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PROCLAMATIONS-OCT. 1, 1947 no^u. C §133 t 704), Reorganization Plan No. II (53 Stat. 1431), and in accordance note. with the provisions of section 4 of the Administrative Procedure Act 6U.S.C. 003. of June 11, 1946 (60 Stat. 238), I, J. A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior, having due regard to the zones of temperature and to the distribution, abundance, economic value, breeding habits, and times and lines of flight of the migratory birds herein referred to and included in the terms of the conventions between the United States and Great Britain 39 Stat. 1702. for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, and between the United States and the United Mexican States for the pro- tection of migratory birds and game mammals, concluded February 7, 50 Stat. 1311. 1936, and in consideration of the obligation imposed by said treaties Efective date. of insuring the preservation of said migratory birds, do hereby desig- nate as closed area, effective November 3, 1947, in or on which pur- suing, hunting, taking, capturing, or killing of all species of wild geese, or attempting to take, capture, or kill such wild geese is not permitted, all that area of land and water situate in Alexander County, Illinois, within the following described exterior boundary: THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN Beginning at the intersection of the center line of Sand Ridge Road with the center line of the main track of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, said point being approximately in the center of section 28, T. 15 S., R. 2 W.; Thence southwesterly and westerly, with the center line of the main track of said Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, through Olive Branch, and T. 15 S., R. 2 W., sections 28, 29, 32 and 31, and through T. 15 S., R. 3 W., sections 36 and 35, approximately 5.1 miles to the intersection of the center line of the main track of the aforesaid railroad with the center line of a road leading south- westerly, about one-half mile southeast of Fayville; Thence southwesterly, with the center line of said road, cross- ing the Missouri Pacific Railroad approximately 1,650 feet to the left (east) bank of the Mississippi River, near the upper end of Burnham Island; Thence southeasterly, with the left bank of the Mississippi River, through T. 16 S., R. 3 W., sections 2, 11, 12, 13 and 24, and through T. 16 S., R. 2 W., sections 19, 30 and 31, approxi- mately 6.1 miles, to a point on the left bank of said river at the intersection with the north sixteenth line of section 31, T. 16 S., R.2W.; Thence east, with the north sixteenth line of said section 31, approximately 1,800 feet, to the intersection of said line with the center line of a public road, in the NEY of said section 31; Thence northeasterly, with the center line of said public road, through sections 31 and 29, approximately 3,400 feet to the inter- section of the center line of said road with the center line of the Miller City Road, in the SWY of said section 29; Thence southeasterly, easterly and northerly, with the center line of the Miller City Road, through sections 29, 28, 27 and 22, through Willard, approximately 3.8 miles to a point at Roth, on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, in the line common to sections 22 and 23, T. 16 S., R. 2 W., in the center line of a county road; Thence north, with the center line of said County Road, between sections 22 and 23, and between sections 14 and 15 of said township, approximately one mile, to the intersection of the center line of said road with the center line of the Promised Land Road; 1090 [61 STAT.