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3250 PROCLAMATIONS, 1906. by any prior valid claim, so long as the withdrawal, reservation, or _ claim exists, _ segfjggff ’ " ° “‘ Warning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this roclamation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be atlixt. _ I Done at the City of Washington this 5th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, ‘ ` [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty—iirst. [ THEooonE ROOSEVELT By the President: ` ‘ Ronmrr BACON Acting Secretary of State. N¤v¢¤¤¥¤¤‘ 5-19% BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or A‘¥MERICA · ~ A PROCLAMATION , F Sglglyg éteggrgg WHEREAS, the public lands in the State of Idaho, which are iaiiim. ’ hereinafter indicated, are in part covered with timber, and it appears ` P“’““‘b'°‘ that the public good would be promoted by setting apart said lands as a public reservation; A Y°'·26·P-1*03- V And whereas, it is provided b section twenty-four of the Act of Con ess, approved March thirds; eighteen hundred and ninety-one, _ entigred, “An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other pur- , poses," “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 reservation and the imits thereof; " _ ,df,,‘{,f°S_* ”°"°""· Now, therefore, I, Theodore 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 ople, all the tracts of land, in the State of Idaho. shown as the Siilmon River Forest Reserve on the diagram forming a part hereof. I·¤¤d¤ °¤<‘°¤*°d· This proclamation will not take effect upon any lands withdrawn or reserved, at this date, from settlement, entry, or other appropriation, for any purpose other than forest uses, or which may be covered by any prior valid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, A _ P Segfjgzfg "'° m W arning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. IN IVITNESS WVHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixt. Done at the City of Washington this 5th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, and [SEAL.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first. THEODORE ROOSE\'ELT By the President: ‘ ROBERT BAcox Acting Secretary of State.