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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1906. 3239 BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or AMERICA. O°°°*’°' 5, 1906- A PROCLAMATION. _ VVHEREAS, the public lands in the State of Oregon, which are Siskiyou Em-es; hereinafter indicated, are in part covered with timber, and it appears R°§°»?;,°;;,g;?g‘ that the public good would be promoted by setting apart said lands Pm- P- 328** as a public reservation; · And whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of V°*·26·P- 1103- Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, i 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 ”;. ~ ‘, Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United 0F<>··¤¤¢ ¤¢¤¢¤¢· States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section- r°%°°' twenty-four of the aforesaid act of Congress, do proclaim that there are hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, for the use and benefit of the ople, all the tracts of land, in the State of Oregon, shown as the ggkiyou Forest Reserve on the diagram forming apart hereof. This proclamation will not take effect upon any lands withdrawn Lands °¤°°P'°‘* or reserved, at this date, from settlement, entry, or other appropria~ tion, for any purpose other than forest uses, or which may be covered biy any prior vahd claim, so long as the withdrawal, reservation, or c aim exists. WVarning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement segfgfégxtf f'°‘” upon the lands reserved by this Fproclamation. ` IN WIT NESS IVHEREO, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be afiixt. Done at the Citv of lVashington this 5th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first. Tmzononn Roosevmur ° By the President: Enum Roorr Secretary of State. Br THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or Amnmca. AQYFEY’*?¥Qd;}°?Tl; A PROCLAMATION. YVHEREAS, the public lands in the Territory of New Mexico. Fo}{,;t¤,*ge;€r'$g>"Q*i which are hereinafter indicated, are in part covered with timber. and Mex.` i it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart P"°“"""‘ said lands as a public reservation; And whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of "°l·26· P- 11**** Congress. approved March third. eighteen hundred and ninety-one. entitled, "An act to repeal timbenculture 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