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 17 8 PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 16, 17, 18. Done at the City of Washington, thi twenty-seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety- ` [SEAL.] eight, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-third. WILLIAM MCKINLEY. By the President: WILLIAM R. DAY, Secretary of State. [No. 17.| Augumaiass. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PBOCLAMATION. wuwanspm. Whereas, by a protocol concluded and signed August 12th, 1898, by Kwpmblym William R. Day, Secretary of State of the United States, and His ° °°' Excellency Jules Cambon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France at Washington, respectively representing for this purpose the Government of the United States and the Government of Spain, the United States and Spain have formally agreed upon the terms on which negotiations for the establishment of peace between the two countries shall be undertaken; and · Whereas, it is in said protocol agreed that upon its conclusion and signature hostilities between the two countries shall be suspended, and. · that notice to that effect shall be given as soon as possible by each Government to the commanders of its military and naval forces: _sq•pe¤pa¤¤ of Im- Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, “““°“‘ _ do, in accordance with the stipulations of the protocol, declare and proclaim on the part of the United States a suspension of hostilities, and do hereby command that orders be immediately given through the proper channels to the commanders of the military and naval forces of tlLemUnited States to abstain from all acts inconsistent with this proc ation. In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washifrgton, this 12th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety- [SEAL.] eight, and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and twenty-third. WILLIAM MoKINLEr. By the President; WILLIAM R. DAY . Secretary of State. [No. 18.] A,,g,,,,,,·,_ 1,,, BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PHOOLAMATION. rnsmtia Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Con- "°“-“'¥¤“°°· gress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes”, •"1‘hat 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