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Gerald Ford: “I do hereby proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the lands hereinafter described are hereby added to and…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 1975
I do hereby proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the lands hereinafter described are hereby added to and made a part of the Buck Island Reef National Monument.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Proclamation 4346—Buck Island Reef National Monument, U.S. Virgin Islands

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