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3280 PROCLAMATIONS, iam. Merch L 190* BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or AMERICA A PROCLAMATION R Si¤;l;;y¤gl_€;`°’°S* `WHEREAS, the Siskiyou Forest Reserve, in the State of Oregon, eiii-earfnble. i was established by proclamation dated October fifth, nineteen hun- A”t8’·p' 3235 dred and six; \ And whereas, it appears that the public good would promoted by adding to the said forest reserve certain lands, within the State of Oregon, which are in part covered with timber; V°l· 3°* p· ’·°‘°· And whereas, it is provided by the Act of Congress, approved ‘ June fourth, eighteen hundred and nInety-seven, entitled, “An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen_ hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes,” that “The President is hereby authorized at any time to modify any Executive order that has been or may hereafter be made establishing any forest reserve, and by such modification may reduce the area or change the boundary • lines of such reserve, or may vacate altogether any order creating such reserve " ; ·_ _ ,,,g.f},‘f*d“““ °“` Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the said act of Congress do proclaim that the aforesaid Siskiyou Forest Reserve is hereby enlarged to include the said additional lands, and that the boundaries of the reserve are now as shown on the diagram form- ~ ing a part hereof; _ I Excepting from the force and effect of this roclamation all lands which are at this date embraced in any legal) entry or covered by any lawful filin or selection duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, "or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to I make entry or filing of record has not expired; and also excepting all lands which at this date are embraced within any withdrawal or reservation for any use or purpose to which this reservation for forest uses is inconsistent: Provided, that these exceptions shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entry- man. settler, or claimant continues to comply with the law under ` which the entry, filing, or settlement- was made, or unless the reservation or withdrawal to which this reservation is inconsistent continues <?¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤- in force; not excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation, however, any and within the boundary herein described, which has been withdrawn to protect the coal therein but this proclamation does not vacate any such coal land withdrawal; and provided that these exceptions shall not apply to any land embraced in any selection, entry. or filing, which has been allowed or permitted toiremain of record subject to the creation of a permanent reservation. BEg;=§;¤;~;·;l 1* r ¤ m \Varning herebv given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. IN IVITNESS IVHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of IVashington this lst dav of March. in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, and of [seat.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first. THEonoRE RoosEvELT By the President: ELIHU RooT , Se4·2·etm·y of State.