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3298 PROCLAMATIONS, 1907. Much 2,1907- Br THE PRESIDENT or THE Uivrrnn STATES or AMERICA A PROCLAMATION R£§,P§§“g,eg¥`°”“ WHEREAS, the Ashland Forest Reserve, in the State of Oregon, Fr¢=¤i¤¥>i¢-. was established by proclamation dated September twenty-eighth, Y1Ti£8§.péigd?` eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and was subsequently enlarged by proclamation dated April twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and six · . And whereas, it appears that the public good would be promoted by further enlarging the said forest reserve toinclude certain additional lands, in the State of Oregon, which are in part covered with timber· Boundaries rm-- Now; therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United th$0ii1iaifg;$?é6. States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested 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,” do proclaim that the aforesaid Ashland 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 forming a part thereof; ‘·*¤“ °‘°°P*°"'· Exeepting 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; andalso 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 to CM! i¤¤d¤- which this reservation is inconsistent continues in force; not excepting from the force and elfect of this proclamation, however, any land within the boundary herein described, which has been withdrawn to protect the coal therein but this proclamation does not vacate an such coal land withdrawal; and provided that these exceptions shalll not apply to any land embraced in any selection, entry or tiling, which has been allowed or permitted to remain of record subject to the creation of a permanent reservation. se fr •> ¤¤ Warning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. IN WITNESS WVHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 2d day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, and of [sean.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first. THEononE RoosEvE1.T By the President: Enum RooT Secretary of State.