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PROCLAMATIONS, 1937 ENLARGING THE WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT-ARIZONA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS certain land contiguous to the Wupatki National Monument, established by Proclamation of December 9, 1924 (43 Stat. 1977), have situated thereon prehistoric and archaeological ruins of historic and scientific interest; and WHEREAS there are other lands contiguous to the said Monument which are necessary for the proper care, management, and protection of the prehistoric ruins situated on the lands now included in the aforesaid Monument and on the additional lands above referred to; and WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to reserve such lands as an addition to the Wupatki National Monument: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, ch. 3060, 34 Stat. 225 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 431), do proclaim that, subject to the with- drawal made by order of the Secretary of the Interior of July 9, 1934, in aid of the consolidations authorized by the act of June 14, 1934, ch. 521, 48 Stat. 960, and subject to all valid existing rights, the follow- ing-described lands in Arizona are hereby reserved and added to and made a part of the Wupatki National Monument: GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN July 9, 1937 [No. 2243] Wupatki National Monument, Ariz. Preamble. 43 Stat. 1977. Area enlarged. 34 Stat. 225. 16 U. S.C. §431. 48 Stat. 960. Lands added. Description. T.25N., R.8E., sec. 1,N%and SW4; secs. 2 and 11; sec. 12, W% and SEY4; sees. 13 and 14; All those parts of sees. 3, 10 and 15 lying east of the east line of the right of way of U. S . Highway No. 89; T.25N., R.9E., secs. 1 to 4, inclusive; sec. 5, E%3; sec. 7, S%; sees. 8 to 18, inclusive; T.26N., R.9E., sec.32,N%; T.25N., R.10E., sec. 1, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W% SWY and SEX SW4; sec. 2, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, S% NWY4 and S/; secs. 3 to 12, and 14 to 22, inclusive; sees. 28 and 29; sec. 30, S/2; secs. 31 and 32; T.26N., R.10E., sec. 16, SW%; sec. 17, SEX; sec. 20; sec. 21, NW%; secs. 29 and 32, containing 33,631.20 acres. Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to Warning against"un appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any feature of this Monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof. 125151° -3 7 --T I---61 1841