Executive Order 3202

by President of the United States

The area of land hereinafter described, to be known as Quarry Heights Reservation, situated in the Canal Zone, is hereby set apart, and assigned to the uses and purposes of a military reservation under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of War; but the said area shall be subject to the civil control and jurisdiction of the Governor of the Panama Canal, in conformity with the Panama Canal Act.

The boundaries of said reservation are described as follows:

The point of beginning is a brass plug in concrete monument #10; which is N. 1° 51′ W., 711.4 feet, more or less, from Ancon triangulation station; the coordinates of Ancon station are Lat. 8°-57′ plus 2572.76 feet, Long. 79°-33′ plus 883.66 feet; thence,

1. S. 76°-06′ E., 833 feet, more or less, to a brass plug in concrete monument #11; thence,
2. S. 12°-40′ E., 500 feet, more or less, to a brass plug in concrete monument #1; thence,
3. S. 55°-39′ E.. 546 feet, more or less, to a copper plug in concrete monument #2; thence,
4. Along a line parallel with and 5.60 feet back from the curb line of the westerly side of Fourth of July Avenue, to a copper plug in concrete monument #3; direct bearing and distance, #2 to #3, S. 38°-19′ W., 1369 feet, more or less; thence,
5. Along a line parallel with and 5.60 feet back from the curb line of the northerly side of the continuation of Fourth of July Avenue towards East Balboa, to monument #4, which is a copper plug set in the concrete roadway leading to the Truck Company barracks; direct bearing and distance, #3 to #4, S. 87°-03′ W., 1080 feet, more or less; thence,
6. N. 74°-03′ W., 505 feet, more or less, to a brass plug in concrete monument #5; thence,
7. N. 18°-09′ E., 214 feet, more or less, to a brass plug in concrete monument #6; thence,
8. Along the contour of 150 feet elevation to a brass plug in concrete monument #7; direct bearing and distance, #6 to #7, N. 3°-27′ W., 867 feet, more or less; thence,
9. Along the contour of 150 feet elevation to a brass plug in concrete monument #8; direct bearing and distance, #7 to p. N. 48°-21′ W., 569 feet, more or less; thence,
10. Along the contour of 150 feet elevation to a brass plug in concrete monument #9; direct bearing and distance, #8 to #9, N. 39°-36′ E., 971 feet, more or less; thence,
11. S. 75°-58′ E., 861 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.

All bearings refer to the true meridian.

Woodrow Wilson 

The White House,

22 December, 1919.

Notes

See related:

• Executive Order 3386, January 21, 1921;
• Executive Order 3428, April 8, 1921;
• Executive Order 7407, July 6, 1936;
• Executive Order 9293, January 2, 1943