Executive Order 709

by President of the United States

It is hereby ordered that the following-described tract of country in the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, viz:

Commencing at a point where the east line of the Navajo Indian Reservation, as at present constituted, intersects the north boundary of township 23 north, range 13 west, New Mexico meridian; thence due east to the northeast corner of township 23 north, range 5 east; thence south to the southeast corner of township 17 north, range 5 east, New Mexico meridian; thence west to the first guide meridian; thence south on the said guide meridian to the southeast corner of township 15 north, range 9 west; thence west to the southwest corner of township 15 north, range 14 west; thence north to the northwest corner of township 15 north, range 14 west; thence due west to the boundary line between the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico; thence south on the boundary line between the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico to the northeast corner of township 23 north, range 31 east; thence west to the northwest corner of township 23 north, range 29 east; thence south to the northwest corner of township 21 north, range 29 east; thence west to the northwest corner of township 21 north, range 29 east; thence west to the northwest corner of township 21 north, range 26 east; thence south to the southeast corner of township 21 north, range 25 east; thence west to the southwest corner of township 21 north, range 22 east; thence due north to the southern boundary of the Navajo Reservation, as at present constituted, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart for the use of the Indians as an addition to the present Navajo Reservation: Provided, That this withdrawal shall not affect any existing valid rights of any person.

Theodore Roosevelt.

The White House,

November 9, 1907.

Notes

Amended by

• Executive Order 744, January 28, 1908;
• Executive Order 1000, December 30, 1908;
• Executive Order 1284, January 16, 1911

See Related

• Executive Order 711, November 11, 1907;
• Executive Order 743, January 28, 1908;