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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1908. 2215] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the Ci? of Washington, this 4th day of December in the year 0 our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-third. Tnnononn Roosmvmm By the President: Arvmr A. Anna Acting Secretary of State. A PROCLAMATION. _1>;»¤·w4. Ms. WHEREAS, by joint resolution "to rovide for annexing the H¤w=¤ii¤¤l¤1¤¤<¤s. Hawaiian Islands to the United States", shrproved July 7, 1898, the »esI2i$gii€rLiZii¢}it°.E`; cession by the government of the Republic of Hawaii to the United P“1§*’°“’s· States of America, of all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind in V$?];,b:.,m_ and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies, and the trans- ° fer to the United States of the absolute fee and ownership of all public, government or crown lands, (public buildings, or ediiices, ports, harors, military e uipment, an all other pub ic property of every kind and descriptronlbe onginv to the government o the Hawaiian Islands, was duly accepted, ratiiied, and confirmed, and the said Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies annexed as a part of the territory of the United States, and made subject to the sovereign dominion thereof, and all and sinmglar the property and rights hereinbefore mentioned vested in the nited States of America; AND WHEREAS, it was further provided in said resolution that the existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands in the Hawaiian Islands, but the Congress of the Lnited States shall enact special laws for their management and [ r, 1 is eeme necessa in the pu `c interests . '°¤°,*,,m. dilEQSDiWHERE AS 't d d h bh WG '” l’°*¤*· that a certain parcel of land situated at Mcgiiegofs Point, District of .Dmm of Lahaina, in the Island of Maui, Territory of Hawaii, be immediately reserved for light-house purposes; NOW THEREFORE, I, TIIEODORE ROOSEVELT, President Lxgnz-uousesau. of the United States, bv virtue of the authority in me vested do hereby declare, proclaim, and make known that the following described lot or plot of land be and the same is hereby, subject to such legislative action as the Congress of the United States may take with respect thereto, reserved for light-house purposes, to—wit:—- Light-house site: From the mast of McGregor’ s Point Light Station measure by true l’°*°"P'~*°¤- azimuth 131 ° 47’ 214 ft. to a point on south side of the Government road for a place of beginning. Thence by true azrmuths and distances; 1. 339° 2S' 214 ft. to the sea at high water; _ 2. Thence along the sea at high water mark to a point, the direct azimuth and distance being 27S° 45' 225 ft. 3. Thence 159° 23’ 374 ft. to a point on south side of the Government road. . 4. Thence along the south side of the Government road; direct azimuth and distance being 54° 45’ 202 ft. to place of beginning. Containing 1.32 acres more or less.