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2224 1>ROOLAMAT10Ns, 1909. twenty-four of the Act of Con ess, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitlird, "An Act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes/’ do proclaim that there are hereby reserved from settlement or entry and set apart as a public reservation, for the use and benefit of the eo le, all the tracts of land, in r the State of Minnesota, shown as the Superior National Forest on the diagram forming a part hereof. fwliff 'lgm “°* °" 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 sub`ect to, and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under suclr appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public urpose of lands so reserved, so long as such apfpropriation is legally maintained, or such reservation remains in orce. 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 Vlfashington this 13th day of February, in the year o our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, [sun,.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-third. Trmonorzm Roosnvnrr By the President: Ronnrrr Bacon Secretary of State. Februar-y1:·.100o. BY THE Pnnsrnnzvr or THE UNITED STATES or AMERICA A PROCLAMATION ,_,G,Qg§¤¤*°¤¤lF°¤S¤· WHEREAS, it appears that the public ood will be promoted by ’ rmriarnre. adding to the Gila National Forest certain lands within the Territorv X,‘]lg_3,t§§,l’3‘ of New Mexico, which are in part covered with timber, and by excluding therefrom certain lands; puaparaspmnea. Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United ° " ’°`States of America, b virtue of the ower in me vested by the Act of Congress, approved luna fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, " n 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 the boundaries of the Gila National Forest are hereby changed and that they are now as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof. mligfyf ¤’*¤¤*·¤ ¤·>* ¤*· 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 ubhc purpose, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legally maintained, or such reservation remains in force. Q,gfig,·;¤¢¤r;;_;¤¤¤¤· This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of ` ’p` any lands heretofore o ened to settlement and entry under the Act of Congress approved tllune eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled, "An Act to provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves." puhggdgoygm ¤> The lands hereby eliminated from the Gila National Forest which 'are not embraced in withdrawals for administrative sites for use in the management of the Forest, or in any other reservation, or a propriation, shall be restored to the public domain and become sulbject to settlement under the general provisions of the homestead laws on such date and after such notice by publication as the Secretary of the