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 PROCLAMATIONS,1917. 1*119 Now, therefore, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the —**°**“*¤*¤“**°°· United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by V1 the Act of Congress approved June fourth,  hundred and °‘°‘°""3°‘ ninety-seven (30 Stat., 11 at _3·1 and 36), entr d "An Act Making appropriations for srmdryucgvil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June t iethegglrteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other Hpurposes"; do p im that,the boundaries of the ` Ashlep) Nation Forest are hereby changed to exclude the following I*¤*'=°¤°**¤*•d· described lands: In Township 2 North, Range 18 East: D°°°""“°"· Of Section 2 the north half, 9 Of Section 3 the north half · In Township 2 North llange 19 East: Of Section 1 the north half Section 2, Of Section 3 the north half · In Township 2 North, ltange 20 East: Of Section 5 the northwest quarter and north half of southwest uarter, OfqSection 6 the north half- In Township 2 South, ltange 21 East: Of Section 25 the south half, Section 36; In Township 2 South, Range 22 East: Sections 25 to 29 inclusive, and 31 to 36 inclusive; Salt Lake Meridian. E And I do further proclaim and make known that in my judgment m..‘§".'.§l°°,.m;°',L?",;,,,_”' it is proper and necessary, in the interest of equal opportunity and good administration, that all of the excluded ands subject to disposition should be restored to homestead entry in advance of settlement or other forms of disposition, and pursuant to the authority reposed in me by the aforesaid Act of September thirtieth, nineteen V°*- °’·P·m- hundred and thirteen, I do hereby direct and provide that such lands sub'ect to valid rights and the provisions o existing withdrawals, and] where lands withdrawn as coal or phosnphate are involved subject to the conditions applicable thereto, sha be opened to entry only Ti"' °‘°P°¤*°$- under the provisions of the homestead laws requiring residence, at and after, but not before, nine o’clock a. m., standard time, February 14, 1918, and to settlement and other disposition under any public land law applicable thereto, at and after, but not before, nine 0 clock a. m., standard time, February 21, 1918. Prospective applicants ,,§‘“”¥ ‘l’P“°‘“°°'~ may, during the period of twenty days preceding the date on which the land shall 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, accompanied by the require payments, to the pro r United States land office, in person, by mai, or otherwise, and dll} applications so tiled, together with such as may be submitted at the hour fixed, shall be treated as though simultaneously filed, and shall be disposed of in the manner prescribed by existing)re(gulations. Under such regulations conilicts of equal rights will e etermined by a drawing. Warning is hereby given that no settlement initiated prior to seven ,,,Y,§,'},,}",,g “p§.,’{{"§§ days after the date for homestead entry above named will be recog— ¤v¤¤l¤z· nized, 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, February 21, 1918, or who are on or are occitpying any part of said lands at such hour, except those having vah subsisting settlement rights initiated prior to withdrawal from settlement an since maintained, and those having preferences to