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 2498 PROCLAMATIONS, 1909. ’“'Y*"·“’°°- Bx rms: PRESIDENT or rim UNITED STATES or Ammuon, A PROCLAMATION t,M¤%¤w¤¤v Ng- Whereas, the Mukuntuweap canyon, through which flows the digi. °u°m°n ’ North Fork of the Rio Vir in, or Zion River, in Southwestern Utah, P'°°"“"°· is an extraordinary example of canyon erosion and is of the greatest scientific interest, and it appears that the public interest would be romoted by reserving it as a National monument, with such other limd as may be necessary for its protection; _ U{"g~_¤¤m*¥¤¤¤¤¢¤*· Now, therefore, I, William H. aft, President of the Uhltéd States v¤i.s4,p.2zs. of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by Section 2 of the Act of Congress approved June 8, 1906, entitled, "An Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities", do hereby set aside, as the Mukuntuweap National Monument, the Mukuntuweap canyon of the D¢=¤¤P¤¤¤- North Fork of the Rio Virgin, or Zion River, embracing Sections three, four, five, six, eight, nine, ten, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, twenty- one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty- eight, thirty-three and thirty-four, Township forty South, Range ten, and all of the said can on of the Rio Virgin, or Zion River, in ownship forty-one South, llange ten, all west of the Salt Lake Meridian, Utah, as shown upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part of this proclamation. mlgegéwfwm =¤¢¤¤- Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not ' to appropriate, injure or destroy any feature of this National Monument, or to locate or settle upon any of the lands reserved by this proclamation. IN WITNESS WUTBREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aflixed. Done at the city of Washington this 31st day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, and of [sian.,] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and ‘ thirty-fourth. WM H TAM By the President: HUNT1No*roN Wu.soN Acting Secretary of State. _iT’?'?i?;l°"°· BY THE Pansinmzr or THE Uivrrnn STATES or America. A PROCLAMATION. ',§g;=¤¤;n¤g*gE<}¤¢S· Whereas by proclamations of the President of the United States dated January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, Febmary twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-Eve, September nint, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, gpm] twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, hfay second, eighteen hundred and ninet — four and Juily nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the President did thereby declare and proclaim from and after the dates of his said Proclamations, respectively, the suspension of the collection of the whole of the duty on tonnage now imposed by Section vm.24 p.si. eleven of the Act of Congress approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled "An Act to abolish certain fees for official services to American vessels and to amend the laws relating von. za. p. sr. to shipping commissioners, seamen and owners of vessels, and for other purposes/’ amending Section fourteen of the Act of Con ress approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty—%our, entitled "An Act to remove certain burdens on the American mer-