In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this 18th day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-two, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-sixth.
By the President:
- Henry L Stimson
- Secretary of State.
[No. 2002]
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
June 30, 1932.
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
Preamble.
Whereas it being desired to commemorate permanently the long-existing
relations of peace an good will existing between the
people and Governments of the United States and Canada; and
Ante, p. 145. Whereas this desire was crystallized into law by an act of the Congress of the United States on May 2, 1932 (Public No. 116, 72d Cong., 1st sess.), said act being entitled" AN ACT For establishment of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park"; and
Whereas, as provided by section 1 of the aforementioned act, a similar provision respecting the Waterton Lakes National Park, in the Province of Alberta, has been enacted into law by Royal assent of the Canadian Government on May 26, 1932;
Glacier National Park, Mont., made a part of. Now, therefore, I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested by section 1 of the act of Congress entitled" AN ACT For establishment of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park," approved May 2, 1932 (Public No. 116, 72d Cong., 1st sess.), do proclaim that the Glacier National Park in the State of Montana shall be, and is hereby, made part of an international park to be known as the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
Administration, etc. For purposes of administration, promotion, development, and support by appropriations, that part of said Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park within the territory of the United States shall be designated as the Glacier National Park, to be supervised, managed, and controlled by the Director of the National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, as provided in the act of Congress entitled "AN ACT To establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes," approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat., 535-536).
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this 30th day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-two, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-sixth.
By the President:
- Hentry L. Stimson
- Secretary of State.
[No. 2003]
