1654 PROCLAMATIONS-JUNE 13, 25, 1941 [55 STAT. SETTING ASIDE CERTAIN LANDS FOR NATIONAL MONUMENT PURPOSES To BE ADMINISTERED AS PART OF THE OCMULGEE NATIONAL MONU- MENT-GEORGIA June 13, 1941 [No. 2493] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it appears that certain lands adjoining the Lamar Unit of the Ocmulgee National Monument in Georgia, which have been donated to the United States, contain evidence of an old Indian stockade and other objects of historical interest; and WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to set such lands aside for national monument purposes: Lands added. 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 section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, ch. 3060, 34 Stat. 225 (U. S. C ., title 16, sec. 431), do proclaim that the following- described lands in Bibb County, Georgia, are hereby set aside for national monument purposes and shall be administered as a part of the Ocmulgee National Monument: Beginning at a concrete monument marking the southeast corner of the Lamar Unit of the Ocmulgee National Monument from which the most easterly corner of Macon City Limits in the center of Ocmulgee River bears approximately North 31°30' West 8560 feet, more or less; thence South 78030' West 1500.0 feet along the south boundary of the Lamar Unit to the southwest corner thereof; thence South 11030' East 290.4 feet; thence North 67032 ' East 1527.85 feet to the point of beginning, con- taining 5 acres, more or less. Warning against un- Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not authorizd acts. to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any part or feature of this monument, and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof. supervision, etc. The Director of the National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management, and control of the monument 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 (U. S . C ., title 16, sees. 1 and 2), and acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof. 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 13 t h day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-fifth. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT MODIFICATION OF POSTAGE RATES BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the interests of the public and the promotion of the cultural growth, education, and development of the American people require the further continuation of the postage rates on books as June 25, 1941 [No. 24941
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