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912 PROCLAMATIONS. No. 31. Townships thirty (30) and thirty-one (31) North, to the point for the south-east corner of Township thirty-one (31) North, Ran ge fourteen (14) West; thence northerly along the unsurveyed range line between Ranges thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) West, to the point where it will intersect the west boundary of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, as said boundary is defined and described in the Act of Congress approved Ante, p. ssa. June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled, “An Act Making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- seven, and for other purposes"; thence northwesterly along the boundary of said Indian Reservation to its point of intersection with the international boundary line between the State of Montana and the British possessions; thence westerly along said international boundary line to the point for the unsurveyed range line between Ranges twenty- five (25) and twenty-six (26) West; thence southerly along the unsurveyed range line between Ranges twenty-five (25) and twenty-six (26) West, to the Ninth (9th) Standard Parallel North; thence easterly along said parallel to the north-east corner of Township thirty-six (36) North, Range twenty-six (26) West; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges twenty-five (25) and twenty-six (26) West, to the south-west corner of Township thirty-three (33) North, Range twenty- five (25) West, the place of beginning. Prijzdvmd ¤¤*¤¤· Excepting from the force and etlect of this proclamation all lands °x°°’ ° which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make ntry or filing of record has not expired; and all mining claims duly Iéated and held according to the laws of the United tates and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith; Provided, that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler or claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing, settlement or location was made. Reserved from mt Warniiig is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make °l°’“°"°‘ settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation. R1§(;h(:f¤;R£¤di¤¤¤ The rights and privileges reserved to the Indians of the Blackfeet YL, {50mi2m, °°"°` Indian Reservation by Article l of the agreement set forth in, and accepted, ratified, and confirmed by, the Act of Congress approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, hereinbefore referred to, respecting that portion of their Reservation relinquished to the United States by said Article I, shall be in no way infringed or modified by reason of the fact that a part of the area so relinquished is embraced within the limits of the boundaries herein described and set apart as a forest reservation; nor shall the right of occupation, location, and purchase of said relinquished lands under the provisions of the mineral-land laws, accorded by said Act of Congress, be abridged. 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 22d day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and ninety- [SEAL.] seven, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-first. - GROVE}: CLEVELAND By the President: Rrcnnzn OLNEY Secretary of State.