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 2718 PRoo1.AMAT1oNs, 1910. MY L *910- BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or Amnmca A PROCLAMATION Nebo N¤**°¤¤‘ F°'· WHEREAS an Executive Order dated`June eighteenth, nineteen esiiriéhiiiiiae. hundred and eight, consolidated the Vernon and, Payson National i Forests and a part of the Fillmore National Forest under the name of ' the Nebo National Forest; and _ WHEREAS it appears that the ublicNgood will be promoted by eliminating certain lands from the Nebo ational Forest, and transferring to the Wasatch National Forest all of the Vernon division of the N ebo National Forest not eliminated by this proclamation; ·§¤=¤<¤¤¤*¤¤¤•=·*· Now, therefore, I, William H. Taft, President of the United States WL m' p' 3G` of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act 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 ear ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and fibr other purposes," do proclaim that on and after Jul first, nineteen hundred and ten, the boundaries of the Nebo NationalyForest shall be as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof. $:fif;,¤¢¤r;$¤¤¤· This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of ° ’p` any lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act of Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An Act To ’provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves} ¤££_<§0"{§g;¤r¤<i to The lands eliminated in accordance with this proclamation from the pil Nebo National Forest on July first, nineteen hundred and ten, which are not embraced in withdrawals for administrative sites for use in the management of the Forest, or in any other reservation or a pro- , priation, shall be restored to the public domain and become sulhject to settlement under the general provisions of the homestead laws on such date and after such notice by ublication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, but shall) not become subject to entry, filing, selection, or other form of appropriation until the expiration of thirtv days from the date so fixed; except that on the same date ,ag3<;:{;¤$g“S¢b¤.¤¤ as the lands eliminated become subject to settlement, the State of ` Utah may, if the lands ehmmated are subject to such selection, select as indemnity in the satisfaction of•its common school grant, not to exceed two sections of land in each entire township restored, or one section in each fractional portion of a township where the restored area thereof exceeds five thousand (5,000) acres, and no person will be permitted to acquire or exercise any right whatever under any sett ement or occupation begun prior to such date, and all such settlement or occupation is herebg forbidden. IN YVITN SS WHERE F, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the C1tyJ(pf Washington this lst day of Julv, in the year of our rd one thousand nine hundred and ten, and of [sam,.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-fourth. WVM H TAFT B y the President: Hmrrixorox WILSON Acting Secretary of State.