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 3262. PROCLAMATIONS, 1906. by any prior valid claim, so long as the withdrawal, reservation, or claim exists. _ ,,,,§{’§,z,‘? f° m Warning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixt. _ Done at the Cit of \Vashington, this 7th day of November, in the · year ofy our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, and [smn.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-tirst. Tnnonoim Roosnvmrr By the President: Emrm Roor Secretary of State. November 7- 1906- BY THE PRESIDENT or THE Unrrmn STATES or AMERIGA. A PROCLAMATION. w_'{=;¤SNF,{>d*;,°;* Rs WHEREAS, the public lands in the Territory of New Mexico, Préanime.which are hereinafter indicated, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart - said lands as a public reservation; V V°‘·26-*’·“°3· And whereas, it is provided b section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, approved March third}; eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other pur- I poses,” “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 i limits thereof "; ,e’;,°,‘,$;,Qqf°“°"°· Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United ` States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section A 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 Territory of New Mexico, shown as the Taos Forest Reserve on the diagram forming a art hereof. ¥·¤¤d=¤ excepted- This proclamation will not take egect upon_any lands withdrawn or reserved, at this date, from settlement, entry, or other appropriation, for any purpose other than forest uses.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. sgggfgsézgfF 0 m \Varning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. IN lVITNESS IVHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be atlixt. Done at the Citv of lliashington this 7th day of November, in the , year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, and [sexi,.] of the Independence of the United Sates the one hundred and thirty—iirst. Trrnonomz Roosnmxzr By the President: Emnr Roor Sec-retmy of State.