Proclamation 2228—Enlarging the Death Valley National Monument, California and Nevada

By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

Whereas certain public lands contiguous to the Death Valley National Monument, established by the Proclamation of February 11, 1933 (47 Stat. 2554), have situated thereon various objects of historic and scientific interest, and are necessary for the proper care, management and protection of unusual features of scientific interest within the said monument; and

Whereas it appears that it would be in the public interest to reserve such lands as an addition to the Death Valley National Monument:

Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (ch. 3060, 34 Stat. 225; U.S.C. title 16 sec. 431), do proclaim that, subject to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 13, 1933 (48 Stat. 139), and to all valid existing rights, the following described lands in California and Nevada be, and the same are hereby added to and made a part of the Death Valley National Monument:

MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN—CALIFORNIA

T. 18 S., R. 44 E., that part southwest of former west boundary of Monument (unsurveyed).

T. 19 S., R. 44 E., that part southwest of former west boundary of Monument (unsurveyed).

T. 19 S., R. 45 E., that part southwest of former west boundary of Monument.

T. 20 S., R. 45 E., that part west of former west boundary of Monument.

SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN—CALIFORNIA

T. 25 N., R. 3 E., those parts of secs. 5, 8, 16 and 17 lying southwest of a line parallel to and 500 ft. northeasterly from the center line of Dante's View highway.

T. 18 N., R. 4 E., secs. 1 to 12, inclusive; N½ sec. 13; N½ sec. 14; N½ sec. 15; N½ sec. 16; N½ sec. 17; N½ sec. 18 (partly unsurveyed) .

Tps. 19, 20 and 21 N., R. 4 E. (partly unsurveyed) .

T. 22 N., R. 4 E., secs. 31 to 36, inclusive (partly unsurveyed).

T. 18 N., R. 5 E., secs. 1 to 12, inclusive; N½ sec. 13; N½ sec. 14; sec. 15; N½ sec. 16; N½ sec. 17, N½ sec. 18 (partly unsurveyed).

T. 19 N., R. 5 E. (partly unsurveyed). 

T. 20 N., R. 6 E., secs. 25 to 86, inclusive (unsurveyed).

T 18 N. R. 6 E., W½, sec. 5; secs. 6 and 7; W½ sec. 8; NW¼. sec. 17, N½ sec. 18 (partly unsurveyed).

T 19 N., R. 6 E., W½ sec. 5; secs. 6 and 7; W½ sec. 8; W½ sec. 17; secs. 18 and 19; W½ sec. 20; W½ sec. 29; secs. 30 and 31; W½ sec. 32 (unsurveyed).

T. 20 N., R. 6 E., W½ sec. 29; secs. 30 and 81; W½ sec. 32 (unsurveyed).

MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN—NEVADA

T. 11 S., R. 42 E. (unsurveyed).

Tps. 11 and 12 S., R. 43 E. (unsurveyed).

Tps. 11, 12 and 13 S., R. 44 E. (unsurveyed).

Tps. 11, 12, 13 and 14 S., R. 45 E. (partly unsurveyed), containing approximately 305,920 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 the 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 (ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, U.S.C. title 16, secs. 1 and 2), and acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof.

The reservation made by this proclamation supersedes as to any of the abovedescribed lands affected thereby the withdrawal made by Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, and Executive Order of December 1, 1913, creating Public Water Reserve No. 13.

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 26th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-first.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

By the President:
CORDELL HULL
Secretary of State.