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PROCLAMATIONS—JUNE 7, 1956

70 STAT.]

THE

BY THE

BOUNDARIES OF GREAT SAND MONUMENT, COLORADO PRESIDENT

OF THE

UNITED

STATES

DUNES

OF

NATIONAL

AMERICA

June 7, 1956 [No. 3138]

A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Great Sand Dunes National Monument in the State of Colorado was established by Proclamation No. 1994 of March 17, 1932 (47 Stat. 2506), as modified by Proclamation No. 2681 of March 12, 1946, for the preservation of the great sand dunes and 60 Stat. 1339. additional features of scenic, scientific, and educational interests; and WHEREAS it appears that retention of certain lands within the monument is no longer necessary for such purpose; and WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to exclude such lands from the monument; and WHEREAS certain lands now a part of the Rio Grande National Forest are better suited for national-monument purposes than for national-forest purposes and should be excluded from such forest, and these lands and certain other land adjoining the monument are required for the proper care, management, and protection of the objects of scenic, scientific, and educational interest situated on lands within the monument; and WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to reserve such lands as an addition to the monument: Great NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President National Sand Dunes Monument, of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority Boundaries vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U.S.C. 431), and the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 34, 36 (16 U.S.C. 473), do proclaim as follows: 1. The following-described lands in the State of Colorado are hereby excluded from the Great Sand Dunes National Monument: NEW

MEXICO PRINCIPAL

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T. 41 N., R. 12 E., sec. 22, SW >i; sec. 26, all; sec. 27, all; sec. 34, all; sec. 35, all. T. 40 N., R. 12 E., sec. 2, all; sec. 11, N E K; sec. 12, SW }i; sec. 13, W %; sec. 24, all; sec. 25, all. Fractional T. 40 N., R. 13 E., sec. 19, all; sec. 30, all; sec. 31, all. SIXTH PRINCIPAL

T. 27 S., R. 73 W., sec. 15, SE >^ SW %, S /z SE %; sec. 19, all; sec. 20, all sec. 21, all sec. 22, all

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