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On the recordJanuary 15, 1911
It is hereby ordered that all lands not allotted to Indians or otherwise reserved within the townships in New Mexico added to the Navajo Reservation by Executive orders of November 9, 1907, and January 28, 1908, lying west of the first guide meridian west, be and the same hereby are restored to the public domain.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Executive Order 1284—Restoring to Public Domain Certain Lands in Navajo Indian Reservation

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