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 898 PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 21, 2z. kms? mm °°*· WVarning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make ` settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation. Whereas, a portion of the land embraced within the limits above "°'·2"· P- lm- described was reserved by proclamation of February twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and designated as “The Pacific Forest Reserve "; c“£>1,!g;}:;*g:'*;;v¥;¤· And whereas, it appearing proper that the entire area herein described should be distinguished by the name of the most notable landmark within its boundaries, the title “The Paciiic Forest Reserve” is hereby abolished, and the reservation established by this proclamation shall be known as The Mt. Rainier Forest Reserve. In witness 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 22d day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-seven, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-tirst. Gnovnn CLEVELAND By the President: RICHARD OLNEY . Secretary of State. [No. 22.] F•=¤·¤¤•=·ym.1svr. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES on AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. · $*5**;%*- 1 M Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Con gre s, ` ’' approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, •*An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes", “Thut the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing torests, 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 thereot"’; And whereas, the public lands in the State of Caliiornia, 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 A reserving said lands as a public reservation; C_§{].‘Qj;‘Qj,,f°°°"“"°"· Now, therefore, l, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, 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 irom 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 California, and within the boundaries B0 [ H particularly described as follows, to·wit:. °"” “ °°’ Beginning at the south-east corner of Township three (3) North, Range twenty-four (2-l) East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, California; thence northerly along the range line to the north-east corner of said township; thence westerly along the township line to the northwest corner of said township; thence northerly along the range line to the township line between Townships four (4) and ’1ivc(5) North, Range twentythree (23) East; thence easterly along the township line to the south-east corner of Township five (5) North, Range twenty-three (23) East; thence northerly along the range line to the north-east corner of Said township; thence westerly along the First (lst) Standard Parallel North, to the south-west corner of Township six (6) North, Range twenty- two (22) East; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges