Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, do hereby approve and proclaim the foregoing regulation of the Under Secretary of the Interior.
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Proclamation 2724—Closed Area Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Florida
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