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 1240 rnoonnmuions. No. 6. [No. 6.] BY run Pnnsrnnnr OF run Umrnn Surns or Amnmon. A PROCLAMATION. Scrwmbu 28,18%- Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, ‘ approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “Au Vol. 2s, p. ma. 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 land 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 Oregon, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reservin said lands as a public reservation. Ogvw ¤‘¤•¤¤•¤¤¤· Now, Therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, g°°' 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 lyin and being situate in the State of Oregon, and particularly described as follows, to—wit: B°¤¤*l¤’i°•· Beginning at the meander corner at the intersection of the range line between Ranges six (6) and seven (7) East, Township two (2) North, Willamette Meridian, Oregon, with the mean high-water-mark on the south bank of the Columbia River in said State; thence northeasterly along said mean high-water-mark to its intersection with the township line between Townships two (2) and three (3) North; thence easterly along said township line to the north-east corner of Township two (2) North, Range eight (8) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges eight (8) and nine (9) East, to the south-west corner of Township two (2) North, Range nine (9) East; thence westerly along the township line between Townships one (1) and two (2) North, to the north-west corner of Township one' (1) North, Range nine (9) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges eight (8) and nine (9) East, to the south-west corner of Township one (1) North, Range nine (9) East; then easterly along the Base Line to the northeast corner of Township one (1) South, Range ten (10) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges ten (10) and eleven (11) East, to the south-east corner of Township four (4) South, Range ten (10) East; thence westerly along the township line between Townships tour (4) and live (5) South, to the south-west corner of Township four (4) South, Range nine (9) East; thence southerly along the west boundary of Township five (5) South, Range nine (9) East, to its intersection with the west boundary of the \Varm Springs Indian Reservation; thence southwesterly along said Indian reservation boundary to the south-west corner of said reservation; thence south-easterly along the south boundary of said Indian reservation to a point on the north line of Section three (3), Township twelve (12) South, Range nine (9) East, where said boundary crosses the township line between Townships eleven (11) and twelve (12) South, Range nine (9) East- thence easterly to the north-east corner of Township twelve (12) Soutli Range (9) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges nine (9) and ten (10) East, to the south·east corner of Township thirteen (13) South, Range nine (9) East; thence westerly along the Third (3rd) Standard Parallel South, to the north-east corner of Township fourteen (I4) South, Range nine (9) East; thence southerlyalong the range line between Ranges nine (9) and ten (10) East, to the south-east corner of Township fifteen (15) South, Range nine (9) East; thence easterly