Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 37 Part 2.djvu/750

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PROCLAMATIONS, 1912, 1725 A PROCLAMATION. runny ss, ma WHEREAS, the lands reserved for naval u?oses in ‘ mmmea San Sluan, Porto Rico, under authority of NA; ct Authbhg pltytlg ii»:°l¤i»iC"°°°°' President to reserve public lands and in the Island of ¥orto V°'· ”·’· m- Rnco for public uses, and granting other public lands and buildings to the government of Porto Rico and for other purposes," approved Jul IE 1902 are no longer needed for such p , WHEREAS such lands in part may x economically and advantageousl§§sed bé other branches of the vernment NOW THE FOR I WILLIAM HOWSID TAFT PRESI- ,,,§:"i,;,,,;,*"",{'”" '° DENT or THE UNITED STATES BY AUTHORITY IN ME Mmm '° ”* VESTED,_D0 HEIIEBY PBOCLAIK AND MAKE KNOWN that v°°’“'Mw' the following described lands heretofore forming part of the Naval Reservation of San Juan, are set apart for the uses of other executive deg`artt1l1:ent];é asifollows: f C0 d be _ To 0 e partmento lllIIl6l'088DIAf8B8Llgh· tHouse¤.,,,,,,, " Dexat and headquarters of the Light House District, M bb" that_land and the structures thereon situated on thegzeginsula I·*¤·* ¤{¤•1>•i¤~ ertonding into the harbor on the south side of the citgueg Juan, P"'°’ " m' Porto Rico, known as the Barrio de la Prmtilla, or tilla Point, bounded on the north by the north boundary of the line of the concrete floor for coal storaige, extended onsthe east to the harbor line and on the west to the mid e of the gravel road shown on general plan of the "Pu.nti]la," U. S. Naval Station San Juan, submitted June 30, 1910, and approvedibg Commodore Karl Rohrer, Commandant; along the middle 0 the ro to its intersection with the prolongation of the line of the south end of the building number 30 on said ‘ ‘general plan ;" thence in pglongation of said line westward to the water. To the asury Department: ummm ¤•v•r•· For the Marine Hospital Service: That part of the so-called Pun- umm nupim tilla bounded on the south by the south line of the launch dock pro- °""°°‘ longed to the west until it meets the prolongatxon of the west line of the uildings marked 2 on the aforesaid ‘ ‘general plan ;" _ thence along this line to the north until it reaches the north hne of sud building 2; thence along this line and its prolongation to the water front so as to include the anmch dock and the b11l.ld.I.D€)lD,8l'k0d 12 and 2, and the land between these building and the har r. For the Custom House: urldmgs numbered 24, 25, 26 and 27 on °¤¤¤¤°·¤· the aforesaid plan, and the land pertaining thereto, and also the tract of land in front of buildings numbered _24 and_ 25 known as the ‘ ‘Marina" and bounded on the north bi a lme rumungfrom the northeast corner of buildinalnumber 25 to_t e_south end o_ the landing for harbor boats and on e south b a line m prolonglajnon of the southern end of the building num _ 24, to the water nt. To the Dveapartment of Agriculture, _ ,,,R;*,f“‘°°‘ °' *¢"· For the eather Bureau: The western part of the Naval Hospital www Burns. tractin"Puertade'I‘ierra" boundedon theeastbyahneparallelto the western boundary and 280 feet therefrom, with residence and chico building thereon. To the War Department: _ w' °°’"‘”“‘· All the remaining lands and buildmis reserved for naval purposes in the vicinity of San Juan, Porto ico, the rmerjvatron for "Lam Shop and Bu? Depot" described m proclamataon of the ***-*-1*-¤· Presidpent dated June 3 , 1903, and the land adgacent thereto, transferred and conveyed to the United States pursuant to an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico approved March 9, 1911.