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 1=·RocLAMA*r1oNs, 1919. 1771 fourth, eighteen hundred aud ninety-seven (30 Stat., 11 at 34 and "°’·3°»¥’-36· 36), entitled "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes," do proclaim that the Coconino National Forest is hereby changed and that its boundaries are now as shown upon the diagram hereto annexed, Am’p' ml? and forming a part hereof; and that this proclamation and that changing the boundaries of the Prescott National Forest, which I have also signed this same day, are made and are intended to be and shall be considered as one act to become effective simultaneously. The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands Iggy rights ¤°'= at which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land ` laws or reserved for any public purpose, be sub'ect to, and shall not interfere with or defeat ljegal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is egally maintained, or such reservation remains in orce. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia this 29th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [sam.,] nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-fourth. Woomzow WHSON. By the President: Rosnar Larvsnvc Secretary of State. Br Trm Psnsmmrr or rim Umrnn Srarns or Aimmcn. A PROCLAMATION. · The Season of the year has again arrived when the people of the ,9Q",§‘°“kSg"*”g D"- United States are accustomed to unite in giving thanks to Almighty P¤>mbi¤· God for the blessings which He has conferred upon our country during the twelve months that have passed. A year ago our people poured out their hearts in praise and thanksgiving that through divine aid the right was victorious and peace had: come to the nations which had so courageously strugrrled in defense of human liberty and justice. Now that the stern task is ended and the fruits of achievement are ours, we look forward with confidence to the dawn of an era where the sacrifices of the nations will find recompense in a world at eace. P But to attain the consummation of the great work to which the American people devoted their manhood and the vast resources of their country they should, as they ive thanks to God, reconsecrate themselves to those principles of rig t which triumphed through merciful oodness. Our gratitude can find no more perfect errpressron than to Iulwark with loyalty and patriotism those principles for which the free peoples of the earth fought and died. During the past year we have had much to make us grateful. In spite of the confusion in our economic life resulting from the war we have prospered. Our harvests have been plentiful, and of _ our abundance we have been able to render succor to less avored nations. Our democracy remains unshaken in a world torn with pohtical and social unrest. Our traditional ideals are still our guides in the path of progress and civilization. _ These great blessings, vouchsafed to us, for which we devoutly give thanks, should arouse us to a. fuller sense of our duty to our- 4·L2$2°——voi1 sl-rrr 2--23