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 3274 1>RooLAMAT1oNs, 1907. F°b*‘“*“'Y 6· 190* BY THE PRESIDENT or THE Unrrnn STATES or AMERICA A PROCLAMATION. Bis B¤"<>¤ F<>P· WHEREAS, the public lands in the Territory of New Mexico, life;. Reset"' iN` which are hereinafter indicated, are in part covered with timber, and Preamble- it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart vm 26 1103 said lands as a public reservation; _ .' p`And whereas, it is provided b section twenty-four of the Act of. Congress, approved March thirds; eighteen hundred and ninety-one, · entitled, “An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other pur- _poses," “That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any‘State or Territory having_publ1c land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or m 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 limit thereof ; Ng; §"j,§if,0f'°“°"°· 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 Territory of New Mexico, shown as the Big Burros Forest Reserve on the diagram forming a part hereof; L¤¤d¤¢¤¢¢v*¢d· Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands ’ which are at this date embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing or selection duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired; and also excepting all lands which at this date are embraced within any withdrawal or reservation for any use or purpose to which this reservation for forest uses is inconsistent: Provided, that these exceptions shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler, or claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing, or settlement was made, or unless the reservation or withdrawal to which this reservation is inconsistent continues in force; not excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation, however, any liind within the boundary herein described, which has been with- €¤¤1¤¤¤¤¤· drawn to protect the coal therein but this proclamation does not vacate any such coal land withdrawal; and provided that these exceptions shall not apply to any land embraced in any selection, entry or filing, which has been allowed or permitted to remain of record subject to the creation of a permanent reservation. 8€§{,'§,$n‘Q,§,§_€“ “°'“ \Varning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. . IX YVITXESS WVHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aflixed. Done at the City of llrashington this Gth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first. _ Timonoiza Roosavmzr By the President: ELIHU Roor Secr·etm·y of S tate.