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3178 PROCLAMATIONS, 1905. ocwm- 3,1905. Br rms Pimsmmrr or 1*111: Uurrnn Sums or Amimuca. A PROCLAMATION. rcmies Forest WHEREAS, it is rovided by section twenty-four of the act of R°f,°,,‘Q;‘§;,tl:{;,}°‘°" Congress, approved Lilarch third, eighteen hun red and ninety-one, _ VM- 26· P~ 1103- entitled, "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes ", “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 Territory of New Mexico, within the limits hereinafter described, are in Ypart covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation; Fcmt r¤¤¤rv¤· Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United Nm M°xl°°' 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 are 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 Territory of New Mexico, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows: D¢¤¤‘1P*1°¤· Be `nning at the north-west corner of Section four (4) Township two gg) North, Range thirty-two (32) East, New Mexico·Principal Meridian, New Mexico; thence easterly to the north-west corner of Section one (1), said township; thence southerly to the south-west ~ corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south—west corner of Section seven (7), Township two North. Range thirty-three (33) East; _ thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence southerly to the south—east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-two (:22), said township; thence southerl to the south-west corner of Section two (2), Township one (1) lgorth, Ran e thirty-t.hree (33) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twelve (12) , said township; thence southerly to the south—east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section seventeen (17), Township one (1) North, Range thirty-five (35) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section nineteen (19), Township one (1) North, Range thirty-six (36) East; thence southerly to the southeast corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-eight (28), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly along the section lines to the boundary line between the Territory of New Mexico and the State of Texas, as it now exists or may hereafter be established; thence southerly along said boundary line to the section line between Sections ten (10) and fifteen (15), Township two (2) South, Range thirty-seven (37) East, New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico, or extension thereof; thence westerly to the southeast corner of Section eight (8). Township Two (2) South, Range thirty-six (36) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section six (6), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said township;