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PROCLAMATION 3439-NOV. 15, 1961

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Proclamation 3439 ENLARGING THE SAGUARO NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA By the President of the United States of America

November is, i96i

A Proclamation

WHEREAS an area in Arizona possessing outstanding scientific interest because of its exceptional growth of various species of cacti has been established as the Saguaro National Monument by Proclamation No. 2032 of March 1, 1933; and _47 Stat. (Pt. 2) 2SS7. WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to add to the Saguaro National Monument certain lands lying within what is known as the Tucson Mountain Park which contain a remarkable display of relatively undisturbed lower Sonoran desert vegetation, including a saguaro stand which equals or surpasses saguaro stands elsewhere in the Nation; and WHEREAS the addition of these lands to the monument appears essential for their effective preservation and interpretation and for the implementation of the purposes of the Saguaro National Monument; and WHEREAS the Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments, established pursuant to the act of August 21, 1935, 49 Stat. 666 (16 U.S.C. 463), impressed hj the remarkable diversity of desert vegetation of this area and its significant wildlife qualities, has recommended its preservation by adding it to the Saguaro National Monument: NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U.S.C. 431), do proclaim as follows: Subject to valid existing rights, the lands now owned by the United States within the exterior boundaries of the following-described tracts of land are hereby added to and reserved as a part of the Saguaro National Monument; and lands owned by the State of Arizona within such boundaries shall become and be reserved as a part of that monument upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States: Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona T. 13 S., R. 11 E. Sections 13,14,15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,26,27, 28, 34, 35 and 36 T. 13 S., R. 12 E. Sections 6, 7, 8,17,18,19,20,29, 30 and 31; comprising 15,360 acres, more or less.

The boundaries of the Saguaro National Monument are modified accordingly. The lands reserved as a part of the Saguaro National Monument by or pursuant to this proclamation shall be administered pursuant to the act of August 25, 1916, 39 Stat. 535 (16 U.S.C. 1-3), and acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof and shall be subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to that monument. Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any feature or object of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

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