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2686 In testimony 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 ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-fourth. [SEAL.] . By the President: , Secretary of State.

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Y•1g¤•¤§;f¤¤¤¤¤ F°'· WHEREAS it ap ars that the public good will be promoted by °°i' adding to the Pecos lgcational Forest mtain lands within the Territoriy P'°"“m°‘ of New Mexico which are in part covered with timber, and by exelu —· ` therefrom certain

$‘g,°'§,*{,}°,{,'§°‘“°‘· Now, therefore, I, W1ll1am H. Taft, President of the United States ` ' of America by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congrem approved june fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “£1 Act Mahxpiea propriations for sundry civil exlpenses of the di Government for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eig teen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other Fpurposes," do proclaim that the · boundaries of the Pecos National orest are hereby changed and that _ the are now as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof.

,8§,§‘d‘f' “““’ “°° °" 'lyhe withdrawal made biy this proclamation shall, as to all lands which are at this date lelgal y appropriated under the dpublic land laws or reserved for any pub `c purpose, ·be subject to an shall not interfere with or defeat le al rig ts under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such ubgnc purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is Ilegally maintained or such reservation remains in force.

$§ggl*;*•'w_’*'•“· This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of ` ` any lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act of Co ess approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitle?1gxi‘An Act to provide for the entry of Agricultural lands to within forest reserves."

p¤i5iii»d¤i¤m$i°°°d The lands hereby eliminated from the Pecos National Forest which are not embraced in withdrawals for administrative sites for use in the management of the Forest, or in anly other reservation or appropriation, shall be restored to the public omain and become subject to settlement under the general rovisions of the homestead laws on such date and after such notice by publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, but shall not become subject to entry, filing, selection, or other form of appro riation until the expiration of thirty days from the date so fixed, and) no person will be permitted to gain or exercise any riglht whatever under any settlement or occupation begun prior to suc date, and all such settlement and occupation are hereby forbidden.

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 20th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-fourth. [SEAL.] . By the President: , Secretary of State.