William Howard Taft

Executive Order 1135—Restoring to the Public Domain Certain Lands in the State of Washington

November 11, 1909

It is hereby ordered that lot 3, containing 44.30 of sec. 10, T. 15 N., R. 4 W. of the Willamette meridian in the State of Washington, reserved for the use and occupation of the Chehalis Indians, by order of the President, dated October 1, 1886, be, and the same is hereby, restored to the public domain.

It is hereby directed that the Secretary of the Interior allot to Perry Yukton, an enrolled member of the Chehalis Tribe, the land above described, in accordance with the provisions of section 4, of the act of Congress approved February 8, 1887 (24 Stat. L., 388), as amended by the act of February 28, 1891 (26 Stat. L., 794).

Signature of William Howard Taft
WM. H. TAFT.

The White House,
November 11, 1909.

William Howard Taft, Executive Order 1135—Restoring to the Public Domain Certain Lands in the State of Washington Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/277132

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