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{ PROCLAMATIONS, 1910. 2775 Br mm Pnnsmmur or run Umrmn S·ra·r1cs.or Anmmca I’°°¤¤¤'=¤*°°·¤°¤¤ A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it appears that the public ood will be romoted b L°”’“N°"°'”“ F°" adding to the Lassen National Forelst certgin lands witliiin the Stat; mihaczlmbie. of Ca ifornia which are in part covered with timber, and by eliminating therefrom certain lands; _ Now, therefore, I, William- H. Taft, President of the United States iiiiii"a(ii?;“3isli°d`n°'L 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 ear ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other jiiurposes/’ do proclaim that the boimdaries of the Lassen National orest are hereb changed and that they are now as shown on the diagram and detail map forming parts hereof. . The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands ,,f§,_“ "$“‘*‘ "°‘ "" which are at this date legal y appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any pub c plurpose, be subject to andp shall not inter- » fere with or defeat l al ts under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such puiigc purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is egally maintained or such reservation remains in · fm- — ...i..,.. at This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of von. seam any lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act of Con ss approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitledg€?An Act To provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves." . The lands hereby eliminated from the Lassen National Forest p,}§},‘§°m’§,’f,‘f”d '° which are not embraced in withdrawals for administrative sites for use as the management of the Forest, or in any other reservation or appropriation, shall be restored to the public domain and become sulliject to settlement under the general provisions of the homestead laws on such date and after such notice y publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, but shal not become subject to entry, tiling, selection, or other form of appropriation until the expiration of thirty days from the date so fixed, and no person will be rmitted to acquire or exercise any riglht whatever under any settilfment or occupancy begun prior to suc date, and all such settlement or occupation is hereby orbidden. _ It is not intended by this proclamation to release any land from "“"‘°~·°°°°·'· reservation except the areas indicated on the diagram as eliminated. 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 thirtieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, [san,.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-fifth. _ Wu H Tarr By the President: Anvnr A. Anm: Acting Secretary of State.