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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1916. 1775 changed to include the areas indicated as additions on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part hereof and to exclude the areas indicated thereon as eliminations. The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands a,}’€;§‘{,{,’°¥°‘”gh*S”°* which are at this date legal y appro riated under the public land laws ` or reserved for any public jilurpose Ilia subject to, ant? shall not interfere with or defeat legal rig ts under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such pub c purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is egally maintained, or such reservation remains in force- nxt-iuaed mas is And I do further proclaim and make known that in my judgment S¢¤r¤d¢¤S<>¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¢~ it is proper and necessary in the interest of equal o portunity and good administration that all of the lands hereb excluded from the Alamo National Forest subject to disposition should be restored to settlement in advance of entry, and pursuant to the authority reposed ,-,,,38, ,,_ ,,3_ in me by the aforesaid Act 0 September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen (38 Stat., 113), I do ereby direct and provide that such lands, subject to valid rights and the provisions of existing with- Tim, ,,,,,,,,,,j,,g_ drawals, shall be opened and become sub act to settlement onl under the general provisions of the homestead] laws, at and after, but not · before, nine o’clock a. m., standard time, on the sixty-third day after the date of this proclamation, and to entry and other dis sition under any public land law aplplicable thereto at and after hilt not before, nine o’clock a. m., on the ninety-first day after said date. w,,mi,,g,,g,,,,,S,t,,,S. Persons who go upon any of the lands to be restored as herein pg)- g*§5i¤8 v¤*¤r M ¤p¤¤· vided and rform any act of settlement thereon from and inclu g ` the date ofpflhis roclamation until 9 o’clock a. m., standard time, on the sixty-third eiiiy from and after the date hereof, or who are on or are occupying any part of such lands at said hom; except those having v `d subsisting settlement rights initiated prior to reservation and smce maintained, and those having preferences to make entry ,.0,3, p_ 2,, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June eleventh, Agricultural lands. nineteen hundred and six (34 Stat., 233), entitled "An Act To provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves", and acts amendatory, will be considered and dealt with as trespassers and preference will be iven the prior legal ap licant, notwithstanding Exammamns a,_ such unlawful settiiment or occupancy: Srovided, however, that iowa. nothing herein shall prevent persons from going upon and over the lands to examine them with a view thereafter to icing upon and making settlement thereon when the lands shall ecome_ subject T., , 0 , s__,,,emm, thereto in accordance with this proclamation. Persons having prior rights, etc settlement rights or preferences, as above defined, w1ll_be allowed to make entry in conformity with existing law and regulations. IN NVITNESS NVHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. _ _ Done at the City of Washington, this 3rd day of April, m the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six- [smm.] teen, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and fortieth. Woonnow Wuson By the President: Runner Laxsnvo, Secretary of State.