Executive Order 1669

by President of the United States

It is hereby ordered that Desecheo Island, located in Mono Passage, Porto Rico, approximately in latitude eighteen degrees twenty-three minutes north, longitude sixty-seven degrees twenty-nine minutes west from Greenwich, as the same is shown upon Coast Survey chart No. 901, and segregated by the broken line upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part of this Order, be and the same is hereby reserved and set aside, subject to its use for naval and lighthouse purposes, for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds.

It is unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, capture, willfully disturb, or kill any bird of any kind whatever, or take the eggs of such bird, 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.

This reservation to be known as Desecheo Island Reservation.

Wm. H. Taft.

The White House,

December 19, 1912.

Diagram missing.