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 3296 1>RooLAMA’r1oNs, 1907. Much 2· 1907- Br Tun Pnnsinnnr or THE Uivrrnn STATES or AMERICA A PROCLAMATION B0§ePQ$;°§,vaS§`°’”* WHEREAS, The Mt. Rainier Forest Reserve, in the State of Preuninblc.Washington, was established by proclamation dated February twenty- v°l' 29* p` 89* second, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; And whereas, it appears that the public good would be promoted by adding to the said forest reserve certain lands, within the State of . Washington, which are in part covered with timber; V°'· 3°· P· 3°· And whereas, it is provided by the Act of Congress, approved 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 au- ‘ thorized 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 may vacate altogether any order creating such reserve ";. ` ,u?d"f"’“’°“ °“‘ Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the said act of Congress, do proclaim that the aforesaid Mt. Rainier Forest A Reserve is hereby enlargled to include the said additional lands, and _ that the boundaries of the reserve are now as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof;. - ¥·¤¤¤¤ ·>¤¢¤¤*¢¤· Exeepting 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 eriod within which to make ent or filing of record has not expiredli and also excepting all lands vidiiich 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 cmu mms. which this reservation is inconsistent continues in force; not excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation, however, any land within the boundary herein described, which has been withdrawn, to pxrotect the coal therein but this proclamation does not vacate any, suc coal land withdrawal; and provided that these exceptions shall not apply to any land embraced in any selection, entry or tiling, which has been allowed or permitted to remain of record subject to the creation of a rmanent reservation. Reserved tr sm \Varning is iigreby given to all persons not to make settlement upon “”“"""°“*‘ the lands reserved by this proclamation. Nam °"“‘¥°"· RThis reservation shall be known hereafter as the Rainier Forest eserve. IN XVITNESS IVHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the City of 'Washington this 2d dav of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven. and of [snax,.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first. Tnnononr Roosnwzrxr By the President: Emnr Roor Secretary of State.