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 1698 PROCLAMATIONS, 1917. and for other purposes/’ do roclaim that the boundaries of the Fremont National Forest are hereby changed to exclude the areas indicated als elinpinations on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a art ereo. ¤¤¤Pi§illg;<izzi2!rl(i»l1ti° And) I do further proclaim and make known that in my judgment it is proper and necessary, in the interest of equal opportimity and good adm.inis§r$ipn}; that all of thiexcludedl lands subjezét to suc}; isposition s o e restore to omestea entry m a vance 0 Vol 38 P H3 settlement or other forms of disposition, and pursuant to the author- ` ’ ° ity reposed in me by the aforesaid Act of September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, I do hereby direct and provide that such lands, subject to valid rights and the provisions of existing with- Time ct opening. drawals, sha.ll be opened to entry only, under the provisions of the homestead laws re u.iring residence, at and after, but not before, nine o’clock a. m., stanidard time, November 15, 1917, and to settlement and otlheff dispcasition, unbcllgr any public lang law applicalge tihereto, _ _ _ at an ter, ut not ore, nine o’c oc a. m., stan ar time, °t;“’“¤ °P¥’“°‘"°‘“· November 22, 1917. Prospective applicants may, during the period of twenty days preceding the date on which the land s all become subject to entry, selection, or location of the form desired under the provisions of this Proclamation, execute their applications in the manner provided by law and present the same, accomnpanied by the required payments, to the pro er United States land office, in person, by mail, or otherwise, and all applications so filed, together with suchdas may be sglbrgitteg atgthle lggiiglgxedéshagl be tigaated as though sim taneous e an s a os o intemanner prescril;iad_bly exjéltiiiag rpgulationsg b Undd•§·& such regulations conflicts of . . equ l'l ts e etermine ya wing' . p:=gii»`r§mS:g¤¤: to ogiiii Warning is hereby given that no settlement initiated prior to seven mg' days after the date for homestead entry above named will be recogmzed, but all persons who go upon an of the lands to be restored hereunder and perform any act of settlement thereon prior to nine o’clock a. m., standard time, November 22, 1917, or who are on or are o<£11:pyi1;)g_any partdof said lanlds atsuchdhour, e€cceptkt(li1r0se 8li2}ving v su 1st set ement r1 ts mitiate rior 0 wit aw rom $g"¢3·;*¤:¤¤2;¤d5- seglement alillgdsinci mamtaiigned, ignctlhthjcge hspvéng preferences tg ‘ m eentryunerte rovisionso e cto on essa rove June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six (34 Stat., 2357 entitlblil "An Act To provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves, and Acts amendatory, will e considered and dealt with as p,,,,,,,,,__ treshpassers and will gain no rights whatever under such unlawful ‘u§“¥°g_¤¤*¤¤**¤¤= set ement or occupancy; Provided, however, that nothinv herein contained shall prevent persons from going upon and ovcr the lands Prim settlement to examine them with a view to thereafter appropriating them in rights,ehc. accordance herewith. Persons having prior settlement rights or preferences, as above defined, will be allowed to make entry in accord- L,,,,,m,,,d_ ance with existmv law and regulations. _ _ It is not intended by this proclamation to reserve any lands not immediately heretofore embraced in a. national forest, nor to exclude guy lands except the areas indicated as eliminations on the diagram ereto annexe. IN dV\;IhTNP§§SfVl;1lI%3JRE(?iFé I have llgiergiiinitoi set my hand and cause e se o the United States to e e . Done in the District of Columbia this twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred [sexi,.] and seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-second. Woonnow WH.SON. By the President: ’ Fnaxx L. Porx, Acting Secretary of State.