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2234 I·R,ooLAMAT1oNs, 1909. F°"'¤"Y ’5· 1*9- BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION · F,fr:s“{·>{,¤;,¤ N¤¤<>¤¤¤ WHEREAS, an Executive Order dated July second, nineteen hunrminbié. dred and eight, consolidated parts of the Stony Creek and Trinity "’“‘·*‘I’·”’5·2""· National Forests under the name of the California National Forest; And whereas, it a ears that the public good would be promoted by addin to the Caliiifhrnia National IForest, certain lands within the State of California, which are in part covered with timber; ,0gj?,fi°¤=**F°*°**»C°*i· Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United ` States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act Vol. sw, p. as. of Congress, a proved 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 for other pu oses," do proclaim that the California National Forest is hereb eiiIarged and that its boundaries are as shown on the diagram fbrming a part hereo . ,85;;* rights “°* °'· 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 Iegal rights under such appropriation, nor . prevent the use for such public urpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legalliy maintained, or such reservation remains in force. égpgiltwazgsuds. This proclamation 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 six, entitled, "An Aict 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 25th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-third. T1IEOD01zE ROOSEVELT By the President: Romznr BAooN Secretary of State. _¤Q¤{gr}}¤g_j[jj_9; BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. vmmtrt. WVHEREAS public interests require that the Senate of the United States be convened at 12 o’clock on the 4th da of March next to receive such communications as may be made by the Executive; Mgpjfwggssiggnqjsg Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United mma 4,1909. States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol, in the city of Wrasliington, on the 4th day of March next, at 12 o’clock noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice.