The Antiquities Act of 1906, (Pub. L. 59 -- 209, 34 Stat. 225, 54 U.S.C. § § 320301 -- 320303), is an act passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt on June 8, 1906. This law gives the President of the United States the authority to, by presidential proclamation, create national monuments from federal lands to protect significant natural, cultural, or scientific features. The Act has been used more than a hundred times since its passage.
what was the purpose of the antiquities act
gives the President of the United States the authority to, by presidential proclamation, create national monuments from federal lands to protect significant natural, cultural, or scientific features