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Gila Cliff Dwellings
An Administrative History |
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APPENDIX A
Executive Order
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Executive Order
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the west half of the southwest quarter of section 1; the east half of the southeast quarter of section 2; the north half of the northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 3; the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and lot 4 of section 10; all in township 17 south, range 13 west; and the west tier of section 6, consisting of lots 4, 5, 6 and 7 of said section, in township 17 south, range 12 west; all lying north of the military reservation of Fort Bayard, New Mexico, and within the limits of the Gila National Forest as established by Proclamation of the President of July 21, 1905, be further withdrawn from sale or other disposition, subject to private rights if any there be, for military purposes to protect the water supply of Fort Bayard: Provided That this withdrawal for use by the War Department shall not revoke the withdrawal of the land as a part of the Gila National Forest made by the Proclamation of July 21, 1905, but both withdrawals shall stand together, the withdrawal for the War Department being the dominant one, and whenever the use of the land as a National Forest does not interfere with the protection of the water supply of Fort Bayard, such use shall not be interfered with, but the lands shall not be subject to appropriation under any of the public land laws. THEODORE ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, |
Gila Cliff-Dwellings National Monument Boundary
Presidential Documents—Proclamation 3467
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Presidential Documents
Title 3—THE PRESIDENT WHEREAS, the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in the State of New Mexico, established by Proclamation No. 781 of November 16, 1907, was reserved and set apart for its scientific and educational interest, being the best representation of the Cliff Dwellers' remains of that region; and WHEREAS approximately three hundred and seventy-five acres of land near the present boundaries of the monument, under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, contain additional cliff dwellings and pit-house sites, which are needed to round out the interpretive story of the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument; and WHEREAS it appears that the public interest would be promoted by adding to Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument these lands now within the Gila National Forest; and WHEREAS these lands are essential for the proper care, management, protection, interpretation, and preservation of the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument; NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Act of Congress approved June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225; 16 U.S.C. 431), do hereby proclaim that, subject to any valid interest or rights, the following described tract of land, which comprises the original site of the monument and the additional lands needed for the purposes stated above, shall constitute the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument: T.12 S., R.14 W, N. Mex. Prin. Mer. Proclamation No. 781 of November 16, 1907 (35 Stat. 2162) establishing the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is amended accordingly. The lands which pursuant to this proclamation comprise the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument hereafter shall not be administered as part of the Gila National Forest and they are hereby transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior. The lands described above shall be subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument : Provided, That any of the lands reserved for such national monument which lie within 150 feet, by horizontal measurement, of the center of the West Fork of the Gila River shall be available to the Secretary of the Agriculture as a route of ingress to or egress from the Gila National Forest and he may place such trails or roads thereon and permit such use thereof as he may find desirable or necessary for administration and protection of the national forest and utilization of the resources thereof, including use by the general public for passage and transportation of property for use on national forest lands. Public use of the area within 150 horizontal feet of the center of the West Fork of the Gila River is to be in accordance with such conditions of use as the Secretary of Agriculture after consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, finds necessary or desirable. Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any of the features or objects of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands reserved by this proclamation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-two and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-sixth. JOHN F. KENNEDY By the President: [F.R. Doc 62-3944; Filed, Apr. 19, 1962; 10:24 a.m.] |
Public Land Order 2655
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[Public Land Order 2655] Withdrawing Lands for Use of the Forest Service for an Administrative Site and Recreation Area By virtue of the authority vested in the President, and pursuant to Executive Order No. 10355 of May 26, 1952, it is ordered as follows: Subject to valid existing rights, the minerals in the following described national forest lands are hereby withdrawn from prospecting, location, entry and purchase under the mining laws of the United States in aid of programs of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, for utilization of the surface as an administrative site, and for a recreation area, as indicated:
NEW MEXICO
T. 12 S., R. 14 W., Containing approximately 107 acres.
COLORADO
T. 41 N., R. 8 W., Containing 160 acres.
JOHN A. CARVER, JR., April 9, 1962. [F.R. Doc. 62-3641; Filed, Apr. 13, 1962; 8:45 a.m.] |
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