Proclamation 2724—Closed Area Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Florida

Whereas the Under Secretary of the Interior has submitted to me for approval the following regulations adopted by him, after notice and public procedure pursuant to section 4 of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. Supp. 1003), on March 27, 1947, under authority of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755, 16 U.S.C. 704), and Reorganization Plan No. II (53 Stat. 1431):

REGULATION DESIGNATING AS CLOSED AREA CERTAIN LANDS AND WATERS WITHIN, ADJACENT TO, OR IN THE VICINITY OF THE EVERGLADES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, FLORIDA

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority contained in section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755, 16 U.S.C. 704), and Reorganization Plan No. II (53 Stat. 1431), I, Oscar L. Chapman, Under Secretary of the Interior, having due regard to the zones of temperature and to the distribution, abundance, economic value, breeding habits, and times and lines of flight of the migratory birds included in the terms of the conventions between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, and between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals, concluded February 7, 1936, do hereby designate as closed area, effective thirty days after publication in the Federal Register, in or on which pursuing, hunting, taking, capturing, or killing of migratory birds, or attempting to take, capture, or kill migratory birds is not permitted, all areas of land and water in Dade and Monroe Counties, Florida, not now owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described exterior boundary:

TALLAHASSEE MERIDIAN

Beginning at the intersection of the west boundary of T. 54 S., R. 37E., (as shown on the official plat of the township, surveyed in April 1918 by authority from the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of Florida) with the south right-of-way boundary of the Tamiami Trail, United States Highway No. 94;

Thence South, with the west boundary of Tps. 54 and 55 S., R. 37 E., approximately 11.6 miles to the northwest corner of T. 56 S., R. 37 E.;

Thence East, with the north boundary of T. 56 S., R. 37E., 6.0 miles to the northeast corner thereof;

Thence South, with the east boundary of T. 56 S., R. 37 E., 6.0 miles to the southeast corner thereof;

Thence West, with the south boundary of T. 56 S., R. 37 E., 6.0 miles to the southwest corner thereof;

Thence South, with the west boundary of T. 57 S., R. 37 E., 3.0 miles to the northwest corner of sec. 19, T. 57 S., R. 37 E.;

Thence East, on the third latitudinal section line through T. 57 S., R. 37 E., 5.0 miles to the corner common to sections 13, 14, 23 and 24 of said township;

Thence South, with the first meridional section line through Tps. 57 and 58 S., R. 37 E., 8.0 miles to the corner common to sections 25, 26, 35, and 36, T. 58 S., R. 37E.;

Thence West, with the south boundary of sections 26 and 27, 2.0 miles to the corner common to sections 27, 28, 33 and 34 of said township;

Thence North 0.5 mile to the quarter-section corner common to sections 27 and 28;

Thence West 1.5 miles to the center of section 29;

Thence North 1.5 miles to the quarter-section corner common to sections 17 and 20;

Thence East, with the north boundary of sections 20 and 21, 1.5 miles to the corner common to sections 15, 16, 21 and 22;

Thence North, with the west boundary of sections 15 and 10, 2.0 miles to the corner common to sections 3, 4, 9 and 10;

Thence West, with the south boundary of sections 4, 5 and 6, 3.0 miles to the southwest corner of section 6;

Thence West, approximately 1.1 miles to the east boundary of T. 58 S., R. 36 E.;

Thence South, with the east boundary of T. 58 S., R. 36 E., approximately 0.4 mile to the southeast corner of section 24 in said township;

Thence West, passing within T. 58 S., R. 36E., with the south boundary of sections 24, 23, 22 and 21, 4.0 miles to the corner common to sections 20, 21, 28 and 29 in said township;

Thence South, with the east boundary of sections 29 and 32 approximately 2.0 miles to the southeast corner of section 32;

Thence East, approximately 0.1 mile to the northeast corner of section 6, T. 59 S., R. 36 E.;

Thence South, with the fifth meridional section line through T. 59 S., R. 36 E., (unsurveyed) approximately 4.5 miles to the corner common to sections 19, 20, 29 and 30 in said township;

Thence East, with the second latitudinal section line through T. 59 S., R. 36 E., (unsurveyed) 5.0 miles to the east boundary of said township, the northeast corner of section 25;

Thence South, between Tps. 59 S., Rs. 36 and 37 E., approximately 1.0 mile to the northwest corner of section 19, T. 59 S., R. 37 E.;

Thence East, with the third latitudinal section line through Tps. 59 S., Rs. 37, 38 and 39 E., to the intersection with the westerly right-of-way boundary of United States Highway No. 1, in the north boundary of section 20, T. 59 S., R. 39 E.;

Thence Southeasterly, with the westerly right-of-way boundary of United States Highway No. 1 approximately 8.5 miles to the intersection of the westerly right-of-way boundary of United States Highway No. 1 with the center of the Intracoastal Waterway;

Thence Southwesterly with the center of the Intracoastal Waterway, approximately 36.0 miles to a point in the center of the Intracoastal Waterway about 1.3 miles due North from the most northerly point of Jewfish Key in approximate latitude 24° 51' 32" N., longitude 80° 47' 30" W.;

Thence Northwesterly across Florida Bay passing about 1 mile northeast of Schooner Bank and about 1 mile southwest of Sandy Key, approximately 25.4 miles to a point, at latitude 25° 05' N., longitude 81° 07' W., approximately 2.8 miles southwest of Cape Sable;

Thence Northwesterly approximately 11.0 miles to a point at latitude 25 13' N., longitude 81 13' W., approximately 2.8 miles southwest of Northwest Cape;

Thence Northeasterly approximately 11.6 miles to a point at latitude 25° 23' N., longitude 81° 12' W., approximately 3.1 miles west of Shark Point;

Thence Northwesterly approximately 14.2 miles to a point in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 3.0 miles south of Seminole Point, 2.7 miles southwest of Porpoise Point, in approximate latitude 25° 34' 15" N., and at longitude 81° 17' W.;

Thence East, approximately 3.1 miles to the shore of the Gulf of Mexico approximately 0.5 miles southeast of Porpoise Point;

Thence East along the second latitudinal section line in T. 56 S., R. 31 E. (unsurveyed), approximately 2.2 miles to point for the corner common to sections 22, 23, 26 and 27 (unsurveyed);

Thence North, with the west boundary of section 23, one mile to the northwest corner thereof;

Thence East, with the north boundary of section 23, one mile to the northeast corner thereof;

Thence North, with the west boundary of section 13, one mile to the northwest corner thereof;

Thence East, with north boundary of section 13, one mile to the west boundary of T. 56 S., R. 32 E., the southwest corner of section 7;

Thence North, with the west boundary of T. 56 S., R. 32 E., section 7, one mile to the northwest corner of said section 7;

Thence East, with the fifth latitudinal section line through Tps. 56 S., Rs. 32, 33, 34 and 35 E., 19.0 miles to the northeast corner of section 7, T. 56 S., R. 35 E.;

Thence North, with the fifth meridional section line through Tps. 56, 55 and 54 S., R. 35 E., 10.0 miles to the south right-of-way boundary of Florida State Highway No. 27;

Thence East, in part with the south right-of-way boundary of Florida State Highway No. 27, and in part with the south right-of-way boundary of United States Highway No. 94, Tamiami Trail, through Tps. 54 S., Rs. 35 and 36 E., approximately 11.8 miles to the place of beginning.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of the Interior to be affixed this 27th day of March 1947.

OSCAR L. CHAPMAN,

Under Secretary of the Interior.

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, Harry S. Truman, 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 Under Secretary of the Interior.

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 4th day of April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-first.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:

DEAN ACHESON,

Acting Secretary of State.