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 2250 1>RooLAMArroNs, 1909. of Congress, approved 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 purposes," do pro-‘ claim that the said lands are hereby added to the Sequoia National Forest and that the boundaries of said National Forest are now as shown on 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 {}Q‘§,"}';,'§"};,,mm,,_ United States; Provided, that, nothing herein shall, for the term of 25 years from- the date hereof, operate to terminate or abridge the rights of the Secretary of the Interior 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 said Tule River Indian Reservation by the said Executive Order, modified as aforesaid; to use an of such lands or the timber thereon for A ency, school, or other tribal purposes; to permit the use of any of such lands for grazing purposes; to permit the free use by individual Indians of tim er and stone from any of said lands necessary for domestic use upon their allotments; to dispose of the proceeds arising from grazing as (provided for by law for other Indian funds; and to dispose of the dea timber standing or fallen upon such lands; Provided fur- R¤z¤1¤¤<>¤¤»¤¢¤· ther, that said powers and rights of the Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner of Indian Affairs or ermittees under or through them or either of them, and of individuall Indians, except as to allotments to such Indians, shall be subject to such rules anrf) regulations as the Secretary of A§·iculture may from time to time prescribe for the protection of the ational Forest; and said powers and rights shall not be construed to apply to any land except such parts of said Tule River Indian Reservation as are included in the Forest b this proclamation, and all said powers and rights except the rights of individual Indians and their heirs to hoId and enjo their allotments, shall cease and determine twenty-five years after the date hereof, and thereafter the occuppncy and use of the unallotted parts of said lands shall in all respects e subj)ect to the laws governing National Forests. ,,,§Q‘,Q§,_ "g“‘° "°‘ The withdrawal made ly this proclamation shall, as to all lands which are at this date le al y appropriated under the public land laws or reserved or used for Igndian Agency, school, or church purposes, or reserved for any public pu ose other than for Indian occupancy and use under such Flixecutive Igrders, be subjpct to, and shall not interfere with, or defeat legal rights under suc appropriation, or prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such pppropriation is Iegally maintained, or such reservation remains in orce. ¢§{f*g,'j’“,}’°’,3{,§“°*· This proclamation shall not prevent·the settlement and entry of ' i any lands heretofore o ened to settlement and entry under the Act of Congress approved Iiine eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled, "An Act to provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves/’ and Acts amendatory thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the Citfy of Washington, this second day of March, in the year o our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, [smar,.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-third. Tmcononn Roosnvmrr By the President: Ronmcr Bacorv Secretary of State.