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PROCLAMATION 3887-JAN. 20, 1969

WHEREAS, it would be in the public interest to add to the Arches National Monument certain adjoining lands which encompass a variety of additional features which constitute objects of geological and scientific interest to complete the geologic story presented at the monument; and WHEREAS, under section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), the President is authorized "to declare by public proclamation * * '•' objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected:" NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States, under the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, supra, do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, (1) the lands owned or controlled by the United States within the exterior boundaries of the following described area are hereby added to and made a part of the Arches National Monument, and (2) the State-owned and privately owned lands within those boundaries shall become and be reserved as parts of that monument upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States: SALT L A K E MERIDIAN, U T A H

T. 23 S., R. 20 E., Sec. 1 1; Sec. 12, Ni/a; Sec. 14; Sec. 24, S1/2; Secs. 25 and 26; Sec. 27, Ei/a; Secs. 35 and 36. T.24S.,R. 20E., Sec. 1. T. 23 S., R. 21 E., Sec. 7, Ni/a; Sec. 8, Sy2; Sec. 15, Si/a; Sec. 19, S1/2; Sec. 20, S W i ^; Sec. 23, S1/3; Secs. 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 36. T. 24 S., R. 21 E., Sec. 3, Si/a; Secs. 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10; Sec. 11, Wi/a and SE14; Secs. 14,15.16,17, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32; Sec. 36, SVa. T. 25 S., R. 21 E., Secs. 1 and 2; Sec. 6, EV2; Sec. 7, Ei/a; Secs. 11,12,13, and 14; Sec. 18, NEi/4; Sec. 2 3; Secs. 24, 25 and 26—those portions lying north of the right bank of the Colorado River. T. 23 S., R. 22 E., Sec. 3 1; Sec. 32, W i / 2 and S E i 4; Sec. 33, SVa. T. 24 S., R. 22 E., Sec. 4, Ei/a; Sec. 9, Ei/a; Secs. 10 and 1 1; Sec. 12, S1/2; Secs. 13,14,15, and 16; Sec. 17, E i ^ and Ei/aNW^/d;

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