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 1990 PROCLAMATIONS, 1914. and thirteen, entitled "An Act To authorize the President to provide a rgefhodépr opening lands restored from reservation or withdrawal, an or 0 er urposes;" $f)‘f*,',§*°;,’f"}§,‘},;_ Now, thereiidre, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United ’ States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and mnety-one (26 Stat., 1095), entitled “An Act To repeal timber—cu1ture laws V°’~ ”°· 1*3* and for other purposes," and also by_ the ct of Congress approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and mnety-seven (30 tat., 11 at 34 · and 36), entitled "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil egqipnses of the Government for the iiscaldyear ending June thirtieth, cig teen hundred and ninety-eight, an for other purposes," do proclaim that the boundaries of the Carson National Forest are hereby changed to include the areas indicated as additions on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part hereof and to exclude the areas mdicated thereon as eliminations. ,,,§',§‘j" "g’*“ "°* °" The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands which are at this date leia_ y appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any pu he urpose, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat lwlirights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such_pu lic  of lands so reserved, so long as such aptpropr1ation is legaly maintained, or such reservation remams m orce. ~ ,§§§'§g’§,§’,,,,,"H_§,_" _ And I do further proclaim and make known that in my judgment 1t is proper and necessary m the interest of equal opportunit · and good administration that the public lands not otherwise withdrawn or reserved, and to which there is new no valid subsisting right, in the arew hereby excluded from the Carson National Forest be restored to settlement m advance of entry, and pursuant to the authority A»¢¢.1>-113- conferred upon me by  aforesaid Act of September thirtieth, nmeteen hundred and thuteen, I do hereby direct and provide that such lands shall be sulgect to actual settlement only under the provisions of the homestea laws from and including nme o’clock, a. m., D¤¤¤¤¢¤1>¤¤i¤z· standard time, Februa%16,_ 1914, imtil and including March 17, www W 19¥•1é thei1reafter to pos1t1p1;hun§ler(.sh¢i;(la¥)v·s aplilgcagle thliretp. pamngpmxwapn- _ W0g’0\1p0Il8·I1y0 6 an res re as erem “¥· provided and perform  act of settlement thereon from and includv1n1g0tl£8d:Ite0her·er<gf imt nme o’clocl:I,ta.fm., Eeprugsry E6,   or r _ occup an p osuc an asai our, except those having valid sugsistikig settlement rights initiated prior W 34 P 233 to reservation and since maintained, and those aving preferences ‘ · · · to make entry under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved {une eleventh, nmeteen hundred and six (34 Stat., 233), will liie cons1dered and dealt with as trespassers and preference will be given Enmimmm al. the prior legal agphcant, notwithstanding such unlawful settlement ,,,,,,,,_ or occupancy: rov1ded, however, that nothing herein shall prevent persons from going upon and over the lands to examine them with a view to thereafter going upon and making settlement thereon when Prior wmmmthe lands_shall become subject_ thereto in accordance with this mts, em proclamation. Perspns having prior settlement rights or preferences, aiigtbovel defineg, mllhpte allowed to make entry in conformity with e ing aw an regu ons. Ag'i°“!"“`°H““°’“ This gsroclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of VO,_34’p_ zu any lan heretofore opened to settlement and entry imder the said Act of Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, pgfgledwgn o provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within f"°““°°"°"· It is not intended by tl11S proclamation to release an land from reservation nor to reserve any land not heretofore embraced in a