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3302 PROCLAMATIONS, 1907. Much 2» 1907- BY THE PRESIDENT or THE Uurmn STATES or Amrmrcix A PROCLAMATION Fftujs ,M‘§;,2‘,§§}; WHEREAS, the Blue Mountains Forest Reserve and the Maury Ore:. Mountain Forest Reserve, in the State of Oregon, have been hereto- Preamble . vox. ss, p. 2331. fore established by proclamations, under the provisions of the act of 30§(f,f’°» ¤’P· 319**- March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An act to Vol- 26. v. 1103. repeal timber—cu ture laws, and for other purposes;" And whereas, it appears desirable that the areas embraced in said forest reserves, with certain additions thereto, in the State of Oregon, should be included in one reserve and be distinguished by one name; and it a pears that the public lands in the State of Oregon, which are hereinafter indicated, are in part covered with timber, and that the public good would be promoted by setting apart the same as a public reservation; ~ · Y th§°g&•:{g_*;*¤·;g0ug{ Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United tain rom: new-ve States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of LTg'¤t,§:,° 3,:,2,*2 Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, B°.g$5'°é00¤’;8%6 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other purposes," do proclaim that N the proclamations heretofore issued respecting said forest reserves `V are hereby superseded, and the Blue Mountains Forest Reserve is hereby enlarged to include all of the said lands, with boundaries as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof; · Lum; 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 .to which this reservation is inconsistent continues in force; com mm. not exceptin from the force and effect of this roclamation, however, any land)wi51in 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 sliall 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. mgfggglf {° m Warning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. IN WIT NESS WVHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of WVashington this 2d day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, and of [SEAL.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first. Tnnooomz Roosnvxzrrr By the President: ELIHU Roor Secretary of State.