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 2154 rnoonamrrons, 1907. the force and effect of this proclamation the several areas contained within boundaries formed by circles described with a radius of a mile, each, from the centers of the-following named towns and settlements, to wit: Eyak, Orca, Tahtetlahk, Ellamar, Valdez, Fort Liscum, Einiklik, Chenaga, Nutchek and Latouche: Prvwv- Provided, that this roclamation shall not be construed so as to mgileiii. dnb Mt deprive any person ofp any valid right possessed under the Treaty ' v°'· 15- "· “°· for the cession of the Russian possessions in North America to the ‘ United States, concluded at Washington on the thrrtreth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, or acquired under any act of Congress relating to the Territory of Alaska; I·¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¢¤¤f¤¢1 And further 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 dulv of record in the proper United States Land Oifice, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, if 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 with which this reservation for 'forest uses is inconsistent: rovided, 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, Cm Md__ or unless the reservation or withdrawal with which this reservation is inconsistent continues in force; not excepting from the force and ‘ _ effect of this proclamation, however, any part of the aforesaid National Forest which may have been withdrawn to protect the coal therein, but this proclamation does not vacate any such coal land withdrawal; and provided that these exceptions shall not apply to any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 filing, which may have been permitted to remain of record subject to the creation of a permanent reservation. _ ‘ L,,,,,,,, ,,,,,0,,,,] The lands hereby excluded from the aforesaid National Forest ¤>¤>¤¤¤<= ¤<·¤·¤*¤— which are not embraced in any other withdrawal, reservation, or aplpropriation, shall be restored to the public domain and become su ject to settlement, appropriation, and disposition under the provisions, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such lands on such date and after such notice by publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, and no person will be permitted to gain or exercise any right whatever under any settlement or occupation begun prior to such date and all such settlements and occupations are hereby forbidden. Reserved trom Warning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement ¤°*“°“'°“*· upon any of the lands reserved by this proclamation, ..i;less and until they are listed by the Secretary of Agriculture and opened to homestead settlement or entry by the Secretary of the Interior under the von. 34. p. 233- Act of Congress, approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled, “An Act To pl'0Vld6 for the entry of Agricutural lands mans excepted. .within forest reserves :” Provided, that lands heretofore restored to settlement or entry under the provisions of the foregoing act shall be excepted from the force and effect of this proclamation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have hereunto set mv hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aflixed. i Done at the City of IVashin,qton this 18th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, [sun.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-sec0nd. _ _ Tmzooonn Roosmvmxr By the President: A1.vr:r A. Arms Acting Secretary of State.