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 rRooLAMAT1oNs, 1907. 3283 BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or AMERICA March L 190* A PROCLAMATION VVHEREAS, the Big Belt Forest Reserve, in the State of Mon- Re§g§veB‘ifOu€°’°“ tana, was established by proclamation dated October third, nineteen Premiible. i hundred aud Bve; =**·*·*· ¤· 3*5*- And whereas, it appears that the public good would be promoted by adding to the said forest reserve certain lands, within the State of Montana, which are in part covered with timber, and by excluding therefrom certain lands; And whereas, it is provided by the Act of Congress, approved V0!-30·1>-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 an 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 may vacate altogether any order creating such reserve; ", ` Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United Buuuauneu modi- States of America, by virtue of the wer in me vested by the said °°°‘ act of Congress, do proclaim that tlig boundaries of the aforesaid Big Belt Forest Reserve are hereby further changed, and that they » are now as shown on a diagram forming a part hereof; Excepting from the force and effect of this roclamation all lands Lands excevwl which are at this date embraced in any legal) entry or covered by any lawful Blir;§ or selection duly of record in the proper United States Land O ce, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or Bling 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, Bling, 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 roclamation, however, CM! i¤¤d¤· any land) within the boundary herein described}? which has been withdrawn 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. The lands which are not embraced within any other withdrawal, O ¥;€¤:g*§gme;*gI&¤ reservation, or appropriation and which are herebv excluded from pe ` the reserve and restored to the public domain shall be open to settlement from the date hereof, but shall not be subject to entry, Bling, or selection until after ninety days’ notice by such publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. \Varning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement segfjggleg f'°m upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. IN WVITNESS WVHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. Done at the City of lVashington this lst day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, and of [sEAL.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first. TnEonoRE ROOSE\'ELT By the President: _ Ennio Roor Secretary of Sfate.