December 9, 1924. 43 Stat., 1977. Wupatki Nationa! Monument, Ariz. Preamble. National Monument, Arizona. 34 Stat., 225. Description. upon or purchasing any tract of land so offered for sale, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. 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 Aug. in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-four and of [SEAL.] the Independence of the United States, the One Hundred and Forty-ninth. By the President: CHARLES E. HUGHES CALVIN COOLIDGE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, there are located in Arizona, about 30 miles northeast of Flagstaff, two groups of prehistoric ruins built by the ancestors of a most picturesque tribe of Indians still surviving in the United States, the Hopi or People of Peace; and Whereas, it appears that the public interest would be promoted by reserving these prehistoric remains as a National Monument together with as much land as may be necessary for the proper protection thereof, Now, therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section two of the act of Congress entitled, "An Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities," approved June 8, 1906 (34 Stat., 225) do proclaim that there are hereby reserved from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, subject to all prior valid claims, and set apart as a National Monument to be known as the Wupatki National Monument those two pieces or parcels of land outlined upon the diagram hereto annexed and made a part hereof and more particularly described as follows: The S2 Sec. 32, Township 26 North, Range 9 East; all Sec. 6, W1⁄2 Sec. 5, N1⁄2 Sec. 7, Township 25 North, Range 9 East; SE4 Sec. 1, NE4 Sec. 12, Township 25 North, Range 8 East; and the N2 Sec. 30, Township 25 North, Range 10 East, of the Gila and Salt River Meridian. Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any of the features or Reserved from settle objects included within the boundaries of this Monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof. ment, etc. Supervision, etc., by Park Service. The Director of the National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management Director of National and control of this Monument, as provided in the act of Congress entitled, "An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other 39 Stat., 535; 41 Stat., purposes," approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat., 535) and Acts additional thereto or amendatory thereof. 732. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the City of Washington this 9th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty[SEAL.] four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-ninth. By the President: CHARLES E. HUGHES Secretary of State. CALVIN COOLIDGE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. September 30, 1925. 44 Stat., 2586. A PROCLAMATION. Forest, Calif. Whereas, it appears that the public good will be promoted by Angeles National excluding from the Angeles National Forest, in California, certain areas and temporarily withdrawing the only public lands therein for Indian purposes; And Whereas, it appears that certain lands immediately heretofore forming a part of the Santa Barbara National Forest, in California, should be transferred to and made a part of the Angeles National Forest; And Whereas, it appears that certain lands immediately heretofore forming a part of the Angeles National Forest, in California, should constitute a part of the San Bernardino National Forest also in California; Now, therefore, I, CALVIN COOLIDGE, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (30 Stat., 11 at 34 and 36), entitled, "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes", do proclaim that the boundaries of the Angeles National Forest are hereby changed and that they are now as shown on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part thereof; and that this proclamation and those changing the boundaries of the Santa Barbara National Forest and creating the San Bernardino National Forest, which I have also signed this same day, are made and are intended to be and shall be considered as one act to become effective simultaneously. 44 Stat., 15. 44 Stat., 16. Boundaries modi. 30 Stat., 36. 44 Stat., 15, 16. Lands temporarily 36 Stat., 847. And I do also proclaim that under the authority conferred upon excluded for Morongo me by the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 847), Indians. entitled, "An Act To authorize the President of the United States to make withdrawals of public lands in certain cases", as amended August 24, 1912 (37 Stat., 497) and subject to the conditions therein expressed, the following described lands excluded from the Angeles National Forest by this proclamation are hereby temporarily withdrawn for the use and benefit of the Morongo Indians until March 5, 1927: In T. 2 S., R. 2 E., S. B. M., N. 1⁄2 SW. 4 Sec. 16, SE. 4 Sec. 19 and N. 2 SW. 4 Sec. 29. 37 Stat., 497. Description. Withdrawn lands, If legislation be not enacted prior to March 5, 1927, effecting the not definitely disposed permanent withdrawal of such lands, and no other direction is given of, open to entry. regarding the disposition thereof, they will on that date become subject to disposal under the method prescribed by existing law. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. [SEAL] Done at the City of Washington this 30th day of September in the By the President: FRANK B. KELLOGG Secretary of State June 5, 1926. 44 Stat., 2613. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERica. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas the Act of Congress directing the disposal of lands within a Crow Indian Reser specified part of the Crow Indian Reservation, in the State of Montana, approved April 27, 1904 (33 Stat.,352,361), among other things, provides; vation, Mont. Preamble. 87. 33 Stat., 361., vol. 3, 38 Stat., 2029; 40 Stat., 1653; ante, 953,973. That when, in the judgment of the President, no more of the land herein ceded can be disposed of at said price, he may by proclamation, to be repeated at his discretion, sell from time to time the remaining land subject to the provisions of the homestead law or otherwise as he may deem most advantageous, at such price or prices, in such manner, upon such conditions, with such restrictions, and upon such terms as he may deem best for all the interests concerned: And whereas certain lands in the Reservation were sold and entered in the manner provided for by Proclamations of September 28, 1914 (38 Stat., 2029), and April 6, 1917 (40 Stat., 1653), which Proclamations fixed the terms under which the lands might be paid for; And whereas because of droughts and adverse weather conditions extensions of time for payment until the 1925 anniversaries of the dates of the purchases and entries were allowed on certain conditions to certain purchasers and entrymen by proclamations dated May 5, 1920 (41 Stat., 1793), August 11, 1921 (42 Stat., 2246), July 10, 1922 (42 Stat., 2281), December 18, 1923 (43 Stat., 1931), and June 9, 1924 (43 Stat., 41 Stat., 1793; 42 Stat., 1955); 2246, 2281; 43 Stat., 1931, 1955; ante, 989, 990, 994, 996. Further extensions ments for ceded lands. 38 Stat., 2029; 40 1955; ante, 953, 996, 973. And whereas it appears that while there has been some improvement in the conditions existing on the reservation there are still many purchasers and entrymen who are unable to make payment in the manner required by the aforesaid proclamations. Now, therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority conferred in me by the said Act of April 27, 1904, do hereby order and direct that any purchaser or allowed to pay install- entryman of lands within said former reservation who is unable to pay the purchase money due under his purchase or entry made under the said proclamation of September 28, 1914, or the said proclamation of April 6, 1917, and who has complied with the provisions of the proclamation of June 9, 1924, upon filing in the local Stat., 1653; 43 Stat, land office an affidavit corroborated by two persons setting out his inability to make the required payment of principal and satisfactory reasons therefor shall be granted an extension of time until the 1927 anniversary of the date of his entry or purchase, upon the payment to the Register of the district land office of interest at the rate of five per cent per annum on the amounts extended from the maturities thereof to the expiration of the period of extension. The district land office will promptly notify all purchasers and entrymen entitled to the extension of the manner in which it may be obtained. If the affidavit is not filed and the interest paid within thirty days from receipt of notice, or if, within such time, the amounts in arrears are not paid in full, the purchases or entries for which the amounts are due will be reported by the district land office to the General Land Office for cancellation. Conditions. 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 5th day of June, in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and twenty-six and of the [SEAL.] Independence of the United States, the One Hundred and CALVIN COOLIDGE Fiftieth. By the President: FRANK B KELLOGG PART III. EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATING TO INDIAN RESERVATIONS FROM JULY 1, 1912, TO NOVEMBER 23, 1927. ARIZONA. COCOPAH. It is hereby ordered that the west half of the southeast quarter of section twelve and the west half of the northeast quarter of section thirteen, township ten south, lots two, four, five, and six, together with such vacant, unsurveyed, and unappropriated public lands adjacent to the foregoing-described subdivisions and between the same and the waters of the Colorado River as would, upon an extension of the lines of existing surveys, constitute fractional portions of the northeast quarter and the northwest quarter of section thirty, township nine south of range twenty-four west of the Gila and Salt River meridian, Arizona, be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn and set apart for the use and occupancy of the Cocopah Indians, subject to any valid prior existing rights of any person or persons thereto, and reserving a right of way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the authority of the United States. WOODROW WILSON. THE WHITE HOUSE, 27 September, 1917. COLORADO RIVER. Whereas Executive orders dated November 16, 1874, and May 15, 1876, defined the southern boundary of the Colorado River Indian Reservation, in the State of Arizona, to be "Beginning at a point where the La Paz Arroyo enters the Colorado River, 4 miles above Ehrenberg; thence easterly with said arroyo to a point south of the crest of La Paz Mountain;' And whereas a survey of said southern boundary line made in 1876 erroneously located said southern boundary line by accepting an arroyo other than the Arroyo La Paz for said boundary line, which fact has been established to the satisfaction of the Interior Department by full investigations and hearings held for that purpose; Now, therefore, in order to correct the error in locating said southern boundary line and in order to conform such line to the public system of surveys recently extended over these lands, it is hereby ordered that such southern boundary line of the Colorado River Indian Reservation shall be a line commencing at a point on the left bank of the Colorado River marked by an iron post 3 inches in diameter stamped C. R. I. R. on brass cap thereof as established by the United States surveyor in 1912; thence easterly along the line of iron posts established by said surveyor to the corner of townships 3 and 4 north, ranges 21 and 22 west, G. & S. R. M.; thence north along the range line to the established corner of sections 13, 18, 19, and 24, township 4 north, ranges 21 and 22 west; thence easterly along the established section lines to the closing corner of sections 18 and 19, township 4 north, range 20 west, recorded by said United States surveyor as located north 6 degrees, 36 minutes east, 66.17 chains from an iron post marked C. R. I. R. on brass cap thereof, established on the highest point of La Paz Mountain. WOODROW WILSON. THE WHITE HOUSE, 22 November, 1915. 1001 FORT APACHE. The military reservation known as Fort Apache, situated in Navajo County, State of Arizona, containing an approximate area of 7,579.75 acres, set apart for military purposes by Executive Order dated February 1, 1877, having become useless for military purposes, the same is hereby placed under control of the Secretary of the Interior under the Act of July 5, 1884 (23 Stat. 103) for disposition as provided therein or as may be otherwise provided by law. THE WHITE HOUSE, October 4, 1922. WARREN G. HARDING GILA RIVER. It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in Arizona be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposition, and set aside as an addition to the Gila River Indian Reservation in Arizona: Provided, That the withdrawal hereby made shall be subject to any existing valid rights of any persons to the lands described. Township 4, range 4.-Sections 13, 14, 15, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 35; E. 21⁄2 of section 17; NE. 4 of section 20; N. 1⁄2 of section 21; and N. 12 of section 22. Township 5, range 4.-Sections 1 and 2. All south and east of the Gila and Salt River base and meridian. THE WHITE HOUSE, June 2, 1913. WOODROW WILSON. It is hereby ordered that Executive order of August 31, 1876, setting apart certain lands of the public domain as an addition to the Gila River Reservation in Arizona, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to eliminate from the said addition the S. 12 of the NW. 4 of section 10, township 5 south, range 8 east of the Gila and Salt River meridian. WOODROW WILSON. THE WHITE HOUSE, August 27, 1914. It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in the State of Arizona be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposition, for use in connection with the proposed San Carlos dam and irrigation project: T. 4 S., R. 11 E., G. & S. R. M.-Lots, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7; SE. 4 of SW. 4 and S. 1⁄2 of SE. 4 of sec. 7; secs. 8, 9, and 10; W. 11⁄2 of NE. 4 and W. 2 of sec. 11; W. 1/2 of sec. 14; and sec. 15. This withdrawal is subject to all prior valid existing rights. THE WHITE HOUSE, 18 March, 1915. WOODROW WILSON. It is hereby ordered that sections 15 to 22, inclusive, of township 5 south, range 7 east of the Gila & Salt River meridian, Arizona, be, and they are hereby, reserved from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposal, and set aside as an addition to the Gila River Indian Reservation, subject to any valid existing rights of any persons thereto. The order of December 16, 1911, temporarily withdrawing township 5 south, range 7 east, Gila & Salt River meridian, Arizona, is hereby revoked. THE WHITE HOUSE, 19 July, 1915. WOODROW WILSON. |