Proclamation 2325—Closed Area Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Arkansas

By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

Whereas the Secretary of Agriculture has submitted to me for approval the following regulation adopted by him on December 22, 1938, under authority of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755):

Regulation Designating as Closed Area Certain Lands and Waters Adjacent to the Big Lake Migratory Bird Refuge, Arkansas

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755, 16, U.S.C., 704), I, H.A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, do hereby designate as closed area in or on which pursuing, hunting, taking, capturing, or killing, or attempting to take, capture, or kill, migratory birds is not permitted, all areas of land and water adjacent to the Big Lake Migratory Bird Refuge, in Mississippi County, Arkansas, not now owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described exterior boundary:

Beginning at the corner common to secs. 21 and 22, T. 16 N., R. 9 E., Fifth Principal Meridian, in the line common to the States of Arkansas and Missouri.

Thence with the line common to the States of Arkansas and Missouri,

Easterly to the northwest corner of lot 1, sec. 22, T. 16 N., R. 9 E.;

Thence in sec. 22,

Southerly to the one-quarter corner common to secs. 22 and 27;

Thence between secs. 22 and 27,

Easterly to the east right-of-way boundary of improvement No. 28 of Drainage District No. 17;

Thence with said east right-of-way boundary in sec. 27,

Southwesterly to the line common to secs. 27 and 34;

Thence between secs. 27 and 34,

Westerly to the northwest corner of the NE¼NW¼ of sec. 34;

Thence in sec. 34,

Southerly with the west one-sixteenth line to a point in the west right-of-way boundary of improvement No. 28;

Southwesterly with said west right-of-way boundary to a point in the line common to sec. 3, T. 15 N., R. 9 E., and sec. 34, T. 16 N., R. 9 E.;

Thence with said west right-of-way boundary in T. 15 N., R. 9 E.,

Southerly through sec. 3;

Southeasterly through sec. 10, to the line common to secs. 10 and 11;

Thence between secs. 10 and 11,

Southerly to the corner common to secs. 10, 11, 14, and 15;

Thence between secs. 11 and 14,

Easterly to the west right-of-way boundary of improvement No. 28;

Thence with said west right-of-way boundary in sec. 14,

Southeasterly to the north-south center line;

Thence with the north-south center line,

Northerly to the east right-of-way boundary of improvement No. 28;

Thence with said east right-of-way boundary,

Southeasterly and southerly to the eastwest center line;

Thence with said center line,

Westerly to the west right-of-way boundary of improvement No. 28;

Thence with said west right-of-way boundary,

Southerly to the south one-sixteenth line;

Thence with the south one-sixteenth line,

Easterly to the east right-of-way boundary of improvement No. 28:

Thence with said east right-of-way boundary,

Southerly to the line common to secs. 14 and 23;

Southerly in sec. 23 to the east-west center line;

Thence with said center line,

Westerly to the west right-of-way boundary of improvement No. 28;

Thence with said west right-of-way boundary,

Southerly to the line common to secs. 23 and 26;

Southeasterly through sec. 26 to the corner common to secs. 25, 26, 35, and 36;

Southwesterly in sec. 35 to the east-west center line;

Thence with said center line,

Easterly to the east right-of-way boundary of improvement No. 28;

Thence with said east right-of-way boundary.

Southwesterly to the line common to sec. 2, T. 14 N., R. 9 E., and sec. 35, T. 15 N., R. 9 E.;

Thence between sec. 2, T. 14 N., R. 9 E., and sec. 35, T. 15 N., R. 9 E.,

Westerly to the one-quarter corner common to said sections;

Thence in sec. 2, T. 14 N., R. 9 E.,

Southerly to the center north one-sixteenth corner;

Easterly with the north one-sixteenth line to the east right-of-way boundary of improvement No. 28:

Thence with the said east right-of-way boundary,

Southwesterly to the west one-sixteenth line;

Thence with said one-sixteenth line,

Northerly to the west right-of-way boundary of improvement No. 28;

Thence with said west right-of-way boundary.

Southwesterly to the line common to secs. 2 and 11;

Southwesterly through sec. 11;

Southwesterly In sec. 10 to the center west one-sixteenth corner;

Thence with the west one-sixteenth line,

Southerly to the southerly right-of-way boundary of improvement No. 28;

Thence with said southerly right-of-way boundary,

Southwesterly to the line common to secs. 9 and 10;

Thence between secs. 9 and 10,

Northerly to the theoretical one-quarter corner of said secs.;

Thence In sec. 10,

Easterly to the center west one-sixteenth corner;

Northerly to the west one-sixteenth corner of secs. 3 and 10;

Thence between secs. 3 and 10,

Westerly to the corner common to secs. 3, 4, 9 and 10;

Thence between secs. 4 and 9,

Westerly to the meander corner on the east shore of Little River;

Thence in sec. 4,

Northeasterly with the east shore meanders of Little River to the meander corner common to secs. 3 and 4;

Thence crossing Little River,

Northerly to the north shore meander corner common to secs. 3 and 4;

Thence between secs. 3 and 4,

Northerly to the line common to Tps. 14 and 15 N., R. 9 E.;

Thence with said township line,

Easterly to the corner common to secs. 33 and 34, T. 15 N., R. 9 E.;

Thence between secs. 33 and 34, T. 15 N., R. 9 E.,

Northerly to the southeast corner of lot 5, sec. 33;

Thence in sec. 33,

Westerly to the southwest corner of lot 5;

Northerly to the northwest corner of lot 4;

Westerly with the north one-sixteenth line to the re-established meander line of Big Lake;

Thence with the re-established meander line of Big Lake,

Northerly to the line common to secs. 28 and 33;

Northerly through secs. 28, 21, and 16 to the northerly right-of-way boundary of Drainage District No. 16;

Thence with said northerly right-of-way boundary,

Northwesterly in sec. 17 to the east-west center line;

Thence with said center line,

Easterly to the northeast corner of lot 3;

Thence between secs. 16 and 17,

Northerly to the corner common to secs. 8, 9, 16, and 17;

Thence between secs. 8 and 9,

Northerly to the northwest corner of sec. 9;

Thence between secs. 5 and 9,

Easterly to the southeast corner of sec. 5;

Thence between secs. 4 and 9,

Easterly to the southwest corner of lot 13, sec. 4;

Thence in sec. 4,

Northerly to the northwest corner of lot 2;

Thence between sec. 4, T. IS N., R. 9 E., and sec. 33, T. 16 N., R. 9 E.,

Easterly to the meander corner on the west shore of Little River;

Thence in sec. 33, T. 16 N., R. 9 E.,

Northerly with the west shore meander of Little River, to the east-west center line;

Westerly to the center one-quarter corner;

Northerly to the one-quarter corner common to secs. 28 and 33;

Thence in sec. 28,

Northerly with the center line to the re-established meander line of Big Lake;

Northeasterly with said re-established meander line to the line common to secs. 21 and 28;

Thence in sec. 21,

Northerly with the re-established meander line of Big Lake to the north line of Lot 2;

Easterly with said lot line to the south one-sixteenth corner of secs. 21 and 22;

Thence between secs. 21 and 22,

Northerly to the place of beginning;

and

Whereas upon consideration it appears that the foregoing regulation will tend to effectuate the purposes of the aforesaid Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918:

Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, do hereby approve and proclaim the foregoing regulation of the Secretary of Agriculture.

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 21st day of March 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:
SUMNER WELLES
Acting Secretary of State.