Executive Order 5157—Restoring Certain Reserved Lands in Hawaii Withdrawn for Punchbowl Hill Military Reservation to Territory of Hawaii Government

Pursuant to section 91 of the Act of Congress approved April 30, 1900 (31 Stat. 141), as amended by section 7 of the Act of Congress approved May 27, 1910 (36 Stat. 443), the military reservation of Punchbowl Hill, situated at Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, as reserved by Executive order of January 18, 1906 (General Orders No. 21, War Department, January 27, 1906), except that portion thereof retained for military purposes by Executive Order No. 1531, dated May 11, 1912, is hereby restored to its previous status for use by the Territory of Hawaii, and the restriction on such land "solely for park purposes" is hereby removed.

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
July 16, 1929.