# Executive Order 1545

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Signed by President William H. Taft Wednesday, June 12, 1912
On the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture it is hereby ordered that all the lands of the United States hereinafter described be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for the use of the Department of Agriculture of the United States as a plant-introduction garden and for experiments in the feeding of cactus to cattle, subject to all the provisions, limitations, and conditions contained in the act of Congress entitled "An act to authorize the President of the United States to make withdrawals of public lands in certain cases," approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. L., p. 847):
Beginning at the most northerly corner of the United States military reservation at the city of Brownsville, Tex., thence south sixty-one degrees (61°) east along a barbed-wire fence three thousand three hundred and ninety-one (3,391) feet; thence south twenty-eight degrees (28°) east along a barbed-wire fence nine hundred and twelve (912) feet to a point on the bank of the Rio Grande River; thence up said river with its meanders, as follows: North sixty-one degrees thirty minutes (61° 30′) west four hundred and forty-five (445) feet; north sixty-four degrees ten minutes (64° 10′) west three hundred (300) feet; north seventy-three degrees forty minutes (73° 40′) west six hundred and five (605) feet; north eighty-five degrees fifty minutes (85° 50′) west two hundred and five (205) feet; south eighty-five degrees thirty minutes (85° 30′) west five hundred and fifty-two (552) feet; south thirty-three degrees forty-five minutes (33° 45′) west one hundred and fifty-two (152) feet; south sixteen degrees ten minutes (16° 10′) west five hundred and fifty (550) feet; south eight degrees fifteen minutes (8° 15′) west six hundred and sixty (660) feet; south one degree fifty-six minutes (1° 56′) west four hundred thirty-three and five-tenths (433.5) feet; south three degrees twenty-five minutes (3° 25′) east three hundred forty and seven-tenths (340.7) feet; south no degrees one minute (0° 01′) west one thousand and fifty (1,050) feet; south five degrees forty minutes (5° 40′) west one thousand four hundred and twelve (1,412) feet; south thirty-seven degrees forty minutes (37° 40′) west four hundred and sixty-six (466) feet; south forty-three degrees thirty-four minutes (43° 34′) west one hundred and forty and seven-tenths (140.7) feet; south forty-four degrees thirty-five minutes (44° 35′) west two hundred and twenty-eight (228) feet; south fifty-seven degrees forty-four minutes (57° 44′) west eighty-eight (88) feet; south fifty-six degrees nine minutes (56° 9′) west one hundred ninety and seven-tenths (190.7) feet; south sixty-one degrees eighteen minutes (61° 18′) west one hundred twenty-five and two-tenths (125.2) feet; south sixty-three degrees fifty-three minutes (63° 53′) west two hundred fifty-three and five-tenths (253.5) feet; south sixty-five degrees twenty-nine minutes (65° 29′) west two hundred ten and eight-tenths (210.8) feet; north fifty-eight degrees ten minutes (58° 10′) west eighty-eight (88) feet; north forty-four degrees fifty minutes (44° 50′) west two hundred forty-five and two-tenths (245.2) feet; north seventeen degrees twenty minutes (17° 20′) west five hundred and fifteen (515) feet; north five degrees fifty-four minutes (5° 54′) west one thousand and eighty-two (1,082) feet; north one degree nine minutes (1° 09′) west one thousand six hundred and forty-five (1,645) feet; thence, leaving the river, east four hundred and twenty-five (425) feet; thence north nine degrees and no minutes (9° 00′) west three hundred and ninety-two (392) feet; thence north fifty-seven degrees thirty minutes (57° 30′) east one hundred and fifty-nine (159) feet; thence north seventy-one degrees twenty-five minutes (71° 25′) east three hundred and twelve (312) feet; thence north thirty-four degrees thirty minutes (34° 30′) west eight hundred and twenty (820) feet; thence north twenty-four degrees thirty-six minutes (24° 36′) west five hundred ninety-six and seven-tenths (596.7) feet; thence north nineteen degrees fifty-three minutes (19° 53′) west seven hundred thirty-three and seven-tenths (733.7) feet; thence north fifty-one degrees fifteen minutes (51° 15′) east four hundred and twenty-four (424) feet; thence north sixty-one degrees twenty minutes (61° 20′) east four hundred and thirty (430) feet; thence north eighty-one degrees twenty-six minutes (81° 26′) east two hundred and twenty (220) feet; thence south eighty-five degrees fifty-three minutes (85° 53′) east three hundred and ten (310) feet; thence north twenty-nine degrees forty-six minutes (29° 46′) east two hundred seventy-nine and six-tenths (279.6) feet to a point in a barbed-wire fence; thence north sixty-one degrees twenty-four minutes (61° 24′) west one thousand and sixty-two (1,062) feet; thence north fifty-eight degrees one and one-half minutes (58° 01½′) east seven hundred and sixty-two (762) feet to the place of beginning, and containing three hundred eighteen and eight-tenths (318.8) acres.
The White House,
       June 12, 1912.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).
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