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PROCLAMATIONS, 1905: 3029 BY THE PRESIDENT or THE Umrnn STATES or ADIERICA. MW 12·19°5· — A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, The Pikes Peak Timber Land Reserve, The Plum FoT;}¤§sf*kg§es§j§g . Creek Timber Land Reserve and the South Platte Forest Reserve, in cow. · ' the State of Colorada, have been heretofore established by proclama- $‘,,‘ff"§¥l";,,,_ mm tions, under the provisions of the acts of March third, eighteen hun- 1,014:g3102gk8g044$ dred and ninety-one, entitled, "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, [vb1.éc£`p,11oa. ` and for other purposes ", and June fourth, eightee nhundred and ninety-seven, entitled, “An act making appropriations for sundry Vol-30,v-36 - civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes "; And whereas, it appears proper that the greater portion of the areaembraced in said forest reserves, with the addition thereto of certain lands, should be included in one reserve and be designated by one name; and it appears that the public lands in the State of , Colorado, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving the same as a public reservation; Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United {’i1;§¤ P¤uk(_F{>r— States, by virtue of the power vested in me by the aforesaid acts of `Z,Zm,1°f§§;Z';°{,,g,(f,,(Z43 Congress, do hereby make known and dproclaim that the proclama- g,§un§’ *“C‘j_;_k*’;*;‘g tions heretofore issued said forest reserves are hereby South Platte re- ' superseded, and The Pikes eak orest Reserve is hereby established “°"’°S‘ in place thereof, with boundaries as follows: Beginning at the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19), Town- D¤¤¢¤iP¤<·¤· ship two (2) South, Range seventy-four (74) West, Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian, Colorado; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section sixteen (16), said township; thence northerly to the · north-west corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence o easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirteen (13), Township two (2) South, Range seventy-three (73) \Vest; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five ( 25) , said township; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Sec- ( tion thirty-four (34). said township; thence southerly to the southeast corner of Section fifteen (15), Township three (3) South, Range _ seventy-three (73) )Vest; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section twenty (20). Township three (3) South. Range seventy-four ( 74) )Vest; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the northeast `quarter of said section; thence westerly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of Section eighteen (18), Township four (4) South, Rance seventy-four ( 74) )Vest; thence westerly to the south-east corner of the north—east quarter of Section seventeen (17). Township four (4) South, Range seventy-tive (75) )Vest; thence southerly to the north-east corner of · the south-east quarter of Section twenty (20), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section nineteen (19). Township four (4) South, Range seventy-four (74) \Vest: thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township: thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section three (3), said township: thence easterly to the north—east corner of said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence westerly to the north-east corner of