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FDR: Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the…

On the recordAugust 24, 1937
Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid section 411 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code, approved June 19, 1934, do hereby prescribe and proclaim the following rates of toll to be paid by vessels using the Panama Canal:
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Democratic · New York

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Proclamation 2247—Panama Canal Toll Rates

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