Benefits to citizens of (b) When the foreign state or nation of which such author or proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens, or copyright protection substantially equal to the protection secured to such foreign author under this Act or by treaty; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States may, at its pleasure, become a party thereto: And whereas it is also provided by said section that "The existence of the reciprocal conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States, by proclamation made from time to time, as the purposes of this Act may require": And whereas satisfactory official assurance has been given under date of May 29, 1911, that in Cuba the law permits to citizens of the United States similar rights to those accorded in section 1 (e) of the Act of March 4, 1909: Now, therefore, I, William Howard Taft, President Cuba extended of the United States of America, do declare and proclaim to mechanical musical repro- that one of the alternative conditions specified in section ductions. 8 (b) of the Act of March 4, 1909, now exists and is fulfilled and since May 29, 1911, has been fulfilled in respect to the citizens of Cuba, and that the citizens of that country are entitled to all the benefits of section 1 (e) of the said Act, including "copyright controlling the parts of instruments serving to reproduce mechanically the musical work," in the case of all musical compositions by Cuban composers which have been published since May 29, 1911, and have been duly registered for copyright in the United States. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one [SEAL.] thouand nine hundred and eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-sixth. By the President: PC KNOX Secretary of State. WM H TAFT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, the lands reserved for naval purposes in the City of San Juan, Porto Rico, under authority of "An Act Authorizing the President to reserve public lands and buildings in the Island of Porto Rico for public uses, and granting other public lands and buildings to the government of Porto Rico, and for other purposes," approved July 1, 1902, are no longer needed for such purposes, AND WHEREAS such lands in part may be economically and advantageously used by other branches of the government, Jan. 26, 1912. 37 Stat. L., pt. 2, p. 1725. Porto Rico. Naval reser- vation. ferred to other NOW THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM HOWARD, Lands transTAFT, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Executive DeBY AUTHORITY IN ME VESTED, DO HEREBY partments. PROCLAIM AND MAKE KNOWN that the following described lands heretofore forming part of the Naval Reservation of San Juan, are set apart for the uses of other executive departments, as follows: To Depart To the Department of Commerce and Labor as a Light ment of ComHouse Depot and headquarters of the Light House Dis-merce and trict, Labor. Light House All that land and the structures thereon situated on Depot. the peninsula extending into the harbor on the south side of the city of San Juan, Porto Rico, known as the Barrio de la Puntilla, or Puntilla Point, bounded on the north by the north boundary of the line of the concrete floor for coal storage, extended on the east to the harbor line and on the west to the middle of the gravel road shown on general plan of the "Puntilla," U. S. Naval Station, San Juan, submitted June 30, 1910, and approved by Commodore Karl Rohrer, Commandant; along the middle of the road to its intersection with the prolongation of the line of the south end of the building number 30 on said "general plan; " thence in prolongation of said line westward to the water. To the Treasury Department: For the Marine Hospital Service: That part of the socalled Puntilla bounded on the south by the south line of the launch dock prolonged to the west until it meets the prolongation of the west line of the buildings marked 2 on the aforesaid "general plan;" thence along this line to the north until it reaches the north line of said building 2; thence along this line and its prolongation to the water front so as to include the launch dock and the buildings marked 12 and 2, and the land between these buildings and the harbor. To Treasury Department. Marine-Hospital Service. Custom For the Custom House: Buildings numbered 24, 25, 26 house. and 27 on the aforesaid plan, and the land pertaining thereto, and also the tract of land in front of buildings Department of Agriculture. Weather Bu reau. War Department. numbered 24 and 25 known as the "Marina" and bounded on the north by a line running from the northeast corner of building number 25 to the south end of the landing for harbor boats and on the south by a line in prolongation of the southern end of the building numbered 24, to the water front. To the Department of Agriculture, For the Weather Bureau: The western part of the Naval Hospital tract in “Puerta de Tierra " bounded on the east by a line parallel to the western boundary and 280 feet therefrom, with residence and office building thereon. To the War Department: All the remaining lands and buildings reserved for naval purposes in the vicinity of San Juan, Porto Rico, and the reservation for "Lamp Shop and Buoy Depot described in proclamation of the President dated June 30, 1903, and the land adjacent thereto, transferred and conveyed to the United States pursuant to an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico approved March 9, 1911. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this twenty-sixth day of January in the year of our Lord one thou[SEAL.] sand nine hundred and twelve and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-sixth. By the President: PC KNOX Secretary of State. WM H TAFT Feb. 2, 1912. 37 Stat. L., pt. 2. p. 1726. Panama Pacific Inter sition. Preamble. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, in conformity with the conditions and national Expo- requirements of the Joint Resolution of Congress approved February 15, 1911, "Authorizing the President to invite foreign countries to participate in the PanamaPacific International Exposition in nineteen hundred and fifteen, at San Francisco, California", satisfactory proof has been presented to me that a suitable site has been selected for the said Exposition and that the sum of not less than fifteen million dollars will be available to enable the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, for the pur pose of inaugurating, carrying forward, and holding an exposition at the City of San Francisco, California, in the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, to celebrate the completion and opening of the Panama Canal; tions invited NOW, THEREFORE, I, William Howard Taft, Presi- Foreign nadent of the United States of America, by virtue of the to take part authority vested in me by said Joint Resolution, do In. hereby declare and proclaim that such International Exposition will be opened in the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, in the City of San Francisco, in the State of California. And, in the name of the Government and of the people of the United States of America, I do hereby invite all the nations of the earth to take part in the commemoration of an event of great interest and importance to the world by appointing representatives to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and sending thereto such exhibits as will most fitly and fully illustrate their resources, their industries, and their progress in civilization. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this second day of February, in the year of our Lord, nineteen [SEAL.] hundred and twelve, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-sixth. By the President: Secretary of State. WM H TAFT A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, by joint resolution "to provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States," approved July 7, 1898, the cession by the government of the Republic of Hawaii to the United States of America, of all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies, and the transfer to the United States of the absolute fee and ownership of all public, government or crown lands, public buildings, or edifices, ports, harbors, military equipment, and all other public property of every kind and description belonging to the government of the Hawaiian Islands, was duly accepted, ratified, and confirmed, and the said Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies annexed as a part of the territory of the United States, and made subject to the sovereign dominion thereof, and all and singular the property and rights herein before mentioned vested in the United States of America; Feb. 7, 1912. 37 Stat. L., pt. 2, p. 1726. Hawaii. Lands at Makapuu Point, Oahu, reserved for poses. AND WHEREAS, it was further provided in said resolution that the existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands in the Hawaiian Islands, but the Congress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition; AND WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary in the public interests that certain parcels of land situated at MAKAPUU POINT, on the Island of Oahu, in the Territory and District of Hawaii, in the United States of America, be immediately reserved for light-house purposes; NOW THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM H. TAFT, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority in lighthouse pur- me vested, do hereby declare, proclaim and make known that the following described pieces and parcels of land be and the same are hereby, subject to such legislative action as the Congress of the United States may take with respect thereto, reserved for light-house purposes, to-wit: Description. All of those pieces and parcels of land situated at MAKAPUU POINT, on the Island of Oahu, in the Territory and District of Hawaii, in the United States of America, and bounded and particularly described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point marked by a wooden stake which bears S. 9° 43′ 46" W. (true) and distant 43,141.9 feet from the Territorial Triangulation Station Makapuu, the boundary runs by true bearings and distances as follows: 1. S. 10° 00' 00'' W. 500 feet, thence 4. N. 85° 00' 00'' E. 600 feet, to the point of beginning. Together with all water, riparian, fishing and other rights and rights of way, and other easements incidental or appurtenant to the aforesaid piece and parcel of land. Also a perpetual right of way five feet in width over and across certain other lands, said right of way being two and one-half feet on each side of the following described line: Beginning at a point which bears S. 9° 43′ 46′′ W. (true) and is distant 43,141.9 feet from the Territorial Triangulation Station Makapuu, the center line runs by true bearings and distances as follows: 1. N. 51° 16' 20'' E. 589.5 feet, thence 467 feet, thence 420 feet, thence 217.5 feet, thence 333 feet, thence 304 feet, thence 363 feet, thence 355 feet, thence 9. N. 74° 23' 00'' E. |