Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section six of said act of Congress of June 6, 1900, do hereby declare and make known that said land is hereby restored to the public domain, to be disposed of to said city for cemetery purposes under said act of Congress approved September 30, 1890.
Proclamation 492—Restoring Fort Sill Indian Sub-Agency Lands to the City of Lawton, Oklahoma for Cemetery
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