Executive Order 1540

by President of the United States

It is hereby ordered that the following-described land, to wit, the south half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-one; the south half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-two; the west half of section twenty-seven; the east half of section twenty-eight; the east half of section thirty-three; the west half, and the west half of the southeast quarter of section thirty-four, township sixteen and one-half north, range thirteen west of the Gila and Salt River meridian, be, and the same is hereby, reserved from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposition for use of the Walapai Indians, subject to any valid, existing right, legal or equitable, of any person thereto.

Wm. H. Taft.

The White House,

May 29, 1912.