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 2702 PROCLAMATION S, 1910. general provisions of the homestead laws on such date and after such notice b publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescrrbe, but shall, not become subject to entry,  selection, or other form of appropriation until the exp)iration of t rty days from the date so iixed, and no person will e permitted to gain or exercise any right whatever under any settlement or occupation_ begun prior to puclhdgate, and all suc settlement and occupation are hereby · or 1 en. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the City of Washington this twenty-seventh day of May, in the year of our ord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL.] ten, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-fourth. WM H TAFT By the President: P C Knox Secretary of State. May 27,1010. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMEmcA A PROCLAMATION Fwazlvga N¤¤¤¤$l WHEREAS a proclamation dated March iirst, nineteen hundred (i>rgs}¤1»i;'f and seven, consolidated the Wallowa and Chesnimnus National V°‘·3"· P·3““· Forests and certain unreserved areas under the name of the Imnaha National Forest; and an Executive Order dated July second, nineteen hundred and eight, directed that the Imnaha National Forest should be known as the Wallowa National Forest; and WHEREAS it appears that the public ood will be promoted b eliminating from the Wallowa National Iorest certain lands as slibwn on the attached dia ram, and by transferring the west half of Section five (5), and all og Section six (6) Townshi four (4) North, Ranve forty-two (42) East, Willamette Meridian, (`liegon, from the "°"·*’·”°°‘· ~ Wall-iowa National Forest to the Wenaha National Forest; Am d¤¤¤¤¤»d· Now, therefore, I, William'H. Taft, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, V¤\·3¤»1»3¢· entitled ‘An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety·ci%l€_t, and for other pur·poses," do proclaim that the boundaries of the allows. National Forest are hereby changed laliggtotihat they are now as shown on the diagram forming a part »’·¤*°¤l*¤¤·**¤¤<¤~ This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of any lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act _ of Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, ‘ °L 3** P- 2** entitle "An Act To provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves." Pul§{gd§°m',?;"°“ “’ The lands hereby eliminated from the Wallowa National Forest which are not embraced in any other reservation or appropriation, shall be restored to the public domain and become sub act to settlement under the gpneral provisions of the homestead laws on such date and after suc notice b r publication as the Secretary of the Interror may prescribe, but shall} not become subject to entry, filing, selection, or other form of approipriation until the expiration of thirty days from the date so Hxed, an no person will be permitted to gain or exercise any right whatever under any settlement or occupation