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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1923. 1929 NOW, THEREFORE, I, Calvin Cooli e, President of the United, ““‘°'°',,°"°*"*‘**‘“¢,,,,,,, States of America, acting under and by igirtue of the authoritgr con- ¢i;g¢u:¤d•d w ferred on me bg Section 21 of said act of Congress, do hereby eclare 1 p5¢,pp_1w,;m and proclaim at the period for the establishment of adequate shippling service of the aforesaid Virgin Islands be further extended from ovember 1, 1923 to May 1, 1924; _ _ AND INASMUCH as the extension of the coastwise laws of the y’{*',;“_‘•‘ United States to the aforesaid Virgin Islands, as rovided in Section r¤a,pp.m4§i¤vo. 21 of the aforsaid act, is dependent upon the establlishment of an adequate shipping service to such islan possession, I do hereby further roclaim and declare that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Virgin Islands is deferred from November 1 1923 to Ma 1, 1924. 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 25th da of October in the ear of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine Himdred and [sur.] fwenty-three, and of the Indeprendence of the United States of America the One Hun ed and Forty-eighth. 9 CALVIN Coonmem By the President: Cmarns E. Hocmrs Secretary of State. BY rim PnEsmI:N·r or mm UNITED Srums or Anmmca A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, there is located in section thirt -one, township twenty- °°"°"°d °"° N" four south, range twenty-five east, and sectgm thirltg-six, townshivp  Immun N` twenty-four south, range twenty-four east of the New exico Princi al P"°mbl°‘ Meridian, in southeastern New Mexico, near the town of Carlsbad? a limestone cavem known as the Carlsbad Cave, of extraordinary prqportions and of unusual beauty and variety of natural decoration; an WHEREAS, beyond the spacious chambers that have been exploredhother vast chambers of imknown character and dimensions exist; an \ WHEREAS, the several chambers contain stalactites, stal `tes, and other formations in such unusual number, size, beauty of form, and variety of figure as to make this a cavem equal, if not superior, in both scientific and popular interest to the better known caves; and WHEREAS, it appears that the public interest would be promoted by  this natural wonder as a National Monument, together with as much land as may be needed for the protection, not, only of the known entrance, but such other entrances as may be found. NOW THEREFORE, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the N§,°*}(g‘c°*f°”¤”°¤*» United States of America, by authority of thexpower in me vested V¤1-34, 1>·2¤¤· by section two of the act of Congress entitl, "An Act for the preservation of American antiquities," approved June eighth nineteen hundred and six (34 Stat., 225) do proclaim that there is hereby reserved from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws subject to all valid existing claims, and set apart as a National Monument to be known as the Carlsbad Cave National Monument all that piece or parcel of land in the County of Eddy, State of New Mexico, shown upon the diagram hereto annexed and made a part hereof, and more particularly described as follows: lots one and two, D•*¤'*P“°¤- section thirty-one, township twenty-four south, range twenty-five