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 A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, It has been established by the research of com tent observers that certain lands directly bordering upon the Mukuntuweap National Monument, reserved by proclamation dated July 31, 1909, said monument and adjacent lands being in the State of Utah, contain many natural features of unusual archaeologic, geologic, and geographic interest, unknown at the time the monument was created,

AND WHEREAS, The archaeologic features pertain to the prehistoric races of America and to the ancestral Indian tribes,

AND WHEREAS, The geologic features include craters of extinct volcanoes, fossiliferous deposits. of unusual nature, and brilliantly colored strata of unique composition, among which are some believed to be the best representatives in the world o a rare type of sedimentation,

AND WHEREAS, The features of geographic interest include a labyrinth of remarkable canyons with highly ornate and beautifully colored walls, in which are plainly recorded the geologic events of past ages,

AND WHEREAS, It appears that the entire area herein referred to should be preserved intact for the purpose of scientific research and for the enjoyment and enlightenment of the public,

AND WHEREAS, The canyon of the North Fork of the Virgin River, the principal natural feature of geologic and geographic interest included within the boundaries 0 the said Mukuntuweap National Monument, was named "Zion Canyon" by Mormon settlers many years before the name "Mukuntuweap" was given to this region because it was regarded as a safe refuge in the event of Indian attacks on neighboring settlements,

AND WHEREAS, the name "Zion" is still applied to this region to the exclusion of the name "Mukuntuweap,"

AND WHEREAS, It is desirable that the national monument embracing said region shall bear the generally accepted name “Zion,"

NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested by section two of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act for the preservation of American antiquities " approved June 8, 1906 (34 Stat., 225), do proclaim that there are hereby reserved from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, and set apart as the Zion National Monument, certain tracts of land particularly described as follows, to wit, all of township forty south, range ten west; all of township forty south, range ten and one-half west, with the exceptions of sections one and two; sections one, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty-five, and thirty-six of township forty south, range eleven west; sections one, two, three, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, and twenty-seven of township forty-one south, range eleven west; and sections one, two, three, four, Eve, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, the north half and southeast quarter of twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, the south half and northeast quarter of twenty-seven, thirty, thirty-four, thirty-five, and thirty-six of township forty-one south, range ten, all west of the Salt Lake Meridian in the State of Utah, which tracts