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 1928 PROGLAMATIONS, isis. ’“°“°'Y°5·‘m Br rms: Pansmmiwr or mm Umrnn Srarns or Ammroa · A PROCLAMATION “°"°"§. ““‘°"" WHEREAS, it a pears that the public ood will be promoted by F°i?¤ii¤ii>i¤.` excluding certain laliids within the Sltlate ofgNevada from the Nevada National Forest, and by restoring the public lands subieot to disposi- V°]'38'°'m‘ tion in the excluded areas in a manner authorized y the Act of Congress approved September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen (38 Stat., 113), entitled "An Act To authorize the President to rovide a method for 0 lands restored from reservation or P _ P°m¤8 withdrawal, and for other oses" · ’~"'°‘“'°*’“s"°"· Now, therefore, I, WOOl')ll-?tr}(3W WILSON, President of the United V¤1·¤·>»¤·=¤$- States of America, b virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congess approved Zirune fo1u·th, e` hteen hundred and mnety-seven (30 tat., 11 at 34 and 36), entitlj "An Act Makixcalppropriations for sundry civil e enses of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, `Xhteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other pur- ", do proidgaim that the boundaries of the Nevada National Forest are hereby changed to exclude the areas indicated as eliminations on the  hereto annexed and forming a part hereof. · ,,0”°,§§l§,§’?0‘,},t?,,,‘l0§,L'* And I do f er proclaim and make hiown t at m my judgment it is proper and necessary, in the interest of equal olpportunity and good administration, that all of the excluded lands su ject to disposition should be restored to homestead entry in advance of settlement or other forms of disposition, and pursuant to the authority reposed V°'· 3“· P- **3* in me by the aforesaid act of September thirtieth, nineteen hundred Timo t _ and thirteen, I do hereby direct and provide that such lands, sublject ° °°°”"°" to valid rights and the provisions o existing withdrawals, sha be opened to entry only under the provisions of the homesteadlaws requiring residence, at and after but not before, nine o’clock A. M., standar time, on the sixty-third, da after the date of this proclamation, and to settlement and other disposition under any public land law aépplicable thereto, at and after, but not before, nine o’clock A. M., mm “PP“°"°°‘“· stan ard time, on the seventieth day after said date. Pr eetive applicants may, during the period of twenty days precedingotxe date on which the ands shall become subject to entqy, selection or location of the form desired under the provisions o this proclamation, execute their applications in the manner provided by law and present the_ same, accom(panied by the required payments, to the roper United States lan office in person, by mail, or otherwise, and allpa plications so filed, together with such as may be submitted at the iiour fixed, shall be treated as though simultaneously filed and shall be disposed of in the manner prescribed by existin regulations. Under siqchregulations conflicts of equal rights  be determined by a awing. W‘?'““‘¥?’¥°‘°"°"°" W ` he b `ven that no ttlement i itiated ` ,,0, ,0 0 _ armng is re se n rior to seven xiing P pm days after the dateyfilr homestead entry will be reco P`zed, but all persons who go upon anly of the lands to be restored liialreunder and perform any act of sett ement thereon prior to nine o’clock A. M., standard time, on the seventieth day from and after the date hereof, or who are on or_are occupying any part of said lands at such hour, except those having valid subsisting settlement rights initiated rior Agmmmumds to withdrawal from settlement and since maintained, and thoseihavvOi.n,p.za. mg preferences to make entry under the provisions of the act of Congressapproved June eleventh nineteen hundred and six (34 Stat., 233), entitled "An Act To (provide for the entry of agricultural lands within forest I'BSB1'V0£”, an Acts amendatory, will be considered and Ex0m,00u0N 0,_ dealt with as trespassers and will gain no rights whatever under such 1¤v•d- unlawful settlement or occupancy; Provided, however, that nothing