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Supervision.

39 Stat. 535.

16 U. S. C. §§ 1, 2.

January 22, 1941 [No. 2454]

55 Stat. 1608

Exclusion of certain lands from Wupatki National Monument.

Diversion dam, Little Colorado River.

43 Stat. 1977; 50 Stat. 1841.

the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management, and control of the monument as provided in the act of Congress entitled "An act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes," approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535, U. S. C., title 16, secs. 1 and 2), and acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this 29th day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-third.

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By the President:

CORDELL HULL

The Secretary of State.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

EXCLUDING LANDS FROM THE WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT
AND RESERVING THEM FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES-ARIZONA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS it appears that certain lands which are now a part of the Wupatki National Monument in the State of Arizona, established by Proclamation of December 9, 1924, 43 Stat. 1977, and enlarged by Proclamation of July 9, 1937, 50 Stat. 1841, are not necessary for the proper care and management of the objects of historic and scientific interest situated on the lands within the said monument; and

WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to exclude such lands from the Wupatki National Monument; and

WHEREAS such lands are needed in the construction and operation of a diversion dam in Little Colorado River to facilitate the irrigation of lands on the Navajo Indian Reservation:

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, c. 3060, 34 Stat. 225 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 431), and by the act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847 (U. S. C., title 43, sec. 141), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, c. 369, 37 Stat. 497 (U. S. C., title 43, sec. 142), do proclaim that the lands comprising Lots 1 and 2, Section 12, Township 25 North, Range 10 East, Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona, comprising 52.27 acres, are hereby excluded from the Wupatki National Monument, and temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for use in connection with the construction and operation of a diversion dam in Little Colorado River for irrigating Navajo Indian lands. The provisions of the Proclamations of December 9, 1924, and July 9, 1937, shall remain in full force and effect as to all other lands thereby reserved as a national monument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this 22d day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixty-fifth.

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By the President:

CORDELL HULL

The Secretary of State.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

SETTING ASIDE CERTAIN LANDS FOR NATIONAL MONUMENT PUR-
POSES TO BE ADMINISTERED AS PART OF THE OCMULGEE NA-
TIONAL MONUMENT-GEORGIA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS it appears that certain lands adjoining the Lamar Unit of the Ocmulgee National Monument in Georgia, which have been donated to the United States, contain evidence of an old Indian stockade and other objects of historical interest; and

WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to set such lands aside for national monument purposes:

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 the following-described lands in Bibb County, Georgia, are hereby set aside for national monument purposes and shall be administered as a part of the Ocmulgee National Monument:

Beginning at a concrete monument marking the southeast corner of the Lamar Unit of the Ocmulgee National Monument from which the most easterly corner of Macon City Limits in the center of Ocmulgee River bears approximately North 31° 30' West 8560 feet, more or less; thence South 78° 30' West 1500.0 feet along the south boundary of the Lamar Unit to the southwest corner thereof; thence South 11° 30' East 290.4 feet; thence North 67° 32' East 1527.85 feet to the point of beginning, containing 5 acres, more or less.

June 13, 1941 (No. 2193]

55 Stat. 1654

Lands added.

Warning against un

Supervision, etc.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any part or feature of this authorized acts. monument, and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof. The Director of the National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management, and control of the monument as provided in the act of Congress entitled "An act to establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes," approved August 25, 1916, 39 Stat. 535 (U. S. C., title 16, secs. 1 and 2), and acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this 13th day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth.

[SEAL]

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

By the President:

CORDELL HULL

Secretary of State.

Convention between the United States of America and certain other American republics respecting the Inter-American Indian Institute. Opened for signature at Mexico City from November 1 to December 31, 1940; signed for the United States of America November 29, 1940; ratification advised by the Senate of the United States May 26, 1941; ratified by the President of the United States June 6, 1941; ratification of the United States of America deposited with the Government of Mexico August 1, 1941; proclaimed by the President of the United States February 12, 1942.

November 29, 1940
(T. S. 978]
56 Stat. 1303

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS a Convention Providing for the Creation of an InterAmerican Indian Institute, which was opened for signature by the American Governments from November 1 to December 31, 1940, at the City of Mexico, was signed by the respective plenipotentiaries of the United States of America, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, and Peru, on November 29, 1940, and by the plenipotentiary of Bolivia on December 18, 1940, and was adhered to by Nicaragua on April 18, 1941, Panama on May 26, 1941, and Paraguay on June 17, 1941, a duly certified copy whereof in the Spanish, English, Portuguese, and French languages, is word for word as follows:

CONVENTION PROVIDING FOR CREATION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN
INDIAN INSTITUTE

1The Governments of the American Republics, inspired by the desire to create efficient instruments for collaboration in the solution of their common problems, and recognizing the fact that the Indian problem is a question of interest to all America; that it is desirable clearly to state and solve said problem; that in many of the American nations it offers similar and comparable aspects; the Governments of said republics further recognize the fact that it is highly desirable to clarify, stimulate and coordinate the Indian policies of the various nations, said policies being construed as the aggregation of desiderata, standards and measures that should be applied for integral improvement of the living standards of the Indian groups of the Americas; and whereas establishment of an Inter-American Indian Institute was recommended for study, by the Eighth International Conference of the American Nations, assembled at Lima in 1938, in the following resolution: That the Continental Conference on Indian Life study the advisability of establishing an Inter-American Indian Institute and, if the occasion arises, set forth the basis for its organization and take the necessary steps for its immeditae instal-lation and organization; and whereas the First Inter-American Indian Conference that was held at Patzcuaro in April 1940, passed a resolution creating the InterAmerican Indian Institute and recommended the conclusion of a Convention to that end:

Now therefore, the Governments of the American Republics have decided to conclude the present Convention, which will be signed in the manner provided by article XVI, in order to give form to said recommendations and purposes, and have agreed to the following:

The contracting Governments hereby agree to elucidate the problems affecting the Indian groups within their respective jurisdictions, and to cooperate with one another, on a basis of mutual respect for the inherent rights of each to exercise absolute liberty in solving the "Indian Problem" in America, by means of periodical meetings, by means of an Inter-American Indian Institute and of National Indian Institutes, whose organization and functioning shall be governed by this Convention in accordance with the following articles:

ARTICLE I
Organizations

The Contracting States shall seek to achieve performance of the aims and purposes set out in the preamble hereof, by means of the following organizations:

1. An Inter-American Indian Conference.

2. An Inter-American Indian Institute, managed by a Governing Board.

13. National Indian Institutes.

In its own right, every State may be represented at the Conference and on the Governing Board of the Institute.

ARTICLE II

Inter-American Indian Conference

1. The General Conference shall be held at intervals not exceeding four years. The seat of the Conference and the date at which each Congress is to meet shall be determined by the preceding Conference. However, the date scheduled for a meeting may be advanced or postponed by the Organizing Government, at the request of five or more of the participating governments.

2. The government of the nation constituting the seat of the Conference, hereinafter referred to as the "Organizing Government", shall fix the place and final date of the meeting; said Government shall likewise extend invitations to the Conference through the proper diplomatic channels at least six months in advance, sending therewith the respective Agenda.

3. The Conference shall be composed of delegates appointed by the member governments and by a representative of the Pan American Union. An effort shall be made to include members of the National Institutes and Indian members among the staff of the delegations. Each member State shall have one vote.

4. Persons of recognized interest in Indian Affairs may also attend Las observers, provided they are invited by the Organizing Government and authorized by their respective governments. Such persons shall not be entitled either to speak or to vote at plenary sessions and shall only be entitled to express their opinions through the official delegations of their respective countries, but may participate in discussion at technical committee sessions.

5. The expenses of organizing and carrying out the Conference shall be paid by the Organizing Government.

ARTICLE III

Inter-American Indian Institute

1. The first seat of the Institute shall be the capital of any American State chosen by the Governing Board of the Institute. The Government of the nation accepting establishment of the Institute shall furnish premises suitable for the functioning and activities of the Institute.

2. The Office of the Inter-American Indian Institute is temporarily placed under the auspices of the Government of Mexico, with headquarters in the City of Mexico.

ARTICLE IV

Functions of the Institute

The Institute shall have the following duties and obligations, except that it shall not have functions of a political character.

1. It shall act as a Standing Committee for the Inter-American Indian Conferences, and shall be the custodian of the reports, papers and archives thereof. It shall cooperate in the execution and contribute towards the fulfillment of the resolutions adopted by InterAmerican Indian Conferences, as well as those arising from this Convention, within the sphere of its duties. It shall further cooperate

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with the Organizing Government in the preparation and holding of the Indian Conference.

2. It shall solicit, collect, arrange and distribute reports on the following:

a) Scientific investigations in regard to Indian problems;

b) Legislation, jurisprudence and administration of Indian communities;

c) Activities of any institutions interested in such groups;

d) Material of all kinds utilizable by the Governments as a basis for development of policies looking to economic and social improvement of living standards among Indian communities;

e) Recommendations made by the Indians themselves in regard to any matters of concern to their people.

3. It shall initiate, direct and coordinate any scientific investigations and inquiries immediately applicable to the solution of Indian problems; or such investigations and inquiries as may, even though not immediately applicable, contribute to better knowledge of Indian life. 4. Publish periodically any magazines or such other material as it may from time to time think fit, Land carry on publicity work by means of films, phonograph records and other adequate means.

5. Manage the funds provided by the American nations and accept any other contributions of whatever nature they may be, from public or private sources including personal services.

6. Cooperate in an advisory capacity with the Bureaus of Indian Affairs of the American Nations.

7. Cooperate with the Pan American Union and seek its cooperation for the realization of these aims common to both.

8. Create and authorize the establishment of advisory technical committees, in agreement with the respective Governments.

9. To promote, foster and coordinate the training of men and women experts devoted to the problems of the Indian.

10. To encourage the exchange of technicians, experts or advisers in matters affecting Indians.

11. Discharge such other functions as may be allotted to it by InterAmerican Indian Conferences, or by the Governing Board, in the exercise of the powers conferred upon the latter by this Convention.

ARTICLE V

Maintenance and resources of the Institute

1. The patrimony and the resources of the Inter-American Indian Institute for its maintenance shall consist of the annual quotas paid by the member countries; as well as of funds and contributions of any kind that the Institute may receive from Ameri-1 can persons or institutions and of funds derived from its publications.

2. The annual budget of the Institute is fixed at $30,600 (U.S. Currency). This budget is divided into 102 units of 300 dollars each. The annual quota of each contributor is determined by assigning to each a certain number of units, according to the total population, as indicated in the attached table, [1] but to no country having an Indian population of less than 50,000 shall there be assigned more than one unit. On the other hand, to the countries having the largest Indian population, namely, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru, there shall be assigned additional units equivalent to fifty per cent of those allotted to them on the basis of their total population, as indicated in the attached schedule.[1] When the seat of the Institute is

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