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3286 1>aocLAMAT1oNs, 1907. Much 1- 1907 BY THE Pansmmrr or mam `Umrnn S·rA·rr:s or ADIERICA - A PROCLAMATION esf‘gg',€r‘§f,°’(‘§0}f,°" WHEREAS, the Holy Cross Forest Reserve, in the State of Colo- Preumblé i rado, was established by proclamation dated August twenty-fifth, A”‘°’ p' 314* nineteen hundred and five; And whereas, it appears that the public good would be promoted by adding to the said forest reserve certain ands, within the State of Colorado, which are in part covered with timber; VM- 3°» P- 36- And whereas, it is provided by the Act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, "An Act Malring 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 esta lishing 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 ”; _ _ h£•£¤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 Holy Cross Forest Reserve is hereby enlarged to include the said additional lands, and l that the boundaries of the reserve are now as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof; Lands excepted. _ Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands which are at this date embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing 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 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 entryman, settler, or claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing, or settlement was made, or unless the reservation or withdrawal CM! ¤¤¤¤¤· to which this reservation is inconsistent continues in force; not excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation, however, any land 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 to remain of record subject to the creation of a permanent reservation. Seggjljglef “° ¤ WVaming is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement upon ` the lands reserved by this roclamation. IN WITNESS WVHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aliixed. Done at the City of WVashington this lst day of March, in the vear of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, and of [scsi,.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-tirst. Tnnonoaa Roosnvrzrrr By the President: Enmc Roorr Sec~retu7~y of State.