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 1742 PROCLAMATIONS, 1915. direction alon the eastern shore of Montague Island at hi h tide line to Zaikof goint (33) ; thence in a southeasterly direction directly to Cape Hinchinbrook (34); thence in a general northeasterly direction along)the south shore of Hinchinbrook Island at high tide line to Hook oint (35) ;_thence in a southeasterly direction directly to the north end of Wmgham Island (36); thence in a southeasterly direction directly to the western extremity of Okalee Spit (37); thence in a southeasterly direction directly to the southern extrcmit of Cape Suckling (1), the place of begirming, and embracing aH islands within said description. All latitudes and lon itudes em- · ployed in defining these boundaries are referred to the Vsidez Datum Amsemuded established by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. ` Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation the several argas crgntgpled witlgiipi boupdaries forpicid lpyuciroles descrgbed with 3 ra iuso a e, eac, romt ecenterso the 0 0 name townsan %iIt;l<i1i§ntg1,l to wit: lgordloyia (fogmirly Eyl;1.k),O1&ca;j iI‘at£alek, Ellainar, 1, en a, uc e an atouc e; an so the areas eretofore excludediiy Executive Orders dated October twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and ten, No. 1260, and June twenty-second, nineteen hundred and fifteen, No. 2216, and indicated upon the diagram forming a part hereof; and further excepf certain areas hereby excluded around the towns of Hope, Kenaillillinilchik, and Sunrise _ shown in detail upon the said diagram. s,,;$ty "gm P"` Prmnkled, that this proclamation shall not be so construed as to "°*· KM P- 539- deprive any person of any valid right possessed under the Treaty for the cession of the Russian possessions in North America to the United States, concluded at Washington on the thirtieth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, or acquired under any act Prior rights not ap of Congress relating to the Territory of Alaska. which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat ibgal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for sueh_ public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legal y maintained, or such reservation r remains in force. s¤ii;iii§l§2tz1ia¤;Xdr.r"` And I do further proclaim and make known that in my judgment it is proper and necessary in the interest of equal opportunity and good administration that all of the lands hereby exc uded from the Chugach National Forest subject to disposition should be restored to VU, 3, H3 settlement in advance of entry, and pursuant to the authorityreposed ` `t’p' in me by the aforesaid Act of Se tember thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen (38 Stat., 113), I dollxereby direct and provide that such . . lands, sub`ect to valid rights and the provisions of then existing Time of opening. . { . ¤ withdrawas or reservations, snall be open to actual settlers only under the provisions of the homestead laws for a period of twenty- eight days from and including nine o’clock a. m., standard time, on the thirty-fifth day from and after the date hereof, and thereafter to entiiy algd disposition under any and all of the public land laws ap ica etiereto. mf§;;’§;§A’§, ;§,’*O*r¤;,§ _ iiersons who go upon any of the lands to be restored as herein pro- ¤i>·¤¤i1¤g. ° vided and {perform any act of settlement thereon from and including the date o this proclamation until nine o’clock a. m., standard time, A on the thirty-fifth day from and after the date hereof, or who are on or are occupying any part of such lands at said hour, except those ’ having vah subsisting settlement rights initiated prior to reservation and since maintained, and those having preferences to make entry under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and sb; (34 Stat., 233), entitled "An Act To provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves", and
 * .,md_ The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands