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ruoonanarious, 1905. 3 1 29 north-west corner of Section eight 8 , said townshi ; thence easterly PaYS°¤_f ° WF? to the south-east corner of the soutli-dest quarter ofpSection five (5), iigdiwe Comm said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the northeast quarter of said section; thence easterly to the south—east corner of the south—west quarter of the southeast quarter of Section thirty- six (36), Township fourteen (14) South, Range one (1) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of the north-east,quarter of Section thirty-six (36) , Township thirteen (13) South, Range one (1) East; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twelve (12), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section eight (8), Township thirteen (13) South, Range two (2) East, the place of beginning; Such of the above-named corners as have not been established by the official surveys being intended to be located at the points where such corners would fall in projecting the surveys in the directions indicated without allowing for any irregularities which may occur in actually extending the surveys; Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands Lands excepted. which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal ` entry or covered by an lawful Bling duly of record in the proper United States Land OiBce, or upon which any valid settlement has V been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or Bling of record has not expired: Provided, that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless theientryman, settler or claimant continues to comply with the — _ law under which the entry, Bling or settlement was made. - Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settle- Reserved from ment u on the lands reserved by this proclamation. ”°“"’“‘°“°" » IN l%ITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. Done at the City of Washington this‘21st day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, and of [snare.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirtieth. Tmsxonoim Roosnvmrr By the President: Anvnr A. Anna Acting Secretary of State. 4 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF ADIERICA. Ju\y Q2, [gg; A PROCLAMATION. VVHEREAS, it- isMprovided by section twenty-four of the Act of Short Pine For- Congress,approved arch third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, en- °sti·§$i§§1rili°ZZS'D°k‘ titled, “An act to repeal timber·culture laws, and for other purposes ", Y0'- 2** ¤· 1103 " 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 "; And whereas, the public lands in the State of South Dakota. within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and