William Howard Taft

Executive Order 1426—Reserving Additional Land in Arizona for Use of Pima and Maricopa Indians

October 23, 1911

Executive Order of June 14, 1879, temporarily withdrawing from sale and settlement for Indian uses all of townships 1 and 2 north, ranges 5 and 6 east, in Arizona, lying south of the Salt River, is hereby amended so as to withdraw permanently from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposition all that part of section 35 in township 2 north, range 5 east, of the Gila and Salt River meridian, lying south of the Salt River, for use of the Pima and Maricopa Indians and such other Indians as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to settle thereon, subject to any existing valid rights of any persons thereto.

Signature of William Howard Taft
WM. H. TAFT.

William Howard Taft, Executive Order 1426—Reserving Additional Land in Arizona for Use of Pima and Maricopa Indians Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/277210

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