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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1932. 2547 GRAND CANYON NATIONAL MONUMENT--ARIZONA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA December 22, 1932. A PROCLAMATION WHERE~S t~e ~trand Can~on of the Colorado River is an ?bj~ct of tlo~n\rTarmstroBot (talk):e~t unusual sCIentific mterest, bemg the greatest eroded canyon WIthin the Ariz. United States· and Preamble. , WHEREAS that portion of the canyon which continues down the Colorado River below the Grand Canyon National Park contains much that is most significant and important in this unusual scientific interest; and WHEREAS it appears that the public interest would be rromoted by reserving this portion of the Grand Canyon as a nationa monument, with such other land as is necessary for its proper protection; N OW, THEREFORE, I, HERBERT HOOVER, Presldent of the United esTarmstroBot (talk)g:~.moDument States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section 2 ~olS 3~ p. 2211. of the act of Congress entitled "AN ACT For the preservation of ..., p. 416. American antiquities," approved June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225), do proclaim that, subject to all valid existing rights, there is hereby re- served from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws and set apart as a national monument, the tract of land in the State of Arizona, lying within the following-described boundaries, which shall Description. hereafter be known as the Grand Canyon National Monument· GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN, ARIZONA Beginning at the quarter section corner of sees. 2 and 11, T. 35 N., R. 8 W., thence east along the line between secs. 2 and 11, 1 and 12, T.35N., R.8W., secs.6and7,5and8,4and9,3and10,2and11, 1and12,T.35N., R.7W., secs.6and7,5and8,4and9,3and10, 2 and 11, 1 and 12, T. 35 N., R. 6 W; thence continuing east through unsurveyed T. 35 N., Rs. 5 and 4 W., to the boundary of the Kaibab National Forest; thence southerly along the boundary of the Kaibab National Forest to the intersection with the boundary of the Grand Canyon National Park; thence southerly and southwesterly along the boundary of the Grand Canyon National Park to the intersection with the boundary of the Tusayan National Forest; thence southerly along the boundary of the Tusayan National Forest to the northeast corner of sec. 24, T. 32 N., R. 5 W.; thence westerly along the line between secs. 13 and 24, 14 and 23,15 and 22,16 and 21, 17 and 20, 18 and 19, T.32N., R.5W., andsecs. 13and24,T.32N., R.6W., totheeast boundary of the Hualpai Indian Reservation; thence northerly along the east boundary of the said Hualpai Indian Reservation to the Colorado River; thence due north to the north bank of the Colorado River; thence southwesterly along the north bank of the Colorado River to a point due south of the quarter section corner of secs. 9 and 10, T. 32 N., R. 8 W.; thence due north to the quarter section corner of secs. 9 and 10; thence northerly along the line between secs. 9 and 10,3 and 4, to eighth standard parallel north; thence west along said standard parallel to the standard corner of sees. 33 and 34, T. 33 N., R. 8 W.; thence northerly along the line between sees. 33 and 34, to the corner of secs. 27, 28, 33, and 34; thence westerly along the line between sees. 28 and 33, to its intersection with the hydrographic divide between Toroweap Valley on the east and an unnamed valley on the west; thence northerly along said hydrographic divide to its intersection with the line between secs. 20 and 29, T. 34 N., R. 8 W.; thence easterly along the line between said sees. 20 and 29, to the