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PROCLAMATIONS, 1911. 1715 or the provisions of the Act of June twen -£fth ’ ver. and ten, entitled "An Act Autho ` th:>y <l??aeh\U¤nirte·iil I.,-ul States to make withdrawals of ds in certain casa;" and that rt was not intended by any of the above mentioned proclamatrons to reserve any land not theretofore embraced in a National Forest m any of above mentioned States; nor to· release any

 from any of sand National Forests not specified in the proclamatrons or shown as eliminations on the proclamation   nor

to add to argv of the said National Forsts any of said above mentioned tates any lands not theretofore embraced within a N¥NmV‘l’lI WHEREOF I ha ve hereunto set caused the seal of the United States to be amnd. ·my hm`! md Done at the City of Washington this thirtieth day of June, in the year of ou1·Lord one thousand nine hundred and elevm, [sun.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-fifth. i _ Wu H Tan By the President: ‘· Hnnrmeron Wmsorw Acting Secretary of State. Br mr Pazsmmrr or rim Uru·rm> S·ra·ns or Arnnroa 1¤¤v¤.¤•u- A PROC]-·4U‘ATI0N WHEREAS the natural formations known as the Devi! Postpile uggqi P¤•·v¤· ghand Rainbow Falls, within the Sierra National Forest, in the State of rramiie. California, are of scientific interest, and it appears that the public interests will be promoted by reserving said formations as a National Monument Now, thdrefore, I, William H. Taft, President of the United States c_*{•¤¤¤·*¤·¤¤¤¤» of America, by virtueof thegpowerinmeveaud byeectiontwoof the varies:. Act of Congress approved une eighth, nineteen hundred and aix, entitled “An Act or the preservation of American antipuitiea," do proclaim that there are hereby reserved from all forms o tion under the public land laws, subject to all lgrior vali adverse elaims, and set CEN as a National Monument, the tracts of land in the State of ornia shown as the Devil Postpile National Monumentonthediagnmformingaparthereof. _ _ _ The reservation made by this proclamation is not intended to Jae ¤·· M ¤· prevent the uee of the lands for Forest Fpurposes under the preelama- vu. re e me. tion establishing the Sierra National orest. The two reservations shall both be effectiveon the land withdrawn, but the National Monument hereby established shall be the dominant reservation and any use of the land which interferes with_its preservation or protection as pTNr.tional gdongment is therjpy forbidden. _ t to t--as ammg' is ere 'ven unauthorized persons no a priate, injure remo;e?or· destroy any feature this National fm- °°°'°°°' ment, or to llocate or settle upon any of the lands reserved by this proclamation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereimto set my hand and ne at e 0 n ax y o in °•“’°"*“°’;°»¥‘°é'*‘°‘{‘t°‘..r.¤.,%’“‘“"£».E?.*‘%‘*.i. my · a. D0 yearoftleurleordonethouaandninehundredanddevun, [san.] and of the Independence of the United States the cna hundred and thirty-sixth. Wu H Tu! By the President: P C Knox Secretary of Btd•. 8181!‘——vea 87-rr 8--O