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EXECUTIVE ORDER SEPTEMBER 28, 1908. [No. 942.] 

 Falma Sola Reservation for birds, created. 



It is hereby ordered that a small, unsurveyed island in Palma Sola 

 bay, Florida, approximately in latitude twenty-seven degrees, twenty- 

 nine minutes north, longitude eighty-two degrees forty minutes west 

 from Greenwich, as the same appears upon Coast Survey Chart num- 

 ber one hundred and seventy-five and located within the area segre- 

 gated by the broken line as shown upon the diagram hereto attached 

 and made a part of this order, is herebj'^ reserved and set apart for 

 the use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding 

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

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

 any purpose whatever, except under such rules and regulations as 

 may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, is prohibited, and 

 warning is expressly given to all persons not to commit any of the 

 acts hereby enjoined. This reservation to be known as Palma Sola 

 Reservation. 



Theodore Roosevelt. 



EXECUTIVE ORDER SEPTEMBER 26, 1908. [No. 943.] 

 Matlacha Pass Reservation for birds, created. 



It is hereby ordered that three small islands located in Matlacha 

 Pass, Florida, approximately in latitude twenty-six degrees, thirty- 

 four minutes north, longitude eighty-two degrees, four minutes, and 

 latitude twenty-six degrees, thirty-two minutes north, longitude 

 eighty-two degrees, three minutes, as the same appear upon Coast 

 Survey Chart number one hundred seventy-five, and one island 

 approximately in latitude twenty-six degrees, thirty-one minutes 

 north, longitude eighty-two degrees, two minutes, not shown iipon 

 said chart, all west from Greenwich and located within the areas 

 segregated by the broken lines shown upon the diagram hereto at- 

 tached and made a part of this order, are hereby reserved and set 

 aside for the use of the Department 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 whatever, except under such rules and regulations 

 as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, is prohibited, 

 and warning is expressly given to all persons not to commit any of 

 the acts hereby enjoined. This reserve to be known as Matlacha Pass 

 Reservation. 



Theodore Roosevelt. 



executive order october 23, 1908. [no. 958.] 



Island Bay Reservation for birds, created. 



It is hereby ordered that all of the unsurveyed mangrove and other 

 islands in township forty-two south, range twenty-one east, of the 

 Tallahassee Principal Meridian, Florida, situated southerly from the 

 surveyed .shore line, as the same appears upon the official plat of said 

 township in the General Land Office, approved July 23, 1850, and 

 located within the area segregated by the broken line shown upon the 

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



