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PROCLAMATIONS, 1908. 2181 Exoepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands L‘“‘d° °‘“°P*°‘· which are at this date embraced in any legal entry or covered b any lawful Bling or selection duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, if the statutory period within which to make entr or Bling 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 pprpose with which this reservation for forest uses is inconsistent: ovided, 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, Bling, or settlement was made, or unless the reservation or withdrawal with which this reservation is inconsistent continues in force; not except- °°“ ‘“"’* ing from the force and effect of this proclamation, however, any part of the National Forest hereby enlarged which may have been withdrawn to protect the coal therein, ut this proclamation does not vacate any such coal land withdrawal; and provided that these exceptions shall not apply to any land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 Bling, which may have been permitted to remain of record subject to the creation of a permanent reservation; and provided also that since ectf”¤¤*'°“ ¥"°¤l‘ the withdrawal made by this proclamation and any withdrawal here- ` . tofore made for national irrigation works are consistent, both shall be effective upon the land withdrawn, but the withdrawal for national ition works shall be the dominant one and may, when necessary, be dlianged to a withdrawal for irrigation from such works. Warning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement u n Reserved r ro rn any of the lands reserved by this proclamation, unless and until they °°m°"'°"°‘ are listed by the Secretary of Agriculture and opened to homestead settlement or entry b the Secretary of the Interior under the Act of 0 Congress, approved Jiine eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled, v°l· 3* "· ‘33‘ "An Act To provide for the entry of Agricultural lands `within forest reserves: “Provided, that lands heretofore restored to settle- I‘““"“ “°“’°°‘* ment or entry under the provisions of the foregoing act shall be excepted from the force and effect of this proclamation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. Done at the Cit of Washington this 13th day of February, in the year ofy our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight, [smh.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-second. T R zmonomz oosnvmzr By the President: Emnr Roor Secretary of State. Br rin: Pimsxnmvr or rm-: Ummm Smras or Aiumuoa Much 3» 1908- A PROCLAMATION VVHEREAS, it appears that the public good would be promoted Lincoln Nmunal excluding certain lands in the Territory of New Mexico, from th; F°i>i·$E¤§`i;i£I°x' Lincoln National Forest, set apart and reserved by public proclama- {Ig}; pi; tion dated April twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and seven; 32$6»t '_ ' Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United Bgui{£Eii€h¤ui. States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act ”°‘{:0,_ 30 36 of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety- P<>8¢·¤Zgi3SI seven, entitled, ‘ An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,