Federal Register - June 19, 1937
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FEDERAL!
VOLUME 2
REGISTER
1934 OF
a /i t e d
NUMBER 118
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Washington Saturday, June 19, 1937
PRESIDENT OF THE U NITED STATES.
C o n v e y in g to H eretofore S t a t es
P e o p l e o f P u e r t o R i c o C e r t a in L a n d R e s er ve d f o r P u r p o s e s o f t h e U n it e d
the
DONE at the C ity o f W ashington this 16" day o f June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty s e a l J seven, and of the Independence of the United States o f Am erica the one hundred and sixty-first.
F r a n k l in D R o o se v e lt
By the President o f the United States of America A PROCLAMATION
W HEREAS the President of the United States, under an act of Congress approved M arch 2, 1917 39 Stat. 951-968, entitled AN A C T T o provide a civil government fo r Porto Rico, and fo r other purposes, is authorized to convey to the people of Puerto Rico from tim e to time, in his dis cretion, such lands, buildings, or interests in land or other property now owned by the United States and within the territorial lim its of Puerto Rico as in his opinion are no longer needed fo r purposes of the United States; and W HEREAS the island w ithin the territorial lim its of Puerto R ico known as Desecheo Island, heretofore reserved by Executive Order No. 1669 o f December 19, 1912, as a preserve and breeding ground fo r native birds, is no longer needed for purposes of the United States; and W HEREAS this island is desired by the Insular Govern ment of Puerto Rico fo r use as a forest reserve and as a preserve and breeding ground fo r native birds, and may be advantageously used by the people of Puerto Rico;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, F R A N K LIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby proclaim and make known that Desecheo Island, located in Mona Passage, Puerto Rico, ap proxim ately in latitude eighteen degrees twenty-three min utes north, longitude sixty-seven degrees twenty-nine min utes west from Greenwich, as indicated upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part hereof,1 is hereby trans ferred and conveyed, subject to the reservations and con ditions hereafter mentioned, to the people o f Puerto Rico to be used fo r forest reserve and native bird preserve purposes rally.
There is reserved to the United States the righ t to occupy such areas o f Desecheo Island as may be needed fo r the establishment o f aids to navigation, together with rights for landing and ingress and egress to the areas so occupied by the United States.
In the event that Desecheo Island shall cease to be used for forest reserve and native bird preserve purposes, or be devoted to any other than forest reserve and native bird preserve purposes, the same shall revert to the United States.
IN W ITN ESS W HEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
See page 1261.
By the President:
C ordell H u l l ,
Secretary of State.
No. 22411
IP. R. Doc. 37-1844; Piled, June 18,1937; 12:30 p. m .
E x e c u ti v e O rder AMENDMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER OF JANUARY 17, 1873, RELATING TO THE HOLDING OF STATE OR LOCAL OFFICES BY
FEDERAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1753 of the Rayised Statutes of the United States U. S. C., T itle 5, section 631, and as President o f the United States, the Executive Order of January 17, 1873, as amended, prohibiting, with certain exceptions, Federal officers and employees from holding state, municipal, or other local offices, is hereby further amended so as to perm it any state, county, or municipal officer, when duly elected by qualified voters of a grazing district and appointed by the Secretary o f the Interior, to serve as a district advisor under the Act of June 28, 1934 48 Stat. 1269, as amended, at a per diem salary fo r interm ittent duty, when in the opinion of the Secretary of the In terior such services are required in the interest of grazing on the. public lands.
F r a n k l in D R oosevelt T h e W h it e H o u s e ,
June 17, 1937.
No. 7636
P . R. Doc. 37-1840; Filed, June 18,1937; 11:47 a. m .
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Order No. 10459
C l a s s if ic a t io n
B i l l s or S t a t e m e n t s o f A c c o u n t P r o
d u c e d b y P h o t o g r a p h ic or M e c h a n ic a l P r o c e ss of
J u n e 4, 1937.
Paragraph 1, section 561, Postal Laws and Regulations, is amended to read as follows:
561. M ail matter of the third class shall Include books, circulars, and other matter wholly in print except newspapers and other
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