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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1923. 2291 Br rim Pnnsmrmr or rim Umrnn Srrarms A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, by Proclamations, the President of the United States mR€,$¥_g'mIf];Q;u°¤¤ F"` has, at various times, created certain National Forests, within the rmmbm. ' State of Washington; and WHEREAS, n order to provide for a proper adjustment of the claims of the State to lands within said National Forests, in satisfaction of its common school grant, a memorandum of agreement was entered into under date of December 22, 1914, between the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and the State of Washin ton, whereby it was agreed that the said State should relinquish all its title or claim under its grant in aid of common schools to the whole or garts of certain sections sixteen and thirty-six included within the sai National Forests prior to survey, or upon which homestead settlements had been made prior to survey and inclusion within such reservations and legally maintained, and be allowed to select other lands equivalent in acreage and value lying along and within the boundaries of said Nation Forests in suc position that, when eliminated therefrom, all of said selected lands will lie outside the new exterior boundaries of the National Forests; and WHEREAS, It appears that the public interests would be promoted by modifying the roelamations and Executive Orders heretofore issued, affecting thegiainier National Forest, so asto exclude the areas first hereinafter described, and also so as to allow the State of Washington, in furtherance of the aforesaid agreement, to make selections of the lands agreed upon for selection, and hereinafter described, as indemnity in satisfaction of the aforesaid portions of its common school grant; Now, therefore, I, WARREN G. HARDING, President of the Q,*y · United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the ’p` ` Act of Congress approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety- seven, entitled "An Act Makingh a pro riations for sundry civil ex enses of the Government for the fgscalp year ending June thirtieth, eiglhteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for othe1;lpurposes", do proclaim that the boundaries of the Rainier Nation Forest are hereby modified to exclude therefrom the following areas, to wit: Am ,,,.,;,,d,,d_ In T. 12 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 36; In T. 12 N., R. 13 E., Secs. 16 and 36; In T. 11 N., R. 14 E., NW} NW} and Lots 5, 6,7, 8, 9, Sec. 16; In T. 13 N., R. 14 E., Sec. 36; d o a so roc aim, un er authority o the oresai act o une ¤ °;¤¤ Y =° °° An I d VYillametlte Meridéan. h f h af d f J I d n h I fourth, eighteenphundred and ninety-seven, that the said Executive nid? ofwub Orders and Proclamations are hereby further modiied so as to admit of immediate selection by the State of Washington, under restrictions applicable to such selections, as indemnity in partial satisfaction of its common school grant and in furtherance of the before mentioned agreement of December 22, 1914, and not otherwise, of the following