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PROCLAMATIONS, 1908. 2197 l”reserve and the Grand Canyon National Monument, both of which .4nte,p.2175. pnclude land embraced in the boundaries of the Coconino National orest. The portions of the Grand Canyon National Forest indicated on the {,%**63 *°S€°*'°d *0 attached diagram (Part Two) of the Coconino National Forest as pu lc °mm’ m` eliminated which are not embraced in withdrawals for administrative sites for use in the management of the Forest, or in any other reservation,_or appropriation, shall be restored to the public domain and become subject to settlement under the general provisions of the homestead laws on such date and after such notice by publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, but shall not become sub- ]ect to entry, filing, selection, or other form of appropriation until th_e expiration of thirty days from the date so fixed, and no person will be permitted to gain or exercise any right whatever under any settlement or occupation begun prior to such date, and all such settlement and occupation are hereby forbidden. This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of , Ag¤‘*¢¤l*¤*'¤l any lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act midi. a4, p. 233. 0f Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled, "An Act to provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves." IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aihxed. Done at the City of Washington this 2 day of July, in the year of . our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight, and of [sein,.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-second. · Trmovonn Roosmvmzr By the President: . Ronmrr Bacon Acting Secretary of State. Br Tru: Pimsinnxr or run Uxrrnn S·ra·rns Ausust 4. 1908- A PROCLAMATION. \Vhereas, by ",\n Act to readjust the boundaries of the naval {_§;·(5;_<;J¤\·‘·;m¤d_ reservations i11 Porto Rico established in pursuance of the Act of wltln. KH July iirst, nineteen hundred and two." approved Marcin 4, 1907, the §Z,§$f"Q,‘£‘°i,_ Hm President is authorized by proclamation to cede, transfer, and convey to the government of Porto Rico. to be held and disposed of for the use and benefit of the people of said island. such portions as are not needed for naval purposes of the tract of eighty acres of public land lying along the Cavuas road, city of San Juan, Porto Rico, reserved by paragraph marlred one of the Executive proclamation of June vox. 3:+., p. 2s14. twenty-six, nineteen hundred and three. for the use of the United States in ursuance of the provisions of the Act of July first, nine- von.z2.p.131. teen hundlfed and two, upon the condition that the government of Porto Rico shall, by proper authority. cede, convey, release, and transfer to the United States the following described tracts of land, together with all buildings and improvements thereon: (1) That tract or parcel of land containing about eleven (11) acres Lanes can-a to extending east from the new wireless station, between the north line "“’ l°“°" *““‘°’· of the survey heretofore made by the Navy Department and the south line of the military reservation. to the tract of four and fifty- nine one-hundredths (4.59) acres belonging to and reserved by the insular government for jail or penitentiary purposes;