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 2736 PROCLAMATIONS, 1910. August rs, mo. BY rms Pnnsmmrrr or rnn Unrrnn Sryrns or Arrnnrca A PROCLAMATION I_.§jg,°$°d° N°"°"’* _WHEREAS an Executive Order dated July first, nineteen hundred rrainmsf and eight, directed that parts of the San Juan and Cochetopa National Forests should constitute the Rio Grande National Forest; and WHEREAS it appears that the public good will  promoted by excluding fpbm thed ro Grande N atronal Forest certain lands wrthm the State o olora 0; Area diminished- _ Now, therefore, I, William H. Taft, President of the United States v°l‘ °°’ p' °°‘ of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled " An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fisca year ending June thirtieth, eig teen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes/’ do proclaim that the boundagies of the Rio Glrande N ation;} Forest;are hereby chalpged and that t e are now as s own on the 'agram orming a art ereof. ¢g{*3•f°;f;'=,‘f¤°$· 'lyhis proclamation shall not prevent the settlemelnt and entry of 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. ’ Pu1§i¤;d;°mr;•g:¤M w The lands hereby excluded from the Rio Grande National Forest ' which are not embraced ru withdrawals for administrative sites for use in the management of the Forest, or in any other_reservation or apgropr-ration, shall be restored to the public domam and become su ject to settlement under the general rovisions of the homestead laws on such date and after such notice E ublication as the Secre- _ tary of the Interior may prescribe, but sllrall not become subject to entry, filmg, selection, or other form of appropriation until the expiration of thirty days from the date so fixedt except that on the same ,,,,‘f§°,eg',}c”*,,§?,,,,_ ’°"°°‘ date as the 8DdS·6llmlD8t9d become subject to settlement,the State of Colorado may, if the lands eliminated 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 settlement or occupancy begun prior to such date, and all such sett ement or occupation is hereby forbidden. Ammwwd- It is not intended by thiaproclamation to release any land from reservation except the areas indicated on the diagram as eliminated, nor to reserve any land not heretofore embraced in a National Forest. 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 15th day of August, in the [ 1 y?tli10fI0\(1‘ Loril one tgiolarssgd nine hundred and ten, and snub o e n e n ence o the nited States the .,.1,1 as,.$a. med By the President: WM H TNT HUNTINGTON WrLs0N Acting Secretary of State. August15» ww. Br um Pnnsmnnr or rim Uxrrnn S·rA·rns or Amqgrcr A PROCLAMATION ¤·¤ *·¤¤ N·¤¤¤·¤ WH§EREASanExecutive Order dated Jul first h red r ., , , nine un °ri1·°°’§¤(f.’iZ and_ eight, directed that parts of the Sany Juan mdmfgnmzgma Nsgaonal Forests should constitute the San Juan National Forest; an