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 2142 PROcLAMAT10Ns, 1907. tlement or occupation begun prior to such date, and all such settlement and occupation are here y forbidden. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. _ Done at the City of Washington this 1st day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, and of [stun,.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first. Trrnooorzn Roosnvmxr By the President: Enum Roca: Secretary of State. June a, 1907. By THE PRESIDENT or THE Urvrrno STATES or Arunruoa ~ A PROCLAMATION mgaareua in- WHEREAS, it appears that the public good would be promoted j,}';';?' F°'°“· N' by adding to the Magdalena National Forest certain lands, within the $;$¤¤§g*¢b 3245 Territory of New Mexico, which are in part covered with timber, ` ’` and by excluding therefrom certain lands; Boundaries mom- Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United °°‘%,,l_ 30, ,,_ 3,, States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested 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 Bscal ear ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes," do prorun, p. 22:so. claim that the boundaries of the Magdalena National Forest are hereby changed and that they are now as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof; Lands excepted. 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 Bling or selection duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, if 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 with 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 with which this reservation is inconsistent continues in force; Coal lands- not excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation, however, any part of the National Forest hereby enlarged which may have 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 Bling, which may have been permitted to remain of record subject to the creation of a permanent reservation. · Lands restored The lands hereby excluded from the Magdalena National Forest ‘° *’“°"° "°'“"“"· which are not embraced in any other withdrawal, reservation, or appropriation, shall be restored to the public domain and become subject to settlement under the general provisions of the homestead laws on such date and after such notice by publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, but shall not become subject to entry, Bling, selection, or other form of appropriation until the expiration of thirty days from the date so fixed, and no person will be permitted to gain or exercise any right whatever under any settle-