A PROCLAMATION. January 26, 1912. Naval reservation. WHEREAS, the lands reserved for naval purposes in the City of San Juan, Porto Rico, under authority of "An Act Authorizing the President to reserve public lands and buildings in the Island of Porto Vol. 32, p. 731. Rico for public uses, and granting other public lands and buildings to the government of Porto Rico, and for other purposes," approved July 1, 1902, are no longer needed for such purposes, AND WHEREAS such lands in part may be economically and advantageously used by other branches of the government, Lands transferred to Vol. 35, p. 2197. NOW THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM HOWÅRD TAFT, PRESI- other Executive De DENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BY AUTHORITY IN ME partments. VESTED, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AND MAKE KNOWN that the following described lands heretofore forming part of the Naval Reservation of San Juan, are set apart for the uses of other executive departments, as follows:" To Department of To the Department of Commerce and Labor as a Light House Commerce and Labor. Depot and headquarters of the Light House District, All that land and the structures thereon situated on the peninsula extending into the harbor on the south side of the city of San Juan, Porto Rico, known as the Barrio de la Puntilla, or Puntilla Point, bounded on the north by the north boundary of the line of the concrete floor for coal storage, extended on the east to the harbor line and on the west to the middle of the gravel road shown on general plan of the "Puntilla," U. S. Naval Station, San Juan, submitted June 30, 1910, and approved by Commodore Karl Rohrer, Commandant; along the middle of the road to its intersection with the prolongation of the line of the south end of the building number 30 on said "general plan;" thence in prolongation of said line westward to the water. To the Treasury Department: Light House Depot. Post, p. 78. To Treasury Department. Service. For the Marine Hospital Service: That part of the so-called Pun-Marine Hospital tilla bounded on the south by the south line of the launch dock prolonged to the west until it meets the prolongation of the west line of the buildings marked 2 on the aforesaid "general plan;" thence along this line to the north until it reaches the north line of said building 2; thence along this line and its prolongation to the water front so as to include the launch dock and the buildings marked 12 and 2, and the land between these buildings and the harbor. For the Custom House: Buildings numbered 24, 25, 26 and 27 on Customhouse. the aforesaid plan, and the land pertaining thereto, and also the tract of land in front of buildings numbered 24 and 25 known as the "Marina" and bounded on the north by a line running from the northeast corner of building number 25 to the south end of the landing for harbor boats and on the south by a line in prolongation of the southern end of the building numbered 24, to the water front. To the Department of Agriculture, Department of Agri culture. For the Weather Bureau: The western part of the Naval Hospital Weather Bureau. tract in "Puerta de Tierra" bounded on the east by a line parallel to the western boundary and 280 feet therefrom, with residence and office building thereon. To the War Department: All the remaining lands and buildings reserved for naval purposes in the vicinity of San Juan, Porto Rico, and the reservation for War Department. "Lamp Shop and Buoy Depot" described in proclamation of the Vol. 33, p. 2316. President dated June 30, 1903, and the land adjacent thereto, transferred and conveyed to the United States pursuant to an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico approved March 9, 1911. February 2, 1912. Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Preamble. Foreign nations invited to take part in. February 7, 1912. Hawaii. Vol. 30, p. 750. IN TESTIMONY 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 twenty-sixth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL.] twelve and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-sixth. By the President: Secretary of State. WM H TAFT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, in conformity with the conditions and requirements of the Joint Resolution of Congress approved February 15, 1911, "Authorizing the President to invite foreign countries to participate in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in nineteen hundred and fifteen, at San Francisco, California", satisfactory proof has been presented to me that a suitable site has been selected for the said Exposition and that the sum of not less than fifteen million dollars will be available to enable the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, for the purpose of inaugurating, carrying forward, and holding an exposition at the City of San Francisco, California, in the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, to celebrate the completion and opening of the Panama Canal; NOW, THEREFORE, I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by said Joint Resolution, do hereby declare and proclaim that such International Exposition will be opened in the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, in the City of San Francisco, in the State of California. And, in the name of the Government and of the people of the United States of America, I do hereby invite all the nations of the earth to take part in the commemoration of an event of great interest and importance to the world by appointing representatives to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and sending thereto such exhibits as will most fitly and fully illustrate their resources, their industries, and their progress in civilization. In Testimony 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 second day of February, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and twelve, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-sixth. By the President: PC KNOX Secretary of State. A PROCLAMATION WM H TAFT WHEREAS, by joint resolution "to provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States," approved July 7, 1898, the cession by the government of the Republic of Hawaii to the United States of America, of all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and over the Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies, and the trans fer to the United States of the absolute fee and ownership of all public, government or crown lands, public buildings, or edifices, ports, harbors, military equipment, and all other public property of every kind and description belonging to the government of the Hawaiian Islands, was duly accepted, ratified, and confirmed, and the said Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies annexed as a part of the territory of the United States, and made subject to the sovereign dominion thereof, and all and singular the property and rights herein before mentioned vested in the United States of America; AND WHEREAS, it was further provided in said resolution that the existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands in the Hawaiian Islands, but the Congress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition; Lands at Makapuu Point, Oahu, reserved AND WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary in the public interests that certain parcels of land situated at MAKAPUU POINT, on the Island of Oahu, in the Territory and District of Hawaii, in the United States of America, be immediately reserved for light-house purposes; NOW THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM H. TAFT, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby for declare, proclaim and make known that the following described pieces and parcels of land be and the same are hereby, subject to such legislative action as the Congress of the United States may take with respect thereto, reserved for light-house purposes, to-wit: All of those pieces and parcels of land situated at MAKAPUU POINT, on the Island of Oahu, in the Territory and District of Hawaii, in the United States of America, and bounded and particularly described as follows, to-wit: lighthouse purposes. Beginning at a point marked by a wooden stake which bears S. 9o Description. 43' 46" W. (true) and distant 43,141.9 feet from the Territorial Triangulation Station Makapuu, the boundary runs by true bearings and distances as follows: 1. S. 10° 00' 00" W. 500 feet, thence 4. N. 85° 00′ 00′′ E. 600 feet, to the point of beginning. Together with all water, riparian, fishing and other rights and rights of way, and other easements incidental or appurtenant to the aforesaid piece and parcel of land. Also a perpetual right of way five feet in width over and across certain other lands, said right of way being two and one-half feet on each side of the following described line: Beginning at a point, which bears S. 9° 43′ 46" W. (true) and is distant 43,141.9 feet from the Territorial Triangulation Station Makapuu, the center line runs by true bearings and distances as follows: 18. S. 41° 08′ 20 E. 379 feet, thence 1. N. 51° 16' 20" E. 589.5 feet, thence 2. N. 54° 40' 20 E. 467 feet, thence 3. N. 56° 55′ 40′′ E. 420 feet, thence 4. N. 80° 11′ 00′′ E. 217.5 feet, thence 5. N. 65° 48′ 40 E. 6. N. 74° 32′ 20 E. 304 7. N. 78° 46′ 40′′ E. 8. N. 62° 41' 40" E. 9. N. 74° 23' 00" E. 10. N. 74° 22′ 00′′ E. 11. N. 72° 1′40′′ E. 333 feet, thence feet, thence 363 feet, thence 355 feet, thence 160 274 feet, thence 423 feet, thence 23. N. 67° 48′ 40′′ E. 593 feet, thence 580 290 feet, thence feet, thence feet, thence feet, thence feet, thence feet, thence feet, thence |