1956 I>RooLAMATIoNs. Nos. 5, 6. that said act "shall only apply to a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the beneiit of copyright on substantially the same basis as its own citizens; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States of America may, at its pleasure, become a party to such agreement; And Whereas it is also provided by said section that "the existence of either of the conditions aforesaid_shall be determined by the President of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as the pu oses of this act may require;" ‘ Andl%7hereas satisfactory official assurances have been given that in the Republic of Costa Rica the law permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to the citizens of that Ripublicz getgipécctvg Rggrv- Now, Therefore, I, William cKinley, President of the United ng ’ °SStates of America, do declare and proclaim that the first of the conditions specified in section 13 of the act of March 3, 1891, now exists and is fulfilled in respect to the citizens of the Republic of Costa Rica. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Band and caused the seal of the United Statesto be aihxed. Done at the'City of Washington, this nineteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine and of the [SEAL.] independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-fourth. `VILLIAM MCKINLEY By the President: J orIN HAY Scc¢·etm·y of State. [No. 6.] ocmim zfisge. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES or AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
P¤>¤¤¤¤1¤— Whereas, it is provided bg section twenty-four of the Act of Con V<>l· 264*- lm- gress, approved March thir , eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes", "That the President of the United States mav, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any (part of the public lands wholly or in part covered. with timber or un ergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by (public proclamation. declare the establishment of such reservations an the limits thereof”; Vol- 30. p- 34- And whereas, it is further (provided by the Act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hun red and ninety-seven, entitled, "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eigjhteen hundred and ninety- eight, and for other purposes”, that "The resident is hereby authorized at any time to modify any Executive order that has been or may hereafter be made establishing any forest reserve, and by such modiiication may reduce the area or change the boundary lines of such reserve, or may vacate altogether any order creating such reserve"; And whereas, the public ands in the Territory of Arizona, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation;
