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 900 PROCLAMATIONS. No. 23. 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 States of Idaho and Montana, 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 reserving said lands as a public reservation; ,dfg;¤;;d*;gj;K;;i;¤· Now, therefore, I, 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 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 States of Idaho and Montana, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows, to·wit: B°¤¤**”i•’°· Beginning at the north-east corner of Township thirty-six (36) North, Range five (5) East, Boise Meridian, Idaho; thence southerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed range line between Ranges live (5) and six (6) East, to the point of intersection with the Salmon River; thence in an easterly direction along the middle of the channel of said river to the point of intersection for the unsurveyed range line between Ranges eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) East; thence northerly along said unsurveyed range line to the point of intersection with the boundary line between the States of Idaho and Montana; thence in an easterly direction along said State boundary line to the point for the unsurveyed range line between Ranges nineteen (19) and twenty (20) West, Principal Meridian, Montana; thence northerly along said range line to the Base Line; thence westerly along said base line to the southeast corner of Township one (1) North, Range twenty (20) West; thence northerly along the range line to the north-east corner of said township; thence westerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed township line between Townships one (1) and two (2) North, to the point for the south-east corner of Township two (2) North, Range twenty-two (22) West; thence northerly along the unsurveyed range line between Ranges twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22) West, allowing for the proper oilsets on the First (1st) and Second (2nd) Standard Parallels North, to the point for the north-east corner of Township ten (10) North, Range twenty-two (22) VVest; thence westerly along the unsurveyed township line between Townships ten (10) and eleven (11) North, to the point of intersection with the boundary line between the States of Montana and Idaho; thence along said State boundary line to the point for the unsurveyed township line between Townships thirty-eight (38) and thirty-nine (39) North, Idaho; thence westerly along said townshipline to the point for the north-west corner of Township thirty-eight (38) North, Range ten (10) East; thence southerly along the unsurveyed range line between Ranges nine (9) and ten (10) East, to the point for the south-west corner of Township thirty-seven (37) North, Range ten (10) East; thence westerly along the unsurveyed Seventh (7th) Standard Parallel North, to the north-east corner of Township thirty-six (36) North, Range five (5) East, the place of beginning. Hf_?' ***1*** °¤*¤'*°* Excepting from the tbrce and effect of this proclamation all lands pted. . . . which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal en try or covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired; and all mining claims duly located and held according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith; Provided, that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler or claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing, settlement or location was made. ,,5}-;*;*;;**** {wm ¤°*· Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make ` settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.