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 rnoonanarions, ieee:. 3257 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ST_yu;s; 4;}* L·`)[ERICA Efglgfiljiti-iY"’*?·A A PROCLAMATIOX WVHEREAS, the Priest River Forest Reserve, in the States of FP Nest Ri_"_°* Idaho tllld lVashington, was established by proclamation dated Feb- 1<i)eiiiii»ta¤§iiitiiei1i.E’ ruary twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; $f,‘§f"§§'°i,_ 903 And whereas, it appears that the public good would be promoted Pm. vi 5309- by adding to the said forest reserve certain lands, within the State of Idaho, which are in part covered with timber; . ' And whereas, it is provided by the Act of Congress, approved V°*·3°·¤·36· 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 ma vacate altogether any order creating such reserve " ; . Now, therefiore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United lmgggndaries °“` States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the said act of Con y s do proclaim that the aforesaid Priest River Forest Reserve is ggiiby enlar•>·ed•to include the said additional lands, and that the boundaries of the reserve are now as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof. ” The proclamation will not take effect upon any lands withdrawn or Lands excepted. 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, 01· claim exists.. VVarning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement upon segfjjumjd f ’ ° m the lands reserved by this proclamation. i IN XVITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixt. Done at the City of lllashington this 6th 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-first. i ’I`uaonoiu: Roosievmxr By the I)1'0>2l(.l(?IltZ _ Roamrr Bxvox Acting Nw··:·cfur·y of Sfufw. Br ·r1u·: Pmzsimzxir or Tm: Usrrtzn Srxwzs or A Mtzmtxx VN"""“"‘$I`.";lilY'l;,_ A PROCLAMATION IVHEREAS. the public lands in the Territory of New Mexico. R$j,j‘l}:jj*¤Q· “{Q¥“‘** which are hereinafter indicated. are in part covered with timber. and rn-miu2i§~.` f it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart said lands as a public reservation; _ _ __ And whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of “"· 2** ¥’· “"°· Congress. approved March third. eighteen hundred and Illl`1€t}’-0110. 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_pnbl1c land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part