Description. Reserved from settlement, etc. Supervision, etc., by Director of National Park Service. Vol. 39, p. 535. Bluff National Monument, the following described lands, to-wit: the northwest quarter, north half of the southwest quarter, southeast quarter of the southwest quarter, southwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the west half of the southeast quarter of section four, township twenty-one north, range fifty-five west; lots one, two and three, south half of the northeast quarter, north half of the southeast quarter, southeast quarter of the northwest quarter and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section five, township twenty-one north, range fifty-five west; the northeast quarter of section nine, township twenty-one north, range fifty-five west; lots six and seven, section twenty-seven, township twenty-two north, range fifty-five west; lot four, southeast quarter, and south half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-eight, said township and range; the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty-nine, said township and range; the east half of the east half of section thirtytwo, said township and range; and the north half, southwest quarter, north half of the southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-three, township twenty-two north, range fifty-five, all west of the Sixth Principal Meridian in the State of Nebraska, and that the boundaries of the said Scotts Bluff National Monument are as shown on the diagram hereto attached and made a part hereof. Warning is hereby given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate or injure any natural feature of this Monument, or to occupy, exploit, settle or locate upon any of the lands reserved by this proclamation. The Director of the National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management and control of this 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). IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia This 12th day of December, in By the President: ROBERT LANSING, December 18, 1919. Shenandoah National Forest, Va. and W. Va. Preamble. Vol. 36, p. 961. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, by proclamation of May sixteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, there were reserved and set apart as the Shenandoah National Forest certain lands within the States of Virginia and West Virginia, acquired by the United States under authority of the Act of Congress approved March first, nineteen hundred and eleven (36 Stat., 961), entitled "An Act To enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers"; and WHEREAS, certain additional lands in the vicinity of the said National Forest and within the said States have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States under said Act, and have been designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as part of the Shenandoah National Forest; NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of Area enlarged. the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section eleven of said Act, and by section twenty-four of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, do proclaim that the boundaries of the said Shenandoah National Forest are hereby enlarged to include the said additional lands, as shown on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof, and that all lands within said enlarged boundaries which have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States under authority of said Act of March Vol. 36, p. 961. first, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall be permanently reserved and administered as a part of said Shenandoah National Forest. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia this 18th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine[SEAL.] teen, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty fourth. By the President: ROBERT LANSING, WOODROW WILSON BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Whereas there is in Montezuma County, Colorado, on the eastern slope of the Sleeping Ute Mountain an imposing pile of masonry of great archaeological value, relic of the prehistoric inhabitants of that part of the country; and Whereas the ground on which said structure stands has been donated to the United States for the establishment of a national monument with a view to the preservation of said ruins, and such preservation is deemed to be in the public interest: December 19, 1919. tional Monument, Colo. Preamble. Yucca House Na National Monument, NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the colorado. United States of America, by virtue of the power and authority in Vol. 34, p. 225. 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 is hereby reserved and set apart as a national monument, to be known as the Yucca House National Monument, all that piece or parcel of land in the County of Montezuma, State of Colorado, shown upon the diagram hereto annexed and made a part hereof, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point that bears south 46° 45′ east from the north quarter corner of section 35, township 35 north, range 17 west, New Mexico principal meridian, 1513 feet; thence south 600 feet; thence east 600 feet; thence north 300 feet; thence east 230 feet; thence north 100 feet; thence north 28° 53' west 228.4 feet; thence west 719.7 feet to place of beginning, containing 10 acres, more or less. Description. Reserved from set Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not tlement, etc. to appropriate, injure, destroy or remove any of the features or objects included within the boundaries of this Monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof. Supervision, etc., by The Director of the National Park Service, under the direction of Director of National the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management Park Service. Vol. 39, p. 535. December 24, 1919. Federal railroad control. Preamble. Vol. 40, pp. 451, 1733, 1763, 1922. Powers, etc., relinquished on March 1, 1920. Vol. 40, p. 456. Director General of Railroads authorized into effect. Post, p. 1786. and control of this 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). IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia This 19th day of December in By the President: ROBERT LANSING Secretary of State. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION RELINQUISHMENT OF FEDERAL CONTROL OF RAILROADS AND WHEREAS, in the exercise of authority committed to me by law, I have heretofore, through the Secretary of War, taken possession of and have, through the Director General of Railroads, exercised control over certain railroads, systems of transportation and property appurtenant thereto or connected therewith; including systems of coastwise and inland transportation, engaged in general transportation and owned or controlled by said railroads or systems of transportation; including also terminals, terminal companies and terminal associations, sleeping and parlor cars, private cars and private car lines, elevators, warehouses, telegraph and telephone lines, and all other equipment and appurtenances commonly used upon or operated as a part of such railroads and systems of transportation; and WHEREAS, I now deem it needful and desirable that all railroads, systems of transportation and property now under such Federal control, be relinquished therefrom; NOW, THEREFORE, under authority of Section 14 of the Federal Control Act approved March 21, 1918, and of all other powers and provisions of law thereto me enabling, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, do hereby relinquish from Federal control, effective the first day of March 1920 at 12:01 o'clock A. M. all railroads, systems of transportation and property, of whatever kind, taken or held under such Federal control and not heretofore relinquished, and restore the same to the possession and control of their respective owners. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, or his successor in to carry proclamation office, is hereby authorized and directed, through such agents and agencies as he may determine, in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of said Act of March 21, 1918, to adjust, settle and close all matters, including the making of agreements for compensation, and all questions and disputes of whatsoever nature arising out of or incident to Federal control, until otherwise provided by proclamation of the President or by Act of Congress; and generally to do and perform, as fully in all respects as the President is authorized to do, all and singular the acts and things necessary or proper in order to carry into effect this proclamation and the relinquishment of said railroads, systems of transportation and property. |