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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1909 2239 the Shasta National Forest is hereby enlarged and that its boundaries are as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof. The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands ,,,,Q‘;f,_ "g"*' ”°" which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any ublrc purpose, be sub`ect to, and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under suclr appropriation, nor prevent the use for such_publi;:1purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such_a;;propr1ation rs leg y maintained, or such reservation remams in orce. This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of Al-°"°"““‘“"“"“ any lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act of Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled, "An ct to provide for the entry of Agricultural lands V¤1-34.1»¤1*~ 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 second day of March, in the _ year 0 our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, [s1¤AL.]" and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thir·ty-third. Tnnononn Roosrnvmrr By the President: Ronrzrrr Bacon: Secretary of State. Br rum Pnmsmnivr or rum UNrrm:• Swans or Anmrzrca ¥•'°’*2·¤°°°· A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, an Executive Order signed July second, nineteen hun- Bs;*¤;¤¤g,N¤¢i¤¤¤1 F¤¤- dred and eight, consolidated the Gua alupe and Sacramento National rimmniig Forests under the name of the Alamo National Forest; ""‘· *"· 212* **27- And whereas, it appears that the public good will be promoted by including in the A amo National Forest certain lands within the Territory of New Mexico, shown on the diagram hereto attached and forming a part hereof, which are in part covered with timber, and which constitute a art of the Mesca ero Apache Indian Reservation, established in tffe first instance by Executive Order dated May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and finally established as to its present boundaries by Executive Order dated March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three; Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United §·;¤g%¤¤¤g%¤1¤rz¤d· States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act’p` ` of Congress, a proved 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 thrrtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other pupp]oses," do proclaim that the said lands are hereby added to the amo National Forest and that the boundaries of said National Forest are now as shown on the two parts of the said diagram, and such National Forest so enlarged shall, except as hereinafter provided, be subject to all the laws affecting National Forests including the mineral land laws of the United States; Provided, that, nothing herein shall, for the f_:§’Q.,"l'f','}’3,,,,,,,,,,_ term of twenty-five years from the date hereo, o erate to terminate or abridge the rights of the Secretary of the lifrterior and of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under existing laws, to allot to individual Indians any of such of the above described lands as were included in the said Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation by the said Executive Order modified as aforesaid; to use any of such lands or the timber thereon for Agency, school, or other tribal purposes;