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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1931. 2495 Thence easterly, to the northeast corner of sec. 36, T. 4 S., R. 3 E.; fn~r:u~ closed Thence southerly, along the east boundary of T. 4 S., R. 3 E., to. the southeast corner of sec. 36; Thence westerly, along the south boundary of sec. 36, 50 chs., to the meander corner on the south line of said section; Thence from said point, Southwesterly, ill a straight line across the Gulf of Mexico to a point 2 miles south of the St. Marks Lighthouse as now estab- lished; Thence westerly, to the center of the channel of the St. Marks River; Thence northerly, along the center of the channel of the St. Marks River to the point where said channel intersects the line between secs.2 and11,T.4S., R.1E.; Thence easterly, between secs. 2 and 11, to the northeast corner of sec. 11, the place of beginning. Now, THEREFORE, I, HERBERT HOOVER, President of the United Pr!Sr:t~ by the States of America, do hereby approve and proclaim the foregoing regulation of the Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 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 24" day of December, i'o< the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-one, an t of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America ~,he one hundred and fifty-sixth. . By the President: HENRY L STIMSON Secretary of State. HERBERT HOOVER [No. 1982] CONVEYING TO THE PEOPLE OF PORTO RICO CERTAIN LAND HERETI)- FORE RESERVED FOR PURPOSES OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Dect'm~ 30, 1931. WHEREAS the President of the United States, under an act of ~!!l~· Congress approved March 2,1917 (39 Stat. 951-968), entitled "AN COD\"eY8~re of land ACT To provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other .PortoRico,toPOOPle purposes," is authorized to convey to the people of Porto Rico Vol. 39, (l. 954. from time to time, in his discretion, such lands, buildings, or interests in land or other property now owned by the United States and within the territorial lllnits of Porto Rico as in his opinion are no longer needed for purposes of the United States; and WHEREAS by proclamation of the President, of August 24, 1926 VoL H. p. 252l. (No. 1781), certain lands described therein forming a part of the San Juan Military Reservation and the Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reservation situated in Puerta de Tierra, City of San Juan, Territory of Porto Rico, were transferred and conveyed to the people of Porto Rico for highway purposes, subject to certain con- ditions; and WHEREAS a certain portion of the land comprising the Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reservation, heretofore set apart for governmental purposes, is no longer needed for the purposes of the United States; and