Executive Order 1014

by President of the United States

It is ordered that the Pelican Island Reservation, Florida, created by Executive Order of March 13, 1903, for the protection of native birds, be and the same is hereby enlarged so as to include all unreserved mangrove and other islands situated within Sections nine and ten, township thirty-one south, range thirty-nine east, of the Tallahassee Meridian, Florida, as segregated by the broken line shown upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part of this order. It is unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, capture, wilfully disturb, or kill any bird of any kind whatever, or take the eggs of such birds within the limits of this reservation, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Warning is expressly given to all persons not to commit any of the acts herein enumerated and which are prohibited by law.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House

January 26, 1909.