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PROCLAMATIONS, 1936 7116), and by the provision in the Department of Agriculture Appro- priation Act, 1937, approved June 4, 1936. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 27 day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-first. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: R. WALTON MOORE Acting Secretary of State. OCMULGEE NATIONAL MONUMENT-GEORGIA December 23, 1936 [No. 2212] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Omulgee National WHEREAS the act of Congress entitled "An Act To authorize Monument, Ga. Preamble. the establishment of the Ocmulgee National Monument in Bibb 48 Stat. 958. 16Su.s. C. 447a- County, Georgia", approved June 14, 1934 (48 Stat. 958), provides, 447c. in part: tatutory provi That when title to lands commonly known as the "Old Ocmul- gee Fields", upon which certain Indian mounds of great historical importance are located, comprising approximately two thousand acres, in and around the city of Macon, County of Bibb, State of Georgia, as shall be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, in the exercise of his judgment and discretion as necessary for national-monument purposes, shall have been vested in the United States, said area shall be set aside as a national monu- ment, by proclamation of the President, and shall be known as the "Ocmulgee National Monument": AND WHEREAS the Secretary of the Interior has designated an area comprising 678.48 acres of such land as necessary for national- monument purposes, title to which is vested in the United States: Establishment pro NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- dent of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the statutory provisions above set out, do proclaim that the aforesaid area as indicated on the diagram attached hereto and forming a part hereof is hereby set aside as a national monument to be known as the Ocmulgee National Monument. Wrnaing against Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any feature of this monu- ment and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof. Supervision. The Director of the National Park Service, under the direction of 39 stat. 535 . the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management, 16u.s.c.s i1, and control of the monument as provided m the act of Congress entitled "An Act To establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes", approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535, U. S . C ., title 16, sees. 1 and 2), and acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof. 1798