The Audubon Societies 235 



Executive ©rfcer 



It is hereby ordered that all islands situated in Lower Klamath Lake, and 

 the marsh and swamp lands unsuitable for agricultural purposes in townships 

 thirty-nine, forty, and forty-one south, ranges eight and nine, and township 

 forty-one south, range ten, all east of the Willamette Meridian, Oregon, and in 

 townships forty-seven and forty-eight north, ranges one, two and three east of 

 Mount Diablo Meridian, California, and situated within the area segregated 

 by a broken line, as shown 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 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 is prohibited, and warning is expressly 

 given to all persons not to commit within the reserved territory any of the acts 

 hereby enjoined. This order is made subject to and is not intended to interfere 

 with the use of any part of the reserved area by the Reclamation Service acting 

 under the provisions of the act approved June 17, 1902, or any subsequent 

 legislation. This reserve to be known as Klamath Lake Reservation. 



THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 



The White House, August 8, 1908. 



{No. 924] 



