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1780 PROCLAMATIONS, me. nineteen hundred and eleven (Thigtdy-sixth, Statutes at Large, page nine hundred and sixt -one), entitl "An Act enable any tate to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conservin the navigability of navigable_r1ve1s"; and V WHER%AS, it appears that the public gicéod will be promoted by reserving and settin a art such lands as a ational Forest; _ H§‘,;"°§,“g,*Q§,’§s§g§°,§§ NOW, THEREFORE}, I, WOODROW WILSON, _Pres1dent of the §§¤§S§2g.r·g§*0§ United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by °‘ 'p' section eleven of said Act and by section twenty-four of the Act of March three, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An_ Act to repeal timberculture laws and for other purposesj’, do proclaim that there are hereby reserved and set apart as a public forest reservation all such lands within the area shown as the White Mountain National Forest on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof, and that all lands therein which have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States under authority of said ct of March first, mneteen lumdred and eleven, shall be permanentl reserved and administered agvpart of the White Mountain N ations; Forest. IN TNESS 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 16th day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and [sum,.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-second. Woomzow WILSON By the President Ronnntr Lansnvo Secretary of State. MayI6,19l8. Br THE Pnmsnmnr or mn UNITED STATES or Amnmcn A PROCLAMATION mg:;¤;¤_¤°;”i:¤g{_¤ N•- WHEREAS, certain lands within the state of Virginia have been or rmmtie. ’ may hereafter be acquired by the United States under authority of V°'· °°· P- °°‘· the Act of Congress approved March first, nineteen hundred and ele°veu ('llhiztcysixth Statutes at Large, age nine hundred and sixty- one), entitl "An Act to enable any gtate to coo rate with any other State or States, or with the United States for gse protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivcrs;" and WHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by V reserving and settmv aréart such lands as a National Forest; g,§f¤°¤¤' F°’°¤*i"'**· _ NOW, THEREFOR , I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the y;¤i. p.e§»gé Lnited States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by °‘ ’*" ‘ section eleven of said Act and by section twenty-four of the Act of March three, eslghteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An Act to repeal timberc ture laws and for other purposes", do proclaim that there are hereby reserved and set apart as a public forest reservation all such lands within the area shown as the Natural Brid e National Forest on the diagfam attached hereto and made a part liereof, and that _ all lands therein which have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States under authority of said Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall be rmanently reserved and admmrstered as part of the Natural Bridge National Forest.