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2692 PROCLAMATIONS, 1910. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. _ Done at the City of Washington this sixth day of May, rn the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, and of [san,.] the independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-fourth. Wu H Tarr By the President: HUNTINGTON WrLsoN Acting Secretary of State. Hsrmcrc. BY run Pnnsmmrr or run Unrrnn S·rA·rns or Aunmca . A PROCLAMATION — i,K¤¤1|¤¤{¤d8¥f1°¤¤?·Q1{,l WHEREAS an Executive Order dated June twenty-sixth, ninewx? ’ teen hundred and eight, directed that a portion of the Prrest River P"’“"‘”‘°‘ National Forest shou%d constitute the Kaniksu National Forest; and WHEREAS it ap ears that the public good will be promoted by _ excluding frolmlfshe §aniksu National Forest certain lan s within the State of Was n; Amdrmmsrm. Now, thereforgg, William H. Taft, President of the United States V°*‘ °°’ "‘ 3** of America by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved june fourth, eighteen hundred and nmety-seven, entrtled "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the Hscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other puriposes," do proclaim that the boundaries of the Kaniksu National orest are hereby changed and that they are now as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof. {¤,§·{3¤:l¢¤r¤é¤1¤¤d=· This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of ' ’°' any lands heretofore <§>ened to settlement and entry under the Act of Con ress approved une eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled "§n Act ,0 provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves.’ mm mm ¤¤ The lands hereby excluded from the Kaniksu National Forest which "°°"° °°‘““'“‘ are not embraced rn 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 su ject to settlement under the ieneral provisions of the homestead laws on such date and after suc notice by publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, but shall not become subject to entry, filing, selection, or other form of appropriation until the expiration of thirty days from the date so fixed, an no person will be permitted to gain or exercise any right whatever under any settlement or occupation begun prior to suc date, and all such settlement and occupation are hereby forbidden. ’ M¤¤¤¤¤>¤d· It is not intended by this proclamation to release any land from reservation except the areas indicated on the diagram as eliminated, nor to reserve aéréy land not heretofore embraced in a National Forest. IN WITNE WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the Cityoof Washington this sixth day of May, in the ear of our rd one thousand nine hundred and ten, and of, the [sun.] Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-fourth. Wu H Terr By the President: Hummomn Wrnson Acting Secretary of Slate.