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307 6 rRocLAMAT1oNs, 1905. nerof said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), said township;·the11ce northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-one (21), Township forty-two (42) North, Range four (4) lVest; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence easterly to the north—east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section eleven (11), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section one (1), said ` township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of 'Township forty-two (42) North, Range three (3) \Vest, the place of beginning; Lwds e¤eeI>¤ed· Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands 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 entry or filing of record has not expired: 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 or settlement was made. · Reserved f¤°m \Varning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settlement. I . . settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. Name. The reservation hereby established shall be known as The San Juan Forest Reserve. IN WITNESS WVHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of V»'ashington this 3d day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, and of [SEAL.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred _ and twenty-ninth. T. Roosnvmzr ,By the President: Fnaxcis B. Loomis A Acting Secretary of State. J¤¤jg905- BY Tm: Pmasimzxr or rm: Uxrrrzo SrA*r1·:s or Amamca. i A PR()CLAMATI()N. F_§g;'¢;e;¤e?,2Sg{·$»; XVHEREAS, the Battlement Mesa Forest Reserve. in the State of coin.Colorado, was established by proclamation dated December twenty- $§*§?‘"3$‘ ,1053; fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, under and by virtue of V$6,3;€·él;; section twentv—four of the Act of Congress, approved March third, ``eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled. "An act to repeal timberculture laws, and for other purposes ", which provides, “That the · President of the United States may. 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 undergrowth, whether 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 " ; vm. 30,p. 36. And whereas, it is further provided by the Act. of Cong;-egg, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes ", that ‘* the President is