Executive Order 943

It is hereby ordered that three small islands located in Matlacha Pass, Florida, approximately in latitude twenty-six degrees, thirty-four minutes north, longitude eighty-two degrees, four minutes, and latitude twenty-six degrees, thirty-two minutes north, longitude eighty-two degrees, three minutes, as the same appear upon Coast Survey Chart number one hundred seventy-five, and one island approximately in latitude twenty-six degrees, thirty-one minutes north, longitude eighty-two degrees, two minutes, not shown upon said chart, all west from Greenwich and located within the areas segregated by the broken lines shown upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part of this order, are hereby reserved and set aside for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds. The taking or destruction of birds' eggs and nests and the taking or killing of any species of native bird for any purpose whatever, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, is prohibited, and warning is expressly given to all persons not to commit any of the acts hereby enjoined. This reserve to be known as Matlacha Pass Reservation.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House,

September 26, 1908.

Diagram missing.