2612 PROCLAMATIONS, 1926. use for such public agurpose of landsso reserved, so long as such gppropriation is leg y maintained or such reservation remains in orce. a · In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set may hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aflixed. · Dcne at the Cit of Washington this 3d day of May in the year of our {ord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, [ssa:.] and of the Inde endence of the United States of America the one hundred) and iiftieth. ` , Cnvm Coomnen By the President: Fmux B Knrnoeo Secretary of State. i.i¤yiz,1m. By urn Pnnsrnmrr or Tun UNITED Srarns or Amnmca, s , . zA PROCLAMATION ‘ M(dgtdii£i%r§;Zi1l?n°l WHEREAS, by Scction 2 of an Act of Congress approved June 8, $fj°’,§"’°·2,5 1906 (34 Stat- 225), tht! President was authorized "in his discretion, ' ’p° ` to declare by public proclamation histone landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated ugwn the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United tates to be national monuments, and ma reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected"; p AND WHEREAS, when Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the discoverer of California, sailed into San Diego Bay on the 28th day of Septem- ber, 1542, Point Loma, which lies within the reservation of Fort Rosecrans, California, was the Hrst land sightzll by him; V°]‘38*""°°5‘ AND WHEREAS, the President of the United States did, by Proclamation No. 1255, dated October.14, 1913, declare and proclaim, under authority of said Act of Congress, the following described parcel of Iandsituated on Point Lomawithinthe limits of the military reservation of Fort Rosecrans, California, to be a national monument to commemorate the fdiscovery of `California by Juan Rodrigue Cabrillo on the 28th day of September, 1542, viz: ' Beginning, ·at,.a=.» monument 53 ft} from* Southeast · corner of the Old Lighthouse, Point Loma (true az. 6° , 26’); thence, true az.-292°’50', 25 feetjthence, true az. ·234°, 09’, 36 feetythence, true az. 210° t47’, 35.feet·;» thence, trueeaz. 1919 14‘,`53 feet; thence, trueaz; 175‘* ·56', 57=feet;-,thence,»true·az. 1599 2G', 33 feet;“ thence, z true az; 138° .29*, 115 feet; stheince, ztrueaz. 7° 39*, 1_70 feet; thence, true az. 349° 56%, 43 f88$}'d16l106;‘l5I'll6 az.¤ .;,3379 58’, -25 feet; thence,itrue az. 332°.14', 35. feet, to the pomtt ofvbegmning; containing 21,910 square feet, ~ moreorless. - V - .- . I i asl ‘
The area above comprises all thai percelmf ground
within the loop of the Point Loma Boulevard where .it encirclesithe Old Lighthouse, butwdoes notiincludel
an,ofthe·readway·. · ·Q ’·* — .
AND WHEREAS, The Order of Panama, aneorganization com- posed of representative citizens of Southern California, was granted permission b said proclamationvto.constmct a memorial statue to Cabrillo on the said national monument site so declared;
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