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 89 STAT. 1238 48 USC 1705.

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PROCLAMATION 4347—FEB. 1, 1975 Public Law 93-435; and, 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 hereby proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the lands hereinafter described are hereby added to and made a part of the Buck Island Reef National Monument, and Proclamation No. 3443 of December 28, 1961, establishing the Buck Island Reef National Monument is amended accordingly. Beginning at latitude 17''47'30" N, longitude 64°36'32" W; thence 1000 feet to latitude 17°47'27" N, longitude 64°36'22" W; thence 900 feet to latitude 17''47'18" N, longitude 64°36'22" W; thence 1000 feet to latitude 17°47'15" N, longitude 64''36'22" W; thence 1500 feet to latitude 17<'47'30" N, longitude 64"'36'32" W, the place embracing an area of approximately 30 acres.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-ninth. GERALD R. FORD

Proclamation 4347

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February 1, 1975

Reserving Certain Submerged Lands Adjacent to Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Territory of American Samoa and, Certain Submerged Lands for the Defense Needs of the United States in the Territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands

By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The submerged lands surrounding the Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in American Samoa are necessary for the protection of the Atoll's marine life, including the green sea and hawksbill turdes. The submerged lands in Apra Harbor and those adjacent to Inapsan Beach and Urano Point in Guam, and certain submerged lands on the west coast of St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands are required for national defense purposes. These submerged lands in American Samoa, Guam and the United States Virgin Islands will be conveyed to the Government of those territories, on February 3, 1975, pursuant to Section 1(a)

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