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PROCLAMATIONS, 1906. . 3243 lic proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof ”; Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United WF‘;,°St '°S°“’°· States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section yo ng` 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 peo le, all the tracts of land, in the State of \Vyoming, shown as the Sierra Madre Forest Reserve on the diagram forming a part hereof. This proclamation will not take effect upon any lands withdrawn Luds °¤°°¤*°d· or reserved, at this date, from settlement, entry, or other appropriation, for any purpose other than forest uses, or which may be covered by any prior valid claim, so long as the withdrawal, reservation, or claim exists. VVarning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement upon Reserved f r 0 m the lands reserved by this proclamation. _ S°m°m°°f IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be attixt. Done at the City of Washington this 5th day of November, in the , year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, [sum,.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first. I T THEoDo1zE ROOSEVELT By the President: E ' ROBERT BACON i Acting Secretary of State. , - BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or Ammuca N°*°*¤b°¤‘ 5» 1906- A PROCLAIWATION XNHEREAS, the public lands in the Territory of New Mexico, Re€·:g,;¤¤3, \E<¥¢¤* which are hereinafter indicated, are in part covered with timber, P `,;l`' and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting mm °' apart said lands as a public reservation; And whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of V°l·2“·¤>- NO3- Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes}? “That the President of the United States may. fromctime to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public l 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 ”: · · N ow, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United Y€*;°§g;,20Y¤S¢1'V¤- 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 Territory of New Mexico, shown as the Gallinas Forest Reserve on the diagram forming a part hereof. This proclamation will not take effect upon any lands withdrawn L¤¤d¤ sxvevfedor reserved, at this date, from settlement, entry, or other appropriation, for any purpose other than forest uses, or which may be covered by any prior valid claim, so long as the withdrawal, reservation, or claim exists.