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Executive Order 932

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It is hereby ordered that all of the unappropriated public lands lying within the meander lines of Chase Lake in township one hundred and forty-one north, range sixty-nine west of the Fifth Principal Meridian, North Dakota, as shown upon the township plat of survey approved November 3, 1875, and as segregated by the broken lines 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 reserve 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 whatsoever is prohibited, and warning is expressly given to all persons not to commit within the reserved territory any of the acts hereby enjoined. This reserve to be known as Chase Lake Reservation.

Signature of Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House,

August 28, 1908.


Diagram missing.


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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