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hereto attached and made a part of this Order, are hereby reserved, 

 subject to valid existing rights, and set aside for the use of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding ground for native 

 birds. The taking or destruction of birds' eggs and nests, and the 

 taking or killing of any species of native bird for any purpose what- 

 soever, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed 

 by the Secretary of Agriculture, is prohibited, and warnmg is ex- 

 pressly given to all persons not to commit within the reserved terri- 

 tory any of the acts hereby enjoined. This reserve to be known as 

 Lake Malheur Reservation. 



Theodore Roosevelt 



EXECUTIVE ORDER AUGUST 28, 1908. [No. 932.] 

 Chase Lake Reservation for birds, created. 



It is hereby ordered that all of the unappropriated public lands 

 lying within the meander lines of Chase Lake in township one hun- 

 dred and forty-one north, range sixty-nine west of the Fifth Principal 

 Meridian, North Dakota, as shown upon the township plat of survey 

 approved November 3, 1875, and as segi'egated by the broken lines 

 upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part of this Order, are 

 hereby reserved and set aside for the use of the Department of Agri- 

 culture as a reserve and breeding ground for native birds. The 

 taking or destruction of birds' eggs and nests, and the taking or 

 killing of any species of native bird for any purpose whatsoever is 

 prohibited, and warning is expressly given to all persons not to com- 

 mit within the reserved territory any of the acts hereby enjoined. 

 This reserve to be known as Chase Lake Reservation. 



Theodore RoosentiI/T 



EXECUTIVE ORDER SEPTEMBER 15, 1908. [No. 939.] 

 Pine Island Reservation for birds, created. 



It is hereby ordered that two small, unsurveyed islets, commonly 

 known as " Bird Island " and " Middle Island," located approx- 

 imately in latitude twenty-six degrees forty minutes north, longitude 

 eighty-two degrees fourteen minutes west from Greenwich, and a 

 small bird island, approximately in latitude twenty-six degrees thirty- 

 seven minutes north, longitude eighty-two degrees ten minutes west 

 from GreenAvich, all in and near the northern end of Pine Island 

 Sound on the west coast of Florida as shown upon the United States 

 Coast Survey Chart No. 175, and located within the areas segre«^ated 

 by the broken lines and shown upon the diagram hereto attached and 

 made a ]ia?;t of this order, are hereby reserved and set ajiart for the 

 use of the Department olP Agriculture as a preserve and breeding 

 ground for native birds. The taking or destruction of birds' eggs 

 or nests, and the taking or killing of any sjDecies of native bird for 

 any purpose whatsoever, except under such rules and regulations as 

 may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agi-iculture, is prohibited, and 

 warning is expressly given to all persons not to commit within the 

 reserved territory any of the acts hereby enjoined. This reserve to 

 be known as Pine Island Reservation. 



Theodore Roosevtelt. 



