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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1905. 2997 indicated without allowing for any irregularities which may occur in actually extending the surveys. The lands hereby excluded from the reserve and restored to the 0pg1°“{§'§§tQ,§;eg€ public domain shall be open to settlement from the date hereof, but shall not be subject to entry, filing or selection until after ninety days notice by such publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. 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 28th day of March, in the year _ · of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and five, and of [sam,.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-ninth. Trmononn Roosnvnrzr By the President: ALVEY A. Aman Acting Secretary of State. BY rim Pnnsinnivr or Tun Unrrnn STATES or Ammuea. March29, 1905. g A PROCLAMATION. Whereas the Congress of the United States has passed an Act ap= ce{:,f;§§§§,j'“·"°·· proved March 3, 1905, and entitled, "An Act To provide for celebrat- Preamaplei M ing the birth of the American nation, the first permanent settlement v°3 ’p' 1 6‘ of English-speaking people on the Western Hemisphere, by the holding of an international naval, marine, and military celebration in the vicinity of Jamestown, on the waters of Hampton Roads, in the State of Virginia; to provide for a suitable and permanent commemoration of said event, and to authorize an appropriation in aid thereof, and for other purposes."; And lVhereas Section 3 of the said Act reads as follows: Vol- 33» D- 1047- " Sec. 3. The President of the United States is hereby authorized to make proclamation of said celebration, setting forth the event to be commemorated. inviting foreign nations to participate by the sending of their naval vessels and such representation ot their military organizations as may be practicable,. ": Now. therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt. President of the United b¥¤&¤r¤¤¤;>¤¤¤cel¤ States, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said Act, do iziiilneonaii .iii¤ii£I hereby declare and proclaim that there shall be inaugurated, in the *°""‘· V"·· 1607- vear nineteen hundred and seven, on and near the waters of Hampton Roads, in the State of Virginia, an international naval, marine and militar Y celebration, beginning May 13, and ending not later than November 1. 1907. for the purpose of commemorating, in a fitting and appropriate manner, the birth of the American nation, the first permanent settlement of English-speaking people on the American Continent. made at Jamestown, Vir inia, on the thirteenth day of May, sixteen hundred and seven, ang in order that the great events of American history which have resulted therefrom, may be accentuated to the present and future generations of American citizens. And in the name of the Government and of the people of the United Invitation to mr- States, I do hereby invite all the nations of the earth to take part in as "”ti°°”‘ the commemoration of an event which has had a far reaching effect upon the course of human history, by sending their naval vessels to the said celebration and by making such representations of their military organizations as may be practicable.