PROCLAMATIONS, 1906. - 3265 Now, therefore, I, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President of the mg\°;“*`,{§*e”l ,%*9*;* ¤· United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by ’ W co` . section two of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby set aside as the El Morro National Monument the rocks aforesaid and for the proper protection thereof do hereby reserve from settlement, entry or other disposal, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying ~ a.nd being situate in the Territory of New Mexico, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows, to wit: The south half of the north-east quarter and the north half of the D°¤°'*P“°“- south—east quarter of section six, township nine north, range fourteen west, New Mexico Meridian, as shown upon the map hereto attached and made a part of this proclamation. Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to appropriate, Setfflgiligfifc f'°‘“ excavate, injure or destroy said monument or to settle upon any of the` lands reserved by this proclamation. i IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the Cit of lVashington this Sth day of December, in the year of, our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, [sum.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first. - " Tmconoim Roosnvmzr By the President: i t Enum Roor · Secretmjq of State. · BY Tim PRESIDENT or run Uivrrmn Smwrns or Armmca December jjfj A PROCLAMATION Whereas, it is provided b section two of the Act of Congress, M°¤*°”°¤*¤ Cas; approved June 8, 1906, ent§led, "An act for the preservation of fiiguiiaiiiiilfl Mmm American antiquities," “That the President of the United States is §'Q,"}’;{°gf°g2;_ hereby authorized, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic land marks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects tobe protected ”; i And, whereas, the prehistoric structure known as Montezunizfs Castle in the Territory of Arizona, situated upon public lands owned by the United States, is of the greatest ethno ogical value and scientific interest and it appears that the public good would be promoted by reserving this ruin as a national monument with as much land as may be necessary for the proper protection thereof; Now, therefore, I, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President of the National mou¤· United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by m°'"‘ Ar"' section two of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby set aside as the Montezuma Castle National Monument the prehistoric structure aforesaid and for the proper protection thereof do hereby reserve from settlement, entry or other disposal, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being in the Territory of Arizona, and within, what will be when surveyed, the tracts particularly described as follows, to wit: The northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section sixteen, Deeeeiwiee the north half of the northeast quarter and northeast quarter of
