UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS BULLETIN NO. 4 (Revised) PUBLIC ACTS c+ PROCLAMATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL ORDERS AND CIRCULARS Adm 352.4 4.5. 918 UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION. W. G. MCADOO, Director General. WALKER D. HINES, Assistant Director General. OSCAR A. PRICE, Assistant to the Director General. Division of Finance and Purchases: JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS, Director. General Counsel: JOHN BARTON PAYNE. Division of Operation: CARL R. GRAY, Director. Division of Traffic: EDWARD CHAMBERS, Director. Division of Labor: W. S. CARTER, Director. Division of Public Service and Accounting: Division of Capital Expenditures: ROBERT S. LOVETT, Director. Division of Inland Waterways: G. A. TOMLINSON, Director. Actuary to the Railroad Administration: F F. NOV 22 1939 CONTENTS. No. 241-Sixty-fourth Congress (H. R. 15947)-An act making appro- priations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, and for other purposes (extract). No. 242-Sixty-fourth Congress (H. R. 17498)-An act making appropria- tions for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, and for other purposes (extract). . . No. 107-Sixty-fifth Congress (S. 3752)—An act to provide for the operation of transportation systems while under Federal control, for the just com- pensation of their owners, and for other purposes... Proclamations by the President relating to the United States Railroad Adminis- Proclamation of December 26, 1917, taking railroads and transportation systems under Federal control and appointing the Director General of Statement of the President accompanying his procalmation of December Proclamation of March 29, 1918, delegating powers under act of March 21, 1918, to Director General of Railroads.. Proclamation of April 11, 1918, taking certain coastwise transportation Proclamation of July 22, 1918, possession and control of the transportation Proclamation of November 16, 1918, possession and control of American |