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 3246 ° 1>aooLAMAT1oNs, 1906. - 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; " _ _ Mfngjjt “’S""'°# Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United i States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid act of Congress, do proclaim t at there are hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public _ Reservation, for the use and benefit of the people, all the tracts of land, in the State of Montana, shown as the Ekalaka Forest Reserve on the diagram forming a part hereof. . 1·¤¤d¤ ¢¤¤•>¤f¢d~ This proclamation will not take effect upon any lands withdrawn - V or reserved, at this date, from settlement, entry, or other appropriation, for any purpose other than forest uses, or which may be covered by any prior valid claim, so long as the withdrawal, reservation, or claim exists. Reserveg f ¤’¤¤¤ Warning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement upon S°m°m°° the lands reserved by this proclamation. ‘ IN YVITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and — caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixt. Done at the City of Vllashington this 5th day of November, in the _ year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, and ’ [SEAL.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty—iirst. Trmononn Roosnvnur By the President: Ronmrr Bacon Acting Secretary of State. Br run Pnnsinnnr or run Uxrrnn Srarns or Aarnmca. ‘ A PROCLAMATION. F§¤=;_¤:!tM<§¤§B;¤r$¤; \YHEREAS, the dpublic lands in the State of Montana, which are Mem;. hereinafter indicate, are in part covered with timber, and it appears P'°°"""°· that the public good would be promoted by setting apart said lands · as a public reservation; V°‘·2“·”· “°3· And whereas, it is \provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, approved t arch third, eighteen hundred and ninetv-one, entitled. “An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," “That the President of the United States mav, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territorv having public land bearing forests. in any part of the public lands whollv or in part coverec with timber or undergrowth. whether of eominercial value or not. as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation. declare the establishment of such reservationsiand the limits thereof ”; M,§,‘{,{,f,§‘ "“"'°· Now, therefore, I. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid act of Congress, do proclaim that there are hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation. for the use and benefit of the people. all the tracts of land, in the State of Montana, shown as the Snowv Mountains Forest Reserve on the diagram forming a part hereof. ` Lame ¢¤°€¤*°d· This proclamation will not take effect upon any lands withdrawn or reserved, at this date. from settlement, entry. or other appropriation, for any purpose other than foI'€$t uses, orvwhich mav be covered