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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1923. 2301 zano National Forest are hereby changed to include the areas indicated as additions on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part hereof. The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands 8,};{g_"*¥“*“·°*°·»”°° which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any public pur ose, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rigifits under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legally maintained, or such reservation remains in force. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and of the Inde endence of the United States of America [sam,.] the one hundred and forty-seventh. Waxman G Hannme By the President: Cnanms E. Huerms Secretary of State. BY run Pansnamrr or rms Uurmn Sruvms or- Amzumca A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, the reservation of our forests, Federal, State, and F<¤¤¤¢v*¤¢¤¤¤¤¤·¤d private, is ossenltiial to our industrial and commercial life, to our féib?°D°y°m°m°°°’ stren%l; as a nation, and to our individual well—being, and P""“‘“‘1°· WHER S, forest fires, which are largely the result of carelessness or thoughtlessness, continue to do great damage, threatening to deplete and reduce our forests to the point at which they can not longer serve the nation adequately as a source of timber su pl or for watershed protection and recreation, and WHEREAS, the annual observance of Arbor Day in the States, and the interest in fire prevention which has resulted from Forest Protection Week heretofore, have done much to awaken the people to the importance both of planting trees and of perpetuating the forests that are already esta lished. THEREFORE, I, WA REN G. HARDING, President of the Ofgwgggg *;{m"**: United States, do urge upon the Governors of the various States remit ri-¤£e¤u’¤¤ to designate and set apart the week of A ril 22—28, 1923, as Forest W°°"'°°°‘ Protection Week, and wherever practicable and not in conflict with State law or accepted custom, to make Arbor Day fall within the same week; and to urge citizens, teachers, officers of public instruction, commercial and other associations, and the press to unite in thought and effort for the preservation of the nation’s forest resources by conducting appropriate exercises and programs and by ublishing information pertaining to the waste from forest fires an<f)ways of preventing or reducing such losses, in order that our forests ma be conserved for the inestimable service of mankind. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Waslnngton this Efth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and of the Inde endence of the United States of America the [situ,.] one hundred) and forty-seventh. Wmmzx G Haannm By the President: Cnamlss E. Hoenns Secretary of State.