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PROCLAMATIONS—FEB. 25, 1952

[66 STAT.

R E D E F I N I N G THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SITKA NATIONAL. MONUMENT ALASKA February 25, 1952 [No. 29651

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES O F AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS errors have been discovered in the description of the area now constituting the Sitka National Monument, Alaska, as contained in Proclamation No. 959 of March 23, 1910 (36 Stat. 2601), establishing the said monument; and WHEREAS a certain tract of land adjoining the said monument has been donated to the United States to provide a suitable entrance to the monument, and a certain tract of public land near the monument is needed for the administration thereof; and WHEREAS certain privately-owned lands adjoining the said monument are needed for the administration and protection thereof, and the United States desires to acquire such lands for such purposes; and WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to redefine the boundaries of the Sitka National Monument (1) to correct the above-mentioned errors of description, (2) to add to the monument the said tract donated to the United States and the said tract of public land, and (3) to include within the boundaries of the monument the said privately-owned lands, with a view to making such lands parts of the monument upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States: Monummf**'"''^^ NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President Boundaries. of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of Congress approved June 8, 1906, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, (1) the lands now owned by the United States within the exterior boundaries of the following-described tracts of land shown on the diagram attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof shall constitute the Sitka National Monument, and (2) the privately-owned lands within such boundaries shall become parts of the monument upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States: TRACT N O. 1

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Beginning at corner No. 1, M. C, of U. S. Survey No. 1258, which is corner No. 2 of U. S. Survey No. 407, Tract B, on the west shore of Baranof Island on Sitka Bav, Alaska, at mean high tide, in latitude 57° 02' 4 5 " N., longitude 135° 19' 56" W., from which U. S. R. L. M. No. 1 bears N. 79° 0 8 ' 1 0 " W., 3,965.61 ft. distant. From the initial point, With U. S. Survey No. 407, Tract B, meanders of Sitka Bay, S. 72° 42'W., 236.28 ft., N.60°18'W., 153.78 ft., S. 73° 34' W., 39.38 ft. to east line of Kelly Street, as delineated on Mission Plat Addition to Town of Sitka dated June 14-21, 1923, produced southerly; Thence with street lines as delineated on said Mission Plat Addition to Town of Sitka, and, as enumerated hereinafter. Along east line of Kelly Street, produced southerly, N.20°21'E., 51.41 ft. to south line of Lincoln Street, Along south line of Lincoln Street, S. 80° 44'E., 97.12 ft., S. 89° 58'E., 140.09 ft. to east line of Metlakahtla Street, Along east line of Metlakahtla Street, N. 23° 46'E., 528.47 ft. to south line of a road leading to Indian River, Along sou th line of said road, N. 71° 06'E., 190.66 ft., more or less;

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