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Bill Taft: “Executive Order of June 14, 1879, temporarily withdrawing from sale and settlement for Indian uses all of townships 1…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1911
Executive Order of June 14, 1879, temporarily withdrawing from sale and settlement for Indian uses all of townships 1 and 2 north, ranges 5 and 6 east, in Arizona, lying south of the Salt River, is hereby amended so as to withdraw permanently from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposition all that part of section 35 in township 2 north, range 5 east, of the Gila and Salt River meridian, lying south of the Salt River, for use of the Pima and Maricopa Indians and such other Indians as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to settle thereon, subject to any existing valid rights of any persons thereto.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio
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Executive Order 1426—Reserving Additional Land in Arizona for Use of Pima and Maricopa Indians

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