Chester A. Arthur

Executive Order—Restoration of Lands for Mission Indians

February 05, 1883

EXECUTIVE MANSION, February 5, 1883.

It is hereby ordered that the following lands, situate in California, viz, the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, the north half of the southeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 3, township 12 south, range 2 east of San Bernardino meridian, being lands withdrawn from the public domain for the Mission Indians by Executive order of December 27, 1875, be, and the same are hereby, restored to the public domain.

CHESTER A. ARTHUR.

SOURCE: Kappler, Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties, US GPO, 1904, p 823

Chester A. Arthur, Executive Order—Restoration of Lands for Mission Indians Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/371348

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