PROCLAMATIONS, 1908. 2205 BY rum Pnnsrnmur or run Umrnn Srsrns or Aximmon, S°P‘°““’°’ “· 1*- ` A PROCLAMATION. VVHEREAS the Tumacacori Mission an ancient Spanish ruin rumacacou which is one df the oldest mission ruins in the southwest, erected E,§,$,_iX§fl M""' probably in the latter part of the sixteenth century, being largely P*°¤¤“>*°- of burned brick and cement mortar instead of adobe, and in remarkable repair, considering its great age, and of great historical interest, and it appears that the public interests wou d be promoted by reservinglthis guindwith agéxéichsland as may be necessary for the protection thereo , an WH A : Under the terms of the Act entitled "An Act for the Preservation vm, 34, p. 225. of American Antiquities ”, approved June 8, 1906, one Carmen _ Mendez,Swh0se homesteadfentry is lic. SOEI5, has relinlguishgd to the United tates ten acres o groimd thereo upon whic said mission ruin is located, and the Secretary of the Interior has accepted such relinquishment for the urposes specined in said Act: _ . Now, therefore, I, TIIEODORE ROOSEVELT, President of m},`fg*_§*’,§‘§n,_M°““‘ the ·United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested b section two of the Act above referred to, do hereby set aside as the Thmacacori National Monument, the Tumacacori Mission ruins and ten acres of land upon which the same are located, situated m Santa Cruz County, Arizona, more particularly described as follows, to _ wit: The east half of northwest miuarter of southwest quarter of south- D¤•<=r11r¤¤¤- east quarter and the west ha f of northeast quarter_of southwest . quarter of southeast quarter of section thirty, township twenty-one south, range thirteen east of Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona. . `Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not ugfmrglegl eércm to appropriate, excavate, mjure or destroy any of tht? ruins or religs ’ ` l b Y declared to be a Tational Monument or to ocate or sette iiploéh lany of the lands reserved and made a part of said monument b tl `s Proclamation. ylfl IVITX ESS IVHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. _ Done at the City of Washington this 13 day og Scépteimbepl m She ‘ *ear of our Lord one thousan nine un re an eig it [s1:AL.] dud of the Independence of the United States the ond h l d nd thirty-third. svc re-wa Trmooomc ROOSEVELT By the President: Anvrr A. Aman ‘ Acting Sem~eta,ry of State. BY um Pmtsrmzsr or Tm-: Uxrnzn Srxrms or AMERICA, A PROCLAMATION. Once again the season is at hand when, according to the ancient I"°“““"°· custom of our people, it becomes_the duty of the President to appoint a clay of prayer and of thanksgiving to God. Year b year this Nation grows m strength and worldly power. During tile century and a quarter that has elapsed since our entry into the circle of independent peoples we have gpown and prospered in material things to a degree never known fore, and not now known in any other country. The thirteen colonies which struggled along the seacoast of the Atlantic and were hemmed—1n but a few
