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 2008 PROCLAMATIONS. N0. 25. [No. 25.] J“"° ”»“’°2· Br THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Preamble- Whereas. the White River Plateau Timber Land Reserve, in the V°l’ m' p' m` State of Colorado, was established by proclamation dated October six- V¤1·26-P-1103- teenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, under and by virtue of section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An act to repeal timberculture laws, and for other purposes", which provides, "‘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, w ether 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"; vm. so, p. sc. And whereas, it is further rovided by the Act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- eight, and for other purposes", that "The President is hereby authorized at any time to modify any Executive order that has been or may hereafter be made establishing any forest reserve, and by such modification may reduce the area or change the boundary lines of such reserve, or may vacate altogether any order creating such reserve"; Rwmw gyeggcrest Now, therefore, I, Timonomz ROOSEVELT, President of the United °°°w°’ ° °` States, by virtue of the power vested in me by the aforesaid act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, do hereby make known and proclaim that the boundary lines of the aforesaid \Vhite River Plateau Timber Land Reserve are hereby ‘ changed so as to read as_ follows: New b¤¤¤<1¤1¤¤- Beginning at the north-west corner of Section twenty-seven (27), Township five (5) North, Range ninety-one (91) West, Sixth (6th)Princi— pal Meridian, Colorado; thence easterly along the section lines to the north-east corner of Section twenty-nine (29), Township five (5) North, Range ninety (90) \Vest: thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly along the section lines to the north-east cornerof Section thirty-five ( 35), said township; thencesoutherly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly along the First (lst) Correction Line North to the northeast corner of Township four (4) North, Range ninety (90) \Vest; thence southerly to the south—east corner of Section twenty-tive (25), said township; thence westerly to the south—west corner of said section; thence southerly along the section lines to the north~west cornerof Section twelve (12), Township three(3) North, Range ninety (90) lVest; thence easterly along the section lines to the south—west corner of · Section four (4), Township three (3) North, Range eighty-nine (89) \Vest; thence northerly along the section lines to the north—west corner of Section twenty-one (21), Iownship four (-1) North, Range eighty-nine (89) \Vest; thence easterly along the section lines to the north-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence southerly to the southeast corner of said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section six (6), Township three (3) North, Range eighty-eight (88) \Yest; thence southerly along the section lines to the north—west corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence easterly to the north—east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the northeast corner of Section twenty- one (21), said township; thence southerly along the section lines to the north—west corner of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence