"11. Canyon De Chelly National Monument
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Establishment: Proclamation (No. 1945) of April 1, 1931 | 133 |
Boundaries revised: Proclamation (No. 2036) of March 3, 1933 | 134 |
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
[No. 1945Apr. 1, 193147 Stat. 2448]
WHEREAS Congress by act of February 14, 1931 (Public,
No. 66771st Cong.), entitled "An act to authorize the President of
the United States to establish the Canyon De Chelly National Monument
within the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona," authorized the President
of the United States, with the consent of the Tribal Council of the
Navajo Tribe of Indians, to establish the said Canyon De Chelly National
Monument by Executive proclamation;
WHEREAS the Navajo Tribal Council Assembly at Fort
Wingate, N. Mex., on July 8, 1930, adopted a resolution approving the
establishment of the Canyon de Chelly National Monument; and
WHEREAS it appears that the public interest would be
promoted by including the lands hereinafter described within a national
monument for the preservation of a great number of cliff dwellings and
for their archaeological interest;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Herbert Hoover, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the
said act of Congress approved February 14, 1931, do hereby proclaim and
establish the Canyon De Chelly National Monument and that the following
described lands in Arizona be, and the same are hereby, included within
the said national monument:
NAVAJO MERIDIAN
Unsurveyed T. 4 N., R. 7 W., 1/2 sec. 5 and NE. 1/4
sec. 6;
Unsurveyed T. 5 N., R. 7 W., 1/2 sec. 15, sec. 19, 1/2 sec. 20, secs.
21, 22, S. 1/2 sec. 23, N. 1/2 sec. 26, N. 1/2 sec. 28, secs. 29 to 32
inclusive;
Unsurveyed T. 3 N., R. 8 W., sec. 4 and E. 1/2 sec. 5;
Unsurveyed T. 4 N., R. 8 W., secs. 6, 7, SW. 1/4 sec. 17, secs. 18, 19,
S. 1/2, NW. 1/4 sec. 20, secs. 29, 30, M. 1/2 secs. 32 and 33;
Unsurveyed T. 5 N., R. 8 W., secs. 7, 13, S. 1/2 sec. 14, S. 1/2 sec.
15, S. 1/2, NW. 1/4 sec. 16, secs. 17 to 24 inclusive, N. 1/2 sec 25, N.
1/2. SE. 1/4 sec. 28, N. 1/2 sec. 29, N. 1/2 sec. 1/2 sec. 26, sec. 27,
N. 30, and SW. 1/4 sec. 31;
Unsurveyed T. 6 N., R. 8 W., N. 1/2 sec. 3, secs. 4 to 8 inclusive, W.
1/2 sec. 18, and NW. 1/4 sec. 19;
Unsurveyed T. 7 N., R. 8 W., S. 1/2 sec. 33, sec. 34, and W. 1/2 sec.
35;
Unsurveyed T. 4 N., R. 9 W., sees 1, 2, 3, E. 1/2 sec. 4, N. 1/2 sec.
10, N. 1/2 sec. 11, sees. 12, 13, E. 1/2 sec. 24, and E. 1/2 sec.
25;
Unsurveyed T. 5 N., R. 9 W., sees. 4 to 31 inclusive, E. 1/2 sec. 33,
sees. 34, 35, and 36;
Surveyed T. 6 N., R. 9 W., sees 1, 2, 3, sees. 10 to 15 inclusive, sees.
21, 22, 23, N. 1/2 sec. 26, sees. 27, 28, 29, SE. 1/4 sec. 30, and sees.
31 to 34 inclusive;
Surveyed T. 5 N., R. 10 W., secs, 1 to 18 inclusive, N. 1/2 sec. 22,
sees. 23, 24, 25, N. 1/2 sec. 26, and N. 1/2 see. 36;
Surveyed T. 6 N., R. 10 W., E. 1/2 sec. 34, sec. 35, and S. 1/2 sec. 36,
contained approximately 83,840 acres.
Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized
persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any feature of
this 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 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), and acts
additional thereto or amendatory thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand the
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this 1st day of April,
in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-one, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and
fifty-fifth.
HERBERT HOOVER.
By the President: WILBUR J.
CARR, Acting Secretary of
State."
"BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
[No. 2036Mar. 3, 193347 Stat. 2562]
WHEREAS Congress by act of February 14, 1931 (Public,
No. 66771st Cong.), entitled "An act to authorize the President of
the United States to establish the Canyon De Chelly National Monument
within the Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona," authorized the President
of the United States, with the consent of the Tribal Council of the
Navajo Tribe of Indians, to establish the said Canyon De Chelly National
Monument by Executive Proclamation; and
WHEREAS Congress by act of March 1, 1933 (Public, No.
40472nd Cong. 2nd Session), entitled "An Act To amend the
description of land described in section 1 of the act approved February
14, 1931, entitled 'An Act To authorize the President of the United
States to establish the Canyon De Chelly National Monument within the
Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona,"' amended the description of the
land described in section 1 of the act of February 14, 1931; and
WHEREAS the Navajo Tribal Council Assembly at Fort
Wingate, New Mexico, on July 8, 1930, adopted a resolution approving the
establishment of the Canyon De Chelly National Monument; and
WHEREAS it appears to be in the public interest that
the cliff dwellings and other features of scientific and educational
interest desired to be preserved be more accurately described by
amending the description of the land for the Canyon De Chelly National
Monument as established by Proclamation No. 1945 dated April 1,
1931;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Herbert Hoover, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the
said acts of Congress approved February 14, 1931, and March 1, 1933, do
proclaim that the Canyon De Chelly National Monument as heretofore
established by proclamation shall comprise the following described
lands:
"All lands in Del Muerto, De Chelly, and Monument
Canyons, and the canyons tributary thereto, and the lands within
one-half mile of the rims of the said canyons, situated in
unsurveyed townships 4 and 5 north, range 7 west; townships 4, 5, and 6
north, range 8 west; townships 4 and 5 north, range 9 west; and in
surveyed townships 4 and 5 north, range 6 west; townships 3, 6, and 7
north, range 7 west; township 6 north, range 9 west; and township 5
north, range 10 west; embracing about eighty-three thousand eight
hundred and forty acres, all of the Navajo meridian, in Arizona,"
and the proclamation dated April 1, 1931, heretofore
issued for the establishment of the said national monument is hereby
accordingly modified.
Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized
persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any feature of
this 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 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), and acts
additional 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 3d day of March
in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-three and of
the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and
fifty-seventh.
HERBERT HOOVER.
By the President:
HENRY L. STIMSON,
Secretary of State."
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