220 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



EXECUTIVE ORDER FEBRUARY 27, 190?. [No. 1037.] 

 Bering Sea Reservation for birds, created. 



It is hereby ordered that Saint Matthew island, Hall island, and 

 Pinnacle islet, situated in Berin<,' Sea, approximately in latitude 

 sixty degrees, thirty minutes north, longitude one hundred and sev- 

 ent3''-two degrees, thirty minutes Avest from Greenwich, as segregated 

 by the broken line shown upon the diagram hereto attached and made 

 a part of this order, be and the same are hereby reserved and set 

 apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve and 

 breeding ground for native birds. It is unlawful for any person to 

 hunt, trap, capture, wilfully disturb, or kill any bird of any kind 

 whatever, or take the eggs of such birds within the limits of this reser- 

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

 by the Secretary of Agriculture. Warning is expressly given to all 

 persons not to commit any of the acts herein enumerated and which 

 are prohibited by law. This bird refuge to be known as Bering Sea 

 Reservation. 



Theodore Roosevelt. 



EXECUTIVE ORDER FEBRUARY 27. 1909. [No. 1039.] 



Tuxedni Reservation for birds, created. 



It is hereby ordered that Chisick Island and Egg Island, situated 

 approximately in latitude sixty degrees, fifteen minutes north, longi- 

 tude one hundred and fifty-two degrees, thirty minutes west from 

 Greenwich, at the entrance to Tuxedni harbor. Cook Inlet, Alaska, 

 as segregated by the broken line shown upon the diagram hereto 

 attached and made a part of this order, be and the same are hereby 

 reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture 

 as a preserve and breeding gi'ound for native birds. It is unlawful 

 for any person to hunt, trap, capture, w ilfully disturb, or kill any bird 

 of any kind whatever, or take the eggs of such birds within the limits 

 of this reservation, except under such rules and regulations as may be 

 prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Warning is expressly 

 given to all persons not to commit any of the acts herein enumerated 

 and which are prohibited by law. This bird refuge to be known as 

 Tuxedni Reservation. 



Theodore Roosevelt. 



executive order february 27, 1909. [no. 1040.] 



Saint Lazaria Reservation for birds, created. 



It is hereby ordered (hat the island of Saint Lazaria, situated at the 

 entrance to Sitka Sound, Alaska, approximately in latitude fifty-six 

 degrees, fifty-nine minutes north, longitude one hundred and thirty- 

 five degrees, forty-two minutes west from Greenwich, as segregated 

 bv the broken line shown upon the diagram hereto attached and made 

 a part of this order, be and the same is hereby reserved and set apart 

 for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breed- 

 ing gix)und for native birds. It is unlawful for any person to hunt, 

 (rap, ca|)ture, wilfully disturb, or kill any bird of any kind what- 

 ever, or take the eggs of such birds within the limits of this reserva- 

 tion, e.xcept under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed 

 by the Secretary of Agi'iculture. Waming is expressly given to all 



