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2216 I PROCLAMATIONS, 1909. A¤’*°¤'*¤¤’·"¤¤°¤- This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of any lands heretofore opened to settlement_and entry under the Act V°’· 3‘·P·““· of 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 affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 20th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nme, [sun,.] and of the Independence of the United States the‘one hundred and thirty-third. Tunononn Roosnvnur By the President: E1.1nU Roor Secretary of Slate. __{“}}}"*TYj[}9lf; BY run Piznsrnmvr or Tun Unrrnn Srrirrns or Armmca A PROCLAMATION m¥°,;.’gj* N°“°¤°'F°’· WHEREAS, an Executive Order signed July second, nineteen rmmie. hundred and e` ht, consolidated the Charleston and Vegas National mi *{{§_52‘ Forests nmder tllde name of the Moapa National Forest; And whereas, it a pears that the lpublic good would be promoted by adding to the Mbapa National orest, certain lands within the State of Nevada, which are in part covered with timber; §g{*”,g°':’°3,$“*°'¤°d· Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United ``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 or other pur oses," do proclaim that the Moa a National Forest is hereby enlarged) and that its boundaries are as slibwn on the diagram forming a part hereof. ,,_g;;§;,g§h*·* ¤°* **'· The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands ' which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subject to, and) shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such pub c purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such pppropriation is egally maintained, or such reservation remains in orce. ¢§{f§g‘°;j‘;'3§g}“°* This reclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of ' any lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act of Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and sixjentitled, "An Act to provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves." IN WITNESS WHZEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 21st day of Januarv, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, and [SEAL.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred · and thirty-third. Tnnononn Roosnvnur By the President: Rommr Bacon Acting Secretary of State.