Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 41 Part 2.djvu/354

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PROCLAMATIONS, 1919. 1781 be acquired by the United States under said Act, and have been designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as part of the Shenandoah National Forest' NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of A’°° ¤¤l°'¤°°· the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section eleven of said Act, and by section twenty-four of the Act o March third, eighteen_hundred and ninety-one, do proclaim that the boundaries of the said Shenandoah National Forest are hereby enlarged to mclude the said additional lands, as shown on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof, and that all lands

 said enlargléq boundaries whic have been or may hereafter be

acquired by the mted States under authority of said Act of March V<>1·36.p-¤6l- first, nmeteen hundred and eleven, shall beapermanentlgé reserved and admmrstered as a art of said Shenando National orest. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have herermto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aflixed. DONE in the District of Columbia this 18th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nme· [sun] teen, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty fourth. Woonnow WILSON By the President: Ronrznr LANSING, Secretary of State. Br mn Pansmmvr or mn Urzrrnn Sryrns 01-* Ammmca D°°°mb°' W- 19*** A PROCLAMATION Whereas there is in Montwuma Cormty, Colorado, on the eastern ,,QQ‘§'i§}‘,,,,*§‘,,,°‘Q,§,‘§ C’§§,‘_ slope of the Sleeping Ute Mormtain an imposing pile of masonry of Presmble ' great archaeological value, relic of the prehistoric mhabitants of that part of the country; and Whereas the ground on which said structure stands has been donated to the United States for the establishment of a national monument with a view to the preservation of said ruins, and such preservation is deemed to be in the gréblic interest: N no W NOW THEREFORE, I, W DROW WILSON, Premdent of the c,,i.§,d'L‘f °'"""""°’ United States of America, by virtue of the power and authority in "°'·“‘·¥’·”·‘- me vested by section two of the act of Congress entitled "An Act for the Preservation of American Antiqluitios, ’ approved June 8, 1906 (34 Stat., 225), do proclaim that there is here y reserved and set apart as a national monument, to be known as the Yucca House IN ational Monument, all that piece or parcel of land in the County of Montezuma, State of Colorado shown upon the diagram hereto annexed and made a part hereof, and more particularly described as Demi _ follows: Beginning at a point that bears south 46° 45’ east from the pm"' north uarter corner of section 35, township 35 north, range 17 west, New Bllexico principal meridian, 1513 feet; thence south 600 feet; thence east 600 feet; thence north 300 feet; thence east 230 feet; thence north 100 feet; thence north 28° 53’ west 228.4 feet; thence west 719.7 feet to place of beginning, containing 10 acres, more or less. Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not ,i§,,°§§$Y2§1c_°°m ’°°' to appropriate, injure, destroy or remove any of the eatures or objects included within the boundaries of this Monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof. S t b The Director of the National Park Service, under the direction of nu`$¢pfl>T`$i°i<°¤€13¤i$ the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management *’”" S°'“°°·