencies as he may determine; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, under and by virtue of the powers and authority vested in car- me by law affecting the Federal control of railroads and systems of transportation, and under said Act of Congress approved November 19, 1919, and of all powers me hereto enabling, do hereby constitute and appoint Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, my agency for the purpose of executing, and authorize and empower him to execute, any and all of the powers granted to me by the said Act of November 19, 1919, either personally or through such divisions, agencies, or persons as he may appoint, and either in name of the President or in his own name or in the name of such divisions, agencies, or persons, as fully in all respects as the President is authorized to execute any and all said powers. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done this 12th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and of the Independence [SEAL.] of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-fourth. By the President: ROBERT LANSING, WOODROW WILSON February 17, 1920. Hawaiian Islands. Vol. 31, p. 159, Vol. 36, p. 447. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS section ninety-one of the Act of Congress approved April thirtieth, nineteen hundred, entitled "An Act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii" (31 Stat., 141-159), as amended by section seven of the Act approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and ten (36 Stat., 443, 447), authorizing the transfer of the title to certain public property ceded and transferred to the United |