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 pproclaim that the Division of Marine and Seamen’s Insurance of the United States Veterans’ Bureau shall continue in existence for the purpose of making final adjustment of outstanding insurance or claims until the third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

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 twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty- {SEAL.] three and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-seventh. WARREN G HARDING By the President:

Cnnnms E. Hoomzs

Secretary of State.

BY rms PRESIDENT or rim UNITED Srxrms or Ammuoa A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by ,,§‘§;‘f’§‘,§{“°°“ F"` adding certain lands to the Carson National Forest, in New Mexico, *;*’¤•¤‘¤l·· and by excluding certain areas therefrom and restoring the public lands subject to disposition therein to entry by ex-service men in advance of the general public, in accordance with exisf law; and

WHEREAS, it apppears that certain lands immediatel-n%1eretofore P¤·¢,x>- mvforming a part of the Santa Fe National Forest, in New Mexico, should be transferred to and made a part of the Carson National Forest;

Now, Therefore, I, WARREN G. HARDING, President of the B°“°d"*°°m°°‘°•d· United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved arch third, eighteen hundred and ninety- "`°‘· “"· P- lmone (26 Stat., 1095), entitled, "An Act To repeal timber—culture vow, P 3, laws, and for other purposes", and also by the Act of Congress ` ` approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (30 Barat., 11 at 34 and 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 boundaries of the Carson National Forest are hereby changed and are now as shown upon the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part hereof; and that this proclamation and 1’•>·¢·v- 1920- that changing the boundaries of the SanteSanta [sic] Fe National Forest, which I have also signed this same day, are made and are intended to be, land shall be considered as one act to become effective simultaneously.

The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands .a1;c'lZ°dilgh°°’°°°"°°° which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws, or embraced in a proper application to enter under the provisions of the Stock Raising Homestead Law, or reserved for any public purpose, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the designation of the lands embraced in such application and allowance thereof, nor the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such claims are legally maintained or such reservation remains in force.

And I do further proclaim and make known that pursuant to Opfggydgg oagoggg Public Resolution Number Twenty-nine, approved February four- mm orwoeidwum teenth, nineteen hundred and twenty, as amended by Public Reso— 0*3:,%, p ,3,. ,,0, lutions Numbers Thirty-six, and Seventy-nine, approved January 42,pp.ssé,16cv.' °