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 836 PROCLAMATION S. Nos. 5, 6. 1884. Whereas the laws of the United States provide for the removal of all persons residing or being found in said Indian Territory without express permission of the Interior Department: _ ,,W“"’1’“K{°d°;°*· Now, therefore, for the purpose of properly protecting the rnterests ,c°:.,’l0°;;" ° an of the Indian nations and tribes in said Territory, and that settlers may not be induced to go into a country, at great expense to themselves, where they cannot be allowed to remain, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, do admonish and warn all such persons so intending or preparing to remove upon said lands or into said Territory against any attempt to so remove or settle upon any of the lands of said Territory; and I do fur·ther warn and notify any and all such persons who do so offend, that they will be speedily and immediately removed therefrom by the proper officers of the Interior Department, and if necessary, the aid and assistance of the military forces of the United States will be invoked to remove all such intruders hom the said Indian Territory. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the city of Washington this first day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and [situ,.] of (the Ilndlependence of the United States the one hundred an cig t . Signatures. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. By the President: Fmunx. T. Fnnnmcuursnu, ` Secretary of State. No. 6. July 19. 1884- nr rmt rnusmnrrr or run uurrnn sruiis or nmurcr. A PBOCLAMATION. P'°""'u‘°' While quarantine regulations are committed to the several States, the General Government has reposed certain powers in the President to be used at his discretion in preventing a threatened epidemic. Feeling it my duty, I hereby call upon all persons who, under exist ing systems in the several States, are intrested with the execution of quarantine regulations, to be diligent and on the alert in order to pre- Epidemic. vent the introduction of the pestilence which, we all regret to learn, has made its appearance in some of the countries of Europe between which and the ports of the United States intercourse is direct and irequent. I further advise that the cities and towns of the United States, whether on the coast or on the lines of interior communication, by sound sanitary regulations and the promotion of cleanliness, be prepared to resist the power of the disease and to mitigate its severity. And I further direct the consuls of the United States in the ports where the pestilence has made or may make its appearance to exercise vigilance in carrying out the instructions heretofore given and in communicating to the Government of the United States any information of value relating to the progress or treatment of the disease. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at the city of Washmgton, this nineteenth day of July, in the year of our [sun.,] Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four and of the _ Independence of the United States the one hundred and ninth. 81mmm CHESTER A. ARTHUR. By the President: Frznnx. T. Fennmonursmv, Secretary of State.