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PROCLAMATIONS-DEC. 6,1941 mitted, in lieu of the area designated in the regulation adopted by me on August 11, 1939 and approved and proclaimed by the President on August 24, 1939, all that area of land and water of Chesapeake Bay, in Harford and Cecil Counties, Maryland, within the following-described boundary: Beginning at a point at latitude 39029'46" N., and longi- tude 76°05'01" W., in Chesapeake Bay, due north 200 yards from Fishing Battery Light; Thence from said initial point, by metes and bounds, Due east 4,000 yards (2.27 miles, approximate) to a point at latitude 39°29'46" N., and longitude 76°02'28" W., approximate, in Chesapeake Bay; Thence due south 4,160 yards (2.36 miles, approximate) to a point at latitude 39°27'43" N., and longitude 76002'28" W., approximate, in Chesapeake Bay; Thence N. 62030 ' W ., 2,680 yards (1.52 miles, approxi- mate) to a point at latitude 39028'21" N., and longitude 76003'59" W., approximate, in Chesapeake Bay440 yards distant from the northeast side of Spesutie Island at Locust Point; Thence northerly and westerly with a line 440 yards distant from the north shore of Spesutie Island to a point at latitude 39°28'48" N., and longitude 76005'48" W., approximate, opposite the center of Spesutie Narrows; Thence due north 1,960 yards (1.11 miles, approximate) to a point at latitude 39029'46" N., and longitude 76005'48" W., approximate, in Chesapeake Bay; Thence due east 1,230 yards (0.76 mile, approximate) to the place of beginning. The area described contains 2,900.00 acres, more or less. This order shall not in any way limit or affect the regulation adopted on December 12, 1939, and approved and proclaimed by the President on January 24, 1940, entitled "Regulation Designating Certain Parts of Bush River and of Chesapeake Bay as Additions to the Susquehanna Migratory Waterfowl Closed Area, Maryland". AND WHEREAS upon consideration it appears that the foregoing amendatory regulation will tend to effectuate the purposes of the aforesaid Migratory Bird Treaty Act: 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 aforesaid Migratory Bird Treaty Act, do hereby approve and proclaim the foregoing regulation of the Secretary of the Interior. IN WITNESS 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 6 t day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-one, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-sixth. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State. 54 Stat. 262,8 4 Stat. 26 Regulation ap- proved and pro- claimed. 55 STAT.] 1711