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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1907. . 2159 additional lands, and that the boundaries of the aforesaid National Forest are now as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof; , Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands L““““ °*°°*’*°d· which are at this date embraced in any legal entry or covered b 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, 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: 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; not excepting from the force and eifect of this proclamation, Cm *¤¤¤¤· however, any part o the National Forest hereby enlarged which may have been withdrawn to protect the coal therein, but this proclamation does not vacate any such coal land withdrawal; and provided that these exceptions shall not apply to any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 filing, which may have been permitted to remain of record subject to the creation of a permanent reservation. Waming is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement “§f§,‘§,Q‘;,°{f‘ "°"‘ upon any of the lands reserved by this proclamation, unless and until they are listed by the Secretary of Agriculture and opened to homestead settlement or entry by the Secretary of the Interior imder the Act of Congress, approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, "°L 3*- P- 233- entitled, "An Act `0 provide for the entry of Agricultural lands La ds mdwithin forest reserves:" Provided, that lands heretofore restored ° °x°°° settlement or entry under the provisions of the foregoing act shall be excepted from the force and e act of this proclamation. IN WVITNESS WIIEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. Done at the City of \Vashington this 26th day of October, in the year of our.Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven [sean.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-second. T. Roosavnur By the President: Enmu Rom Secretary of State. Br wma Pm·:sn>m~z*r or rm:` Umrno Srxms or Aivmmca 0¤¢¤b¤r 26, 1907· A PROCLAMATION YVHEREAS, the public lands in the State of California, which t,°§.*:* ,,§ggg{<>c;{¤· are hereinafter indicated, are in part covered with timber, and it Preamble., ' appears that the public good would be promoted by utilizing said lands as a National Forest; Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United C,}§‘}(§{‘},‘}:* ‘°'"‘· States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section Vol. 26,`p. 1103. twenty-four of the Act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other pnrposes,” do proclaim that there are hereby reserved from settlement or entry and set apart as a public reservation, for the use and benefit of the people, all the tracts of land, in the State of California, shown as the San Benito National Forest on the diagram forming a part hereof;