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 PROGLAMATIONS. No. 18. 178] 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 Territory of Arizona, within the hmits 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 public reservations; Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, rmi: mmanti., by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the afore- M""- said Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as Public Reservations all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the Territory of Arizona and particularly described as follows, to wit: . The even numbered sections in Townships twenty-five (25), twenty- B,,,,,,.;,,.i,,_ four (24) and twenty-three (23) North, Ranges three (3) to nine (9) East, both inclusive; Townships twenty-two (22) and twenty-one (21) North, · Ranges one (1) to nine (9) East, both inclusive; Townships twenty (20) and nineteen (19) North, Ranges (1) to ten (10) East, both inclusive; Townships eighteen (18) and seventeen (17) North, Ranges four (4) to eleven (11) East, both inclusive; Township sixteen (16) North, Ranges five (5) to eleven (11) East, both inclusive; Sections two (2), four (4), six (6), eight (8), ten (10), twelve (12), fourteen (14), sixteen (16) and eighteen (18), Township fifteen (15) North, Range six (6) East; Sections two (2), four (4), six (6), eight (8), ten (10), Twelve (12), fourteen (14), sixteen (16), eighteen (18), twenty (20), twenty-two (22) and twenty- four (24), Township fifteen (15) North, Range seven (7; East; Sections two (2), four (4), six (6), eight (8), ten (10), twelve (1 ), fourteen (14), sixteen (16), eighteen (18), twenty (20), twenty-two (22) and twenty- four (24), Township fifteen (15) North, Range eight (8) East; Sections two (2), four (4), six (6); eight (8), ten (10), twelve (12), fourteen (14),. sixteen (16) and eighteen (18), Township fifteen North, Range nine (9) East; Sections two (2), four (4) and six (6), Township fifteen (15) North, Range ten (10) East; and Sections two (2), four (4) and six (6), Township fifteen (15) North, Range eleven (11) East. Excepting from the force and eflect of this proclamation all lands p,,,,, ,,;,4 m,;,, which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in. any legal •¤°•P*°*· 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 tiling 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. Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or 1;,,,.,,,,.,; m,,,, ,,,. make settlement upon the tracts ofland reserved by this proclamation. ¤¤¤¤¤*- In witness whereof, I have_hereunto set my hand and caused the seal · of the United States to be atiixed. _ Done at the City of Washington this seventeenth day·of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and ninety- {si:Ar..§ eight, and of the Independence of the United States the one ` hundred and twenty-third. VVILLIAJI l\[CKINLE\' By the President: J. B. Moons, Acting Sevretrary of State.