Herbert Hoover: “Now, Therefore, I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by…”

“Now, Therefore, I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section two of the act of Congress entitled 'An act for the preservation of American antiquities,' approved June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225), do proclaim that the following described lands in New Mexico be, and the same are hereby, added to and made a part of the Aztec Ruins National Monument: Beginning at the southwest corner of the southeast corner (SE. ¼) of the southwest quarter (SW. ¼) of sec. 4, T. 30 N., R. 11 W., New Mexico principal meridian, and running thence N. 0°53′ E. 521.4 feet; thence N. 64°46′ E. 22.1 feet to the northwest corner of the present Aztec Ruins National Monument; thence S. 0°53′ W. 179.1 feet along the west line of said national monument; thence E. 240 feet along the south line of said national monument; thence S. 0°53′ W. 176.5 feet along the west line of said national monument; thence S. 67°01′ W. 46 feet; thence S. 7°13′ W. 158.4 feet; thence N. 88°40′ W. 200.6 feet to place of beginning, containing approximately 1.8 acres and being a fraction of the southeast quarter (SE. ¼) of the southwest quarter (SW¼) of said above-mentioned section, township, and range. Also, all that certain parcel of land, situated within the county of San Juan, N. Mex., bounded as follows: Beginning at a point 200.6 feet S. 88°40′ E. from the southwest corner of the southeast quarter (SE. ¼) of the southwest quarter (SW. ¼) of sec. 4, T. 30 N., R. 11 W., New Mexico principal meridian, which is the place of beginning of this tract; thence N. 7°13′ E. 158.4 feet; thence N. 67°01′ E. 547.4 feet; thence N. 66°25′ E. 282.5 feet; thence S. 21°40′ E. 538.0 feet; thence N. 89°03′ W. 981.6 feet, to the place of beginning, containing 6.8788 acres.”