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 2232 PROCLAMATIONS, 1909. m];';' we "°* •·'· The withdrawal madegiv this proclamation shall, as to all lands which are at this date leg y appro riated under the public land laws or reserved for any public purpose,ll>e subject to, and) shall not interfere with or defeat le al rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purpose—of lands so reserved, so long as such pppropriation is egally maintained, or such reservation remains in orce. $*j,{*§,“'1,*j°0*g2_““°'“* Since the withdrawal made by this proclamation for Forest pur- ' poses and the withdrawal made b proclamation dated December twenty-four, eighteen hundred andyninety-two, for the pu ose of establishing fish culture stations and for the use of the United)States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries are consistent, both shall be ‘ effective upon the land withdrawn, but the withdrawal for fish culture stagipnlsh and folratlhp) us; 05 the United States Commissioner of Fish aneriess et e ominant one. $§°3‘f1*;f“z¤_“““ This proclamation shall not prevent_ the settlement and entry of any lands heretofore opened to settlement and ent under the Act of Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundrexdrand six, entitled, "An Act, to provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves. ’ ‘ 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 23rd day of February, in the _ year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-third. Timononm Roosnvnrrr By the President: ` Ronmrr BACON Secretary of State. F¤1=>r¤¤ry25. 1909- BY Tum Pnnsromrr or mm Uurrmn Srxrns or Aumuca A PROCLAMATION _}f‘g;,°f N°“°¤"' F°'· WHEREAS, an Executive Order dated July second, nineteen hunimcmbigiw dred and eight, consolidated the Modoc and Warner Mountains vei.&§j,,_ 29;;,, Natxonal Forests under the name of the Modoc National Forest; And whereas, it a pears that the lpublic good would be promoted _ by adding to the Nibdoc National crest certain lands within the State of alifornia, which are in part covered with timber; $g{{*}g•;_’°¤,,,.j¤l°'¤°**- Now, therefore, I, Theodore oosevelt, President of the United 'States of America, b virtue of the wer in me vested by the Act of Congress, approved Tune fourth, eiglhtteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, “Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal vear ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other pu ses," do proclaim that the Modoc National Forest is hereby enlargeldmand that its boundaries are as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof. ,wP,:;’_’ **¤¤¤¤ ¤°* M- The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands which are at this date legally appro riated under the public land laws . or reserved for any public purpose,Ibe subject to, andp shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such pppropriation is egally maintained, or such reservation remains in oree.