Whereas, in the opening of the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, and Wichita
Indian lands in the Territory of Oklahoma, by proclamation dated July 4,
1901, pursuant to section six of the act of Congress approved June 6,
1900 (31 Stat., 672, 676), the west half of the southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter and lot fourteen, of section sixteen in township seven
north, of range ten west of the Indian principal meridian, containing
thirty-eight acres and sixty-hundredths of an acre, were reserved for
the use of the Kiowa and Comanche Indian Agency;
And whereas it appears that said land is no longer used or required for
use by said Indian agency, and that it adjoins the city of Anadarko,
Oklahoma Territory, and is needed by said city for park purposes, the
mayor of which city has applied to make entry thereof for said purposes
under the act of Congress approved September 30, 1890 (26 Stat., 502).
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 park purposes under said act of Congress approved September 30,
1890.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
[SEAL.]
Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-third day of June, A.D.
1902, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
twenty-sixth.