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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1909. 2501 5. A list of the successful applicants, showing the number assigned ap§gg°;,s*° °“°°°S¤*“l to each of them, will be conspicuously posted and furnished to the ` press for publication as a matter of news, and a proper notice will be promgtly mailed to each person to whom a number is assigned. 6. eginning at nine 0 clock a. m. on April 1, 1910, and continuing ljzaipgmggogutgj ¤p~ thereafter on such dates as may be Hxed by the Secretary of the P ° S ` Interior, persons holding numbers assigned to them under this Proclamation will be permitted to present their applications to enter (or file their declaratory statements in cases where they are entitled to iile declaratory statements) at the land office for any land district in which their numbers entitle them to make entry, in the order in which their applications for registration were selected and numbered, but no person can resent more than one application to enter or file more than one decfaratory statement. 7. If any erson fails to a ply to enter, (or to file a declaratory F¤¤¤i¢¤r¢ afrizbtstatement if lie is entitled to d)o so), on the da assigned him for that purpose, or if he presents more than one application for registration or resents an application in any other than his true name, he will forieit his right to make entry or filing under this Proclamation. 8. None of the lands opened to entry under this Proclamation shall Dm <>f¤¢m¢¤¤¤¤*· become subject to settlement or entry prior to the iirst day of September, 1910, except in the manner prescribed herein; and a ltpersons are admonished not to make any settlement prior to that ate on lands not covered by entries or filings made by them under this Proclamation. On September 1, 1910, all of said lands which have not been entered under this Proclamation will become subject to settlement and entry under the general provisions of the homestead laws and the said Act of Congress. 9, The Secretary of the Interior shall make and prescribe such rules R¢K¤l¤**°¤¤· and regulations as may be necessary and roper to carry this Proclamation and the said Act of Congress into iiill force and efiect. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be afiixed. Done at the (‘ity of WVashington this 19th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and 111118, and [SEAL.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-fourth. WM H Terr By the President: Atvsr A. Anne Acting Secretary of State. BY run Pnnsmizxr or wma Uxrrizn STATES or Azunmca, _Sg¤¤¤¤¤¤¤rj{{¤·<}°;_ A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, a cavern in the State of Wyoming, of unknown extent N§};_€,’fQ,*{“°,,0n,§§;,‘§{‘ but of many windings and ramifications and containing vaulted ivga lg ` chambers of large size. magnificently decorated with sparkling crystals 1 mambb and beautiful stalactites, and containing impenetrable pits of unknown depth, is of great scientilic interest and value to the people of the United States, and it appears that the public interest would be promoted by reserving it as a National Monument, together with as much land as may be needed for its protection; Now, therefore, I, William H. Taft, President of the United States W§ggQg¤‘M°°“m°¤*· of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by Section two of the Vol- 34$`P· 225- Act of Congress approved June 8, 1906, entitled, "An Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities", do hereby set aside as the