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 906 PROOLAMATIONS. Ne. 2s. [No. 28.} __Fsbr¤¤ry 22.1891- By THE PRESIDENT on THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. rmmme. Whereas, it is provided by section twenty- four of the Act of Congress, v¤i.zu,p.11cs. approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety—0nc, 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 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 W'yoming, 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; WFore?t mervmtn, Now, theretbre, l, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, y"`" "“’ by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-tour 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 Wyoming, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows, to-wit: nmmamss. Beginning at the south-east corner of Township forty-three (43) North, Range one hundred and ten (110) West, Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian, Wyoming; thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed range line between Ranges one hundred and nine (100) and one hundred and ten $110) West, to the point of intersection: with the south boundary ot the ellowstone National Park Timber Land Reserve as established by proclamation of September tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one; thence westerly along said boundary to its intersection with the boundary line between the States of Wyoming and Idaho; thence southerly along said State boundary line to the point for the unsnrveyed township line between Townships forty-two (42) and forty- three (43) North; thence easterly along the unsurveyed and surveyed township line between Townships forty-two (42) and forty-three (43) North, to the south-east corner of Township forty~three (43) North, Range one hundred and ten (110) West, the place of beginning. Prior valid ¤¤¢ri¤¤ Excepting from the force and ellect of this proclamation all lands “’°°’°°°‘ which may have been, prior to the date hereofQ 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 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 contlict 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. m§;·;{*¤·i fm ·***· 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 athxed. Done at the City of YVashington this 22d day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and ninety- [SEAL.] seven, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-lirst. Guovmt CLEVELAND By the President: Rrcnsnn OLNEY Secretary of State.