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 rRocLAMAir1oNs, 1907. 2127 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 effect of this proc- Coal 1¤¤¤¤- lamation, however, any part of the National Forest hereby enlarged which may have been withdrawn to protect the coal therein, but this proclamation does not vacate any such coal land withdrawal; and provided that these exceptions shall·not apply to any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 sub]ect to the creation of a permanent reservation. Waming is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement Rgyjgggd f¤‘6¤¤ 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 under the Act of Congress, approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled, "An Act To provide for the entry of Agri- V°'· 3* P- 233- cultural 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 WVashington this 24th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, and [smut] of the Independence of the United States theone hundred and thirty-first. Tnmonomc Roosnvmxr By the President: Ronmrr BACON Acting Secretary of State. BY rum PRESIDENT or rin-: Uxrrmn STATES or AMERICA Avril 2% 1907- A PROCLAMATIQN YVHEREAS, the public lands in the Territory of New Mexico, uc§;*i*¤';),f:;g Ng which are hereinafter indicated. are in part covered with timber, and Mex. i' ` it appears that the public good would be promoted by utilizing said ,1;{,'$§f"§l§]26 lands as a Nationalp Forest. and by including therein a portion of F'*··*·r>-2¤F<9·` the area heretofore embraced in the Lincoln National Forest; Now, therefore. I. Theodore Roosevelt. President of the United N,];’,“§&],‘]:*}l_0'°"°*· States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section von. zo, pi 110:;. twenty-four of the Act of Con ress. approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. entitlid. “‘An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other pur oses." and by the Act of Congress, approved vo!. 30, p. ae. June fourth. eighteen liundred and ninety-seven. entitled. "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the tiscali year ending June thirtieth. eighteen hundred and ninety~ eight, and for other purposes.” 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 Territory of New Mexico. shown as the Sacramento National Forest on the diagram forming a art hereof; Excepting from the force and egect of this proclamation all lands Lands excepted. which are at this date embraced in any legal entry or covered by 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 riod within which to make entry or filing of record has not expiredlie 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 incorisistent: Frovided, that these exceptions shall not continue to apply