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 1706 PROCLAl\'fATIONS, 1933. COLO~IAL NATIONAL !VIONUl\IENT--VIRGINIA BY THE PRESlDEN'! , OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Colonial Natloual 'VHERJi~AS, pursuant to the tHlthority of the act of July 3, 1930 MTarmstroBot (talk)r::.. Va. (46 Stat. 855), entitled"AN ACT To provide for the creatioll of the Vol. 46,pp.855,3041. Colonial Nntiollfll ~10nUIlleJlt in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes", t.he President of the United States by Proclamation No. 1929, dated December 30, ]930, established the boundaries of the Colonial Nationnl Monument, in the State of Virginia, comprising Jamestown hland, parts of the city of 'Williamsbur~, the Yorktown battlefield, fl!1d areas for highways to connect said Island, city, and battlefield; and WHER~JAS it is pwvided in section 2 of said act of July 3, 1930, that the boundaries so established may be enlarged or diminished by subsequent proclamation or proclamations of the President upon the recommeudation of the Secretary of the Interior; and ParkW3)'cbauges. WHERJi;AS, nfter furtller study of the boundaries of the said national monument fiS now estttblished, the Secretary of the Interior has recommended thn t the pUl'kwn;r are~L of the monument between the city of 'Vi11iamshl1l'g and Jnmestown Island be changed to a loca- tion runnillg north ullci west of the city of 'Villiamsburg to Jamestown Island instead of ('l)st and south of snid city of Williamsburg us now provided:, Bouudariesmodifted. NOW, THEREFORE, 1, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- Vol. 46 , p. 14110. dent of the United States of Amcricn, pursuant to the authority in me vested by the act of July 3, 1930, as amended March 3, 1931, do pro- claim that the boundaries of the Colonial National Monument are hereby enlarged, diminished, and revised in accordance with the diagra;m attached hereto. N aHonal Fire Pre- vention Week, 1933. Preamble. DONB at the City of 'Vashillgloil this 22<1 day of August, in the year of our Lord llil1d('( '1l hnndred and thirty-three, and [SEAl. I of the ] 1I<1:JP(~1\(1(,lW(, (d' tIl! P nited States of America the . one hmldn',l and fifty-eighth. By the President: 'VILBUR J. CAUU Acti11 {j Secreta ry (:f ShItt. FHANKLI N D ROOSEVELT T\Al'IONAL Flln: Pm:YD;T;O:'; \fEEK-I933 BY 'nn: I'llEHIDE. '· l' elF 'I'll:: L\;I1:.:D STATES OF A:,IEUICA A J>I{OCL.\:\L\.TION It has been u commendable ('U. .;tOltl for the President of the United States to roclucst the annuul obsclTance of Fire Prevention 'Ve(.k thro~ghollt the c?llntry. It is a week set asi~e for the purpose of in- for~mng the public of the dangN'S of fire to life and property. Fires which are largely preventable take a cruel toll of many lives and de- stroy property exceeding.$400,00~,000 in vallfe each year. Of late, progress has been made m reducmg the NatIOn's fire loss and this fact should encourage continuous ,igilunce and alertness so'necessary to decrease the hazards of fire.