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 QO4 PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 26, 27. 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 Washington, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by set- _ ting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation; m€§f,°‘f,,§°°€y';§,“{;}Q; Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation all that tract of land situate in the States of Idaho and _ \Vashington, embraced within the following boundaries, to-wit: B°“"‘*“"°*‘· Bounded on the east by the summit of the ridges dividing the waters tributary to the Kootenai River and Priest Lake and River; on the west by the summit of the ridges dividing the waters tributary to the Pend d’0reille River or Clarke’s Fork of the Columbia River and Priest Lake and River ; on the north by the international boundary line between the States of Idaho and Washington and the British possessions, connecting the east and west boundaries above described; on the south by the township line between Townships 6fty-six (56) and nity- seven (57) north of the Base Line, Idaho, projected to connect the east _ _ _ and west boundaries above described. _f;§‘,,‘l’,,f““d °“"“°' Excepting from the force and edect of this proclamation all lands which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry 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 lil ing 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. u_*;f::{"°d mm ¤°°· Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. 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-first. Gxzovma CLEVELAND By the President: Brennan m~:1~:Y Secretary of State. [No. 27.] rumm-yzz, run. BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or ADIER-I(lA. A PROCLAMATION. rmemm. Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Conv°l‘ 2°•V‘ H"' gress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “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 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
 * »¤¤- by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-ibur of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there