3196 I PROCLAMATIONS, 1906. April 12-1906 · BY rim Pansmnnr or THE UNITED Sryms or AMERICA. g A PROCLAMATION. I R§e§,§§“§0uE°"“* WHEREAS, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of {,’r$¤§&b¤¤· 1103 Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, . °' ’p`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_publ1c land bearin forests, in any art of the public lands wholly or in part » covered wigi timber or undizrgrowth, 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,7the public lands, in the State of Montana, which are _ hereinafter indicated, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart said lands , as a public reservation · M§;g;°:;’°“°"°· Now, therefore, I, ’l`hdodore Roosevelt, President of the United - States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do proclaim that there are hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, for the use and benefit of the people, all the tracts of land, in the Stage of Montana, show? as the Helena Forest Reserve on the diagram ormin a part hereo · L““"“ °‘°°p*°°· Excepting from the gorce and effect? of this proclamation all lands which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal , entry or covered by gig lawful Hling duly of record in the proper United States Land ce, or ucpon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, an 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. ,,,§,§§,*§,f,§_°d "°“‘ W'arning hfregy expressly gwlen to all persons not to make settlement u on the an e s reserved by t is proc amation. IN lIi"ITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the City of \Vashinglton this 12th day of April, in the Vear of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [sam,.] six, gud! of giegndepgndence of the United States the one mn re an t irtiet . _ Tnnononn Roosnvmzr " By the President: Ronmrr Bacon Acting Secretary of State. April 2‘*» 19**6- By nm Pnnsrnmrr or run UNITED Srarns or Anmmca. » A PROCLAMATION Rej,;{¤`};¤gre;g;°¤* WHEREQAS, the Ashland Forest Reserve, in the State of Oregon, $gfa&i3;>,1243' gvaitestaglislgleddby dproclamagon dated September twenty-eighth, Engg, p_ 3;ggg_ lg €€l'1 [III I‘€' QH I11Ii€ y- l‘€€'
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fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, “An Act making appropmationg for snndrv cxyil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,
