Proclamation 2965—Redefining the Boundaries of the Sitka National Monument, Alaska

Whereas errors have been discovered in the description of the area now constituting the Sitka National Monument, Alaska, as contained in Proclamation No. 959 of March 23, 1910 (36 Stat. 2601), establishing the said monument; and

Whereas a certain tract of land adjoining the said monument has been donated to the United States to provide a suitable entrance to the monument, and a certain tract of public land near the monument is needed for the administration thereof; and

Whereas certain privately-owned lands adjoining the said monument are needed for the administration and protection thereof, and the United States desires to acquire such lands for such purposes; and

Whereas it appears that it would be in the public interest to redefine the boundaries of the Sitka National Monument (1) to correct the above-mentioned errors of description, (2) to add to the monument the said tract donated to the United States and the said tract of public land, and (3) to include within the boundaries of the monument the said privately-owned lands, with a view to making such lands parts of the monument upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States:

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of Congress approved June 8, 1906, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, (1) the lands now owned by the United States within the exterior boundaries of the following-described tracts of land shown on the diagram attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof shall constitute the Sitka National Monument, and (2) the privately-owned lands within such boundaries shall become parts of the monument upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States:

TRACT NO. 1

Beginning at corner No. 1, M.C., of U.S. Survey No. 1258, which is corner No. 2 of U.S. Survey No. 407, Tract B, on the west shore of Baranof Island on Sitka Bay, Alaska, at mean high tide, in latitude 57° 02' 45" N., longitude 135° 19' 56' W., from which U.S.R.L.M. No. 21 bears N. 79° 08' 10" W., 3,965.61 ft. distant.

From the initial point,

With U.S. Survey No. 407, Tract B., meanders of Sitka Bay,

S. 72° 42' W., 236.28 ft.,

N. 60° 18' W., 153.78 ft.,

S. 73° 34' W., 39.38 ft. to east line of Kelly Street, as delineated on Mission Plat Addition to Town of Sitka dated June 14-21, 1923, produced southerly;

Thence with street lines as delineated on said Mission Plat Addition to Town of Sitka, and, as enumerated hereinafter,

Along east line of Kelly Street, produced southerly,

N. 20° 21' E., 51.41 ft. to south line of Lincoln Street,

Along south line of Lincoln Street,

S. 80° 44' E., 97.12 ft.,

S. 89° 58' E., 140.09 ft. to east line of Metlakahtla Street,

Along east line of Metlakahtla Street,

N. 23° 46' E., 528.47 ft. to south line of a road leading to Indian River,

Along south line of said road,

N. 71° 06' E., 190.66 ft., more or less;

Thence leaving the said road, with northeast line of Lot 1, Block Iv of aforementioned plat,

S. 28° 49' E., 22.85 ft., more or less, to a point in the west line of U.S. Survey No. 1258 and east line of U.S. Survey No. 407, Tract B;

Thence with the exterior boundaries of U.S. Survey No. 1258 to the hereinafter enumerated corners,

N. 25° 18' E., 513.34 ft, crossing Indian River to corner No. 6,

S. 42° 00' E., 1,805.10 ft. to corner No. 7,

S. 30° 00' E., 673.86 ft. to corner No. 8 M.C., at mean high tide of Sitka Bay;

Thence with the meanders of Sitka Bay,

N. 65° 38' W., 123.42 ft.,

N. 10° 00' W., 142.56 ft.,

N. 76° 54' W., 66.00 ft.,

S. 9° 21' W., 88.44 ft.,

N. 52° 08' W., 224.40 ft.,

S. 71° 50' W., 234.96 ft.,

S. 12° 45' W., 85.80 ft.,

S. 39° 28' E., 169.62 ft.,

S. 9° 13' E., 62.04 ft.,

S. 59° 51' W., 204.60 ft.

N. 82° 45' W., 328.68 ft.,

S. 59° 49' W., 364.32 ft.,

N. 67° 35' W., 67.98 ft.

N. 37° 35' W., 359.94 ft.,

N. 24° 17' W., 448.14 ft.,

N. 15° 25' W., 292.38 ft.,

N. 30° 54' W., 284.46 ft. to corner No. 1, M.C., the place of beginning. The tract as described contains 53.454 acres, more or less.

TRACT NO. 2

Beginning at corner No. 6 of U.S. Survey No. 2545, which is corner No. 9 of U.S. Survey No. 407, Tract B, corner No. 2 of U.S. Survey No. 1473, corner No. 4 of U.S. Survey No. 1804, and corner No. 1 of U.S. Survey No. 1558, from which U.S.R.L.M. No. 1 bears S. 66° 28' 53" W., 3,170.64 ft. distant, and corner No. 1, M.C., of U.S. Survey No. 1258 bears S. 26° 08' 06" E., 2,241.36 ft. distant.

From the initial point with south line of U.S. Survey No. 2545 and north line of U.S. Survey No. 1804, this line being north line of Observatory Road, so-called, N. 15° 45' W., 35.74 ft., more or less, to the true point of beginning, thence

N. 60° 22' W., 260.00 ft.;

Thence leaving south line of U.S. Survey No. 2545 and continuing along north line of said road,

N. 32° 38' W., 105.00 ft.,

Thence leaving the said road,

N. 70° 22' E., 213.60 ft. to a point in the west line of U.S. Survey No. 1558;

Thence with the west line of U.S. Survey No. 1558, S. 15° 45' E, 300.01 ft. to the true point of beginning. The tract as described contains 0.880 acres, more or less.

The said Proclamation No. 959 of March 23, 1910, is amended accordingly.

Executive Order No. 8854 of August 16, 1941, reserving the lands comprising the said Tract No. 2 and other lands for the use of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Department of Commerce, as a magnetic and seismological observatory site, is hereby revoked as to the lands comprising the said Tract No. 2

The Director of the National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the supervision, management, and control of this monument, as provided in the act of August 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535 (16 U.S.C. 1-3), and acts supplementary thereto or amendatory thereof.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any feature of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof.

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 25th day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-sixth.

HARRY S. TRUMAN

By the President:

JAMES E. WEBB,

Acting Secretary of State.