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1994 PROCLAMATIONS. NO. 16. forests, in any part of the lpublic lands wholly or in part `covered with timber or undergrowth, w ether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof "; And whereas, the public lands in the State of Nebraska, 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; ,,§§{§"‘ "°“"°· N°‘ Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United ` States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of Nebraska and within the boundaries particularly described as follows, to wit: B°“"°"*°°· `Beginning at the north-east corner of Section ten (10), Township thirty-two (32) North, Range thirt (30) West, Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian, Nebraska; thence westerly to the south-east corner of Section six (6), said township; thence northerly to the north—east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence westerly along the quarter—section lines to the south-east corner of the north—east quarter of Section Eve (5), Township thirty-two (32) North, Range thirty-one (31) West; thence northerly to the north—east corner of said section; thence westerly along the township line to the north-west corner of Section six (6), Township thirty-two (32) North, Range thirty-three (33) West; thence southerly tot e south·west corner of the north—west quarter of said section; thence westerly along the quarter—section line to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section two (2), Township thirty-two (32) North, Range thirty-four (34) West; thence southerly along the section lines to the sout —west corner of Section twenty-three (23), said township; thence easterly to the north—west corner of Section thirty (30), Township thirty~two (32) North, Range thirty-three (33) West; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north—west corner of Section thirty- three (33), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north·west corner of Section two (2), Township thirty-one (31) North, Range thirty-three (33) West; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-west corner of Section ten (10), Township thirty-one (31) North, Range thirty-two (32) WVest; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section three (3), Townshi thirtv (30) North, Range thirty-two (32) West; thence easterly albng the quarter-section lines to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of Section two (2), '[`ownshilp thirty (30) North, Ran e thirty-one (31) VVest; thence northerly to the north-east corner of §ction thirt *—five (35), Township thirty-one (31) North, Range thirty-one (31) West; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section twentydive (25), said township; thence northerly to the south-west corner of Section nineteen (19), Township thirty-one (31) North, Range thirty (30) West; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence easterly along the quarter-section line to the southeast corner of the north—west quarter of Section twenty (20), said township; thence northerly along the quarter-section lines to the north—east corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirtv-two (32), Township thirty-two (32) North, Range thirtv (30) West: thence westerly to the north-west corner of said uarteusection; thence northerly to the southwest corner of the nortli-west quarter of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence easterly along the quarter-section lines to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of