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“Sec. 2. That the President of the United States is hereby 
authorized, in his discretion, to declare by publie proclamation 
historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and 
other objects of historie or scientific interest that are situated 
upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the 
United States to be national monuments, and may reserve as a 
part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases 
shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper 
eare and management of the objects to be protected; Provided, 
That when such objects are situated upon a tract covered by a 
bona fide unperfected claim or held in private ownership, the 
tract, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the proper 
care and management of the object, may be relinquished to the 
Government, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby author- 
ized to accept the relinquishment of such tracts in behalf of 
the Government of the United States. 
“See. 3. That permits for the examination of ruins, the 
excavation of archaeological sites, and the gathering of objects 
of antiquity upon the lands under their respective jurisdictions 
may be granted by the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture 
and War to institutions which they may deem properly qualified 
to conduct such examination, excavation, or gathering, subject 
to such rules and regulations as they may prescribe; Provided, 
That the examinations, excavations and gatherings are under- 
taken for the benefit of reputable museums, universities, col- 
leges, or other recognized scientific or educational institutions, 
with a view to increasing the knowledge of such objects, and 
that the gatherings shall be made for permanent preservation in 
public museums. 
“Sec. 4. That the Secretaries of the Departments aforesaid 
shall make and publish from time to time uniform rules and 
regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 
this Act.” 
There are many parts of the United States where the pro- 
visions of that act would seem more appropriate than would 
the wilderness of the Olympic Mountains. For example, it 
would furnish exactly appropriate protection for the cliff dwell- 
ings and other Indian relies in the Southwest. Without real- 
izing the availability of that law for the desired protection of 
the Olympic Mountains, the Mountaineers made their first move, 
