Executive Order 1538

It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in Pinal County, Arizona, be and the same hereby are reserved from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposition and set apart as Indian reservations for the use of several bands or villages of Papago Indians settled thereon, and such other Indians as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to settle thereon, as follows:

Maricopa Band or village.—S. ½ section 13. All of section 24, 25, and 36, township 4, range 2. SW. ¼ and S. ½ of SE. ¼ of section 18. All of section 19, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33, township 4, range 3. All of township 5, range 2. All of section 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27, township 5, range 3. All of section 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, and 30, township 5, range 4.

Chur-Chaw Band or village.—All of section 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36, township 7, range 5. All of section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, township 8, range 5. All of section 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, and 18, township 8, range 6.

Cocklebur Band or village.—All of township 8, range 4. All of section 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36, township 8, range 3.

Tat-Murl-Ma-Kot Band or village.—All of section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and township 9, range 4. All south and east of the Gila and Salt River principal Meridian; provided that nothing herein shall affect any valid existing rights of any person.

Wm. H. Taft.

The White House,

May 28, 1912.