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 1006 rnocnxmxrions. nos.14, is. Done at the City of Washington, this iirst day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety- two, and of the Independ- [SEAL.] ence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth. Bum Hxamson By the President: Jums G. Bnxnm Secretary of State. [ N 0. 15.] BY run Pmismnnr or run Umrnn Sruns or Amnmcs. A PROCLAMATION. Femm 1r 1892- Whereas, it is provided by Section twenty-four, of the Act of Con- gress, approved March third, Eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, VN-2** P~“°°· “An Act to repeal timber culture laws and for other purposes/’ that “ The President of the United States may from time to time set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public lands bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations; and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof." And whereas, the public lands in the State of Colorado, within the limits hereafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation. Form reservation Now therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, °°l°“°°` by virtue of the power in me vested by Section twenty~four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of Colorado, and particularly described as follows, to wit: B¤¤¤¤¤fi•¤· Commencing at the north-east corner of Section fom (4) Township P"" "1°"‘ eleven (11) North, Range sixty-seven (67) West of the Sixth (6th) Principal Meridan; thence proceeding westerly along the township line between Townships ten (10) and eleven (11) South, to the north-west corner of Section six (6), Township eleven (11) South, Range sixty- eight (68) W’est; thence southerly along the Range line between Ranges sixty-eight (68) and sixty-nine (69) West to the south-west corner of Section eighteen (18), Township thirteen (13) South, Range sixty-eight (68) West; thence westerly along the Section line to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19), Township thirteen (13) South, Range sixty-nine (69) West; thence southerly along the Range line between Ranges sixty-nine (69) and seventy (70) West, to the south-west corner of Section thirty-one (31), Township thirteen (13) South, Range sixty- nine (69) West; thence east along the Township line between Townships thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) South, to the half section corner on said Township-line of Section two (2), Township fourteen (14) South, Range sixty-nine (69) West; thence southerly through the middle of Sections two (2), eleven (11) and fourteen (14), to a point in the middle of the North line of Section twentythree (23) of said Township and Range; thence easterly along said northern Section line to the northeast corner of said Section; thence southerly between Sections twenty- three (23) and twenty-four (24) to the middle of the east line of Section twenty-three (23); thence easterly through the middle of Section twenty- four (24) to the middle of the east line of said Section twenty-four (24),