Proclamation 2321—Enlarging Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico

By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

Whereas the act of May 14, 1930, c. 272, 46 Stat. 279, established the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, in the State of New Mexico, and authorizes the President upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior to enlarge the said Park by including therein any or all of certain lands described in the said act; and

Whereas the Secretary of the Interior has recommended that certain of such lands be added to the said Park; and

Whereas ft appears that It would be in the public Interest to include such lands within the said Park for the preservation of their natural state and outstanding scenic features:

Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States America under and by virtue of authority vested in me by section 4 of the aforesaid act of May 14, 1930, do proclaim that, subject to all valid existing rights, the following-described lands, in the State of New Mexico, are hereby added to and made a part of the Carlsbad Caverns National Park:

NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 25 8., R. 22 E., secs. 24, 25, 35 and 36 (unsurveyed).

T. 26 S., R. 22 E.,

sec. 1, N½, W½SW¼;

sec. 2, all;

sec. 11, all;

sec. 12, W½W½;

sec. 13, W½W½;

sec. 14, all.

T. 25 8., R. 23 E., secs. 1 to 33, inclusive.

T. 26 8., R. 23 E., sec. 6, lots 1 and 2, E½NW¼.

T. 24 8., R. 24 E., secs. 27 to 29 and 31 to 34, inclusive.

T. 25 8., R. 24 E., secs. 3 to 10, inclusive; sec. 11, W½;

sec. 14, W½;

sec. 15 to 18, inclusive.

CONTAINING 39,488.41 acres.

The administration, protection, and development of the said Park shall be exercised under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, subject to the provisions of the act 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, secs. 1 and 2), and acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof, and to all other laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the said Park.

Nothing herein contained shall affect any privately-owned lands within this area or any valid existing claim, location, or entry on said lands made under the land laws of the United States; but if any of the privately-owned lands are conveyed to the United States, or any existing claim, location, or entry is canceled, the lands so affected shall become a part of the said Park.

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 3rd day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-third.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

By the President:
CORDELL HULL
Secretary of State.