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3308 PROCLAMATIONS, 1907. Merch 2· 1907- Br THE PPtESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or AMEmoA A PROCLAMATION R,,§§,PveJ“,{.*,§}0l"°”“t WHEREAS, the San Juan Forest Reserve, in the State of Colo- §¤:?;_¤i¤b1eé070 rado, was established by proclamation dated June third, nineteen ’ p' ‘ hundred and live · And whereas, it appears that the public good would be promoted by adding to the said forest reserve certain lands, within the State of Colorado, which are in part covered with timber; vm. ao, p. zo. And whereas, it is rovided by the Act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundired and ninety-seven, entitled, "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil ex enses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eghteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes," that “The President is hereby authorized at any time tolmodify 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 ”; lat?gg¤¤¤ri¢¤ en- Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United gStates of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the said act of Congress, do proc aim that the aforesaid San Juan 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 hereof · L¤¤<1¤»¤xcept¢·1- Exce tin i from the force and effect of this roclamation all lands . P g _ , P which are at this date embraced in any legal entry or covered b any lawful Hling 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 compéy with the law under which the entry, filing, _ or sett ement was ma e or unless the reservation or withdrawal to CM! 1¤¤¤¤· which this reservation iis 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 with- » drawn to protect the coal therein but this proclamation does not vacate any such coal land withdrawal; and Cprovided that these exceptions shall not apply to any land embrace in any selection, entry orbfilmg, uguch has becixn allowed or permitted to remain of record su act to the creation o a permanent reservation. setfxslzzegi 1 ro m th\l{ar15ing is hegelgy given to all persons not to make settlement upon ` e an s reserve y t IS proc amation. I1\;§dWXITN1?S§l?V§I]E_Rl3%£`,tI hay; higreiénto set my hand and cans 16 sea o the nite a esto a xe . Done at the City of Washington this 2d day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first. T oDo R By the President: HE RE OOSEVELT Enum RooT Secretary of State.