Rights under previous arrangements not affected.

Effective February 2, 1920.

mechanically performed, have been lawfully made or placed on sale within the United States before February 2, 1920, copyright shall include the special benefit of Section 1 (e) of the Copyright Act of March 4, 1909, namely "copyright controlling the parts of instruments serving to reproduce mechanically the musical work."

3. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to abrogate or limit any rights and benefits conferred under the reciprocal arrangements with Great Britain or its self-governing Dominions providing for copyright protection heretofore proclaimed.

This proclamation shall take effect as from the 2nd day of February, 1920.

IN TESTIMONY 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 tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty and of [SEAL.] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-fourth.

By the President:

BAINBRIDGE COLBY

Secretary of State.

WOODROW WILSON

April 28, 1920.

Monongahela National Forest, Va. and W. Va.

Preamble.

Vol. 36, p. 961.

National Forest, Virginia and West Virginia.

Vol. 36, p. 963.

Vol. 26, p. 1103.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, certain lands within the States of Virginia and West Virginia 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 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 Monongahela 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 Monongahela 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 Monongahela 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 28th day of April, 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:

BAINBRIDGE COLBY

Secretary of State.

WOODROW WILSON

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

A PROCLAMATION.

May 5, 1920.

Crow Indian Reser

vation, Mont.
Preamble.

Vol. 38, p. 2029; Vol. 40, p. 1653.

Whereas it appears that because of droughts and adverse weather conditions many purchasers and entrymen under Proclamation of September 28, 1914 (38 Stat., 2029), and under Proclamation of April 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 1653), of lands in the ceded portion of the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana, are unable to make payment of the required installments of purchase money, it is hereby ordered Additional time al and directed that additional time for the payment of sums now due ments for ceded lands and unpaid be allowed until the 1921 anniversaries of the dates of the sales and entries to all such purchasers and entrymen who, within sixty days from receipt of notice to be given them by the Register and Receiver of the district land office, make payment to the Receiver of such land office of interest on the amounts in arrears, from the dates when the amounts became due, to the said anniversaries, at the

of.

rate of five per centum per annum. The said officers will promptly Conditions.
serve notice on all such purchasers and entrymen of the extension of
time for payments herein authorized, and that if such extension is
not secured within sixty days from receipt of notice, by the payment
of interest as herein provided, or if within such time payment is not
made, without interest, of all sums in arrears, the said purchases and
entries will be reported by them to the General Land Office for
cancellation.

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 5th day of May, in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and twenty and of the Inde[SEAL.] pendence of the United States, the One Hundred and Forty-fourth.

By the President:

BAINBRIDGE COLBY
Secretary of State.

WOODROW WILSON

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

May 14, 1920.

Transportation Act,

WHEREAS Walker D. Hines has tendered his resignation as 1920. Director General of Railroads to become effective the 18th day of Preamble, May, 1920: and

WHEREAS such resignation has been accepted effective as of such date.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, under and by virtue of the power and authority so vested in me under the Transportation Act of 1920, the unrepealed provisions of the Federal Control Act of March 21, 1918, and the "Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, and for other purposes", approved August 29, 1916, and of all other powers me hereto enabling, do hereby appoint, effective the 18th day of May, 1920, John Barton Payne, of Illinois, Director General of Railroads in the stead of the said Walker D. Hines, and do hereby delegate to and continue and confirm in him all powers and authority heretofore granted to and now possessed by the said Walker D. Hines as Director General of Railroads; and do hereby authorize and direct the said John Barton Payne, or his

154272

Ante, p. 48.

Appointing John Barton Payne, Direc

tor General of Rail

roads.
Authority conferred.

p.

Public Laws, 2d sess.,

469.

Vol. 39, p. 645.

Vol. 40, p. 451.

Ante, p. 49.

successor in office, until otherwise provided by Proclamation of the President or by Act of Congress, either personally or through such divisions, agencies or persons as he may authorize, to exercise and perform, as fully in all respects as the President is authorized to do, all and singular the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon me by the said unrepealed provisions of the Federal Control Act of March 21, 1918, and the said Transportation Act of February 28, 1920, except the designation of the Agent under Section 206 thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

DONE by the President in the District of Columbia this 14th day of May, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and [SEAL.] Twenty, and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Forty-fourth.

By the President:

BAINBRIDGE COLBY

Secretary of State.

WOODROW WILSON

May 14, 1920.

Transportation Act,

1920.

Preamble.
Ante, p. 49.

Designating John

Barton Payne as agent

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by Proclamation dated March 11th, 1920, Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, was designated as the Agent provided for in Section 206 of the Transportation Act, 1920; and WHEREAS the said Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, as aforesaid has tendered his resignation as said Agent, which has been duly accepted, effective as of 18 May, 1920:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United in actions arising out States, under and by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by said Act, and of all other powers me hereto enabling, do hereby designate and appoint, effective the 18th day of May, 1920, John Barton Payne, Director General of Railroads, and his successor in office, as the Agent provided for in Section 206 of said Act, approved February 28, 1920.

Public Laws, 2d sess., p. 461.

May 25, 1920.

Cereals and cereal

products.

Preamble.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

DONE by the President in the District of Columbia this 14th day of May, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred [SEAL.] and Twenty, and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Forty-fourth.

By the President:

BAINBRIDGE COLBY

Secretary of State.

WOODROW WILSON

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, under and by virtue of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply and controlling the distribution of food products and fuel", approved by the Presi