PBOCLAMATIONS, 1912. 176] IN WITNESS WHZEREOF, I have hug] caused the seal of the United States to at my md Done at the City of Washington this fourth, day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred nind [sen,.] twelve, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-seventh. — By the President: wu H TA". Anvzr A. Apu Acting Secretary of State. Br um Pnssmmcr or rn Uiurrzn Srarss oi A1n.mca· ¤•s•¤¤•auu. A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS anExecutive orderdat•dJnl lirst nineteen hundred °•"•“'· N•¤¤¤¤ and eight directed that portions of the ,B' Belt, and the'°'n$iia°:°
Nxtionsl Forests should constitute the National
o ,· an WHEREASita thatthe blicgoodwillbepomoted includig1gin the ationalFoPr:st,w1tbin theState0! a portion of the_area heretofore embraced in the Helena N ' Forest also withm the State of Montana- and WHlSREAScertainlandsshouldbeeliminatedfromtlieGallati11 National Forest; · Now, therefore, I, William H. Taft, President of the United States °°¤**'*•¤¤*****· of Americ?byvirtueoftl1epow¢rinmevutedbythsA¤tofCong1·¤¤ "‘°°""°‘ approved une fourth, hundred and ninety-seven (30 Stat., 11 at 34 and 36), entitled ‘An Act for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the year aiding Jnme thirtieth, eighteen hundred and niwgzy-eight and for other purposes/’ do proclaim that the boundaries thi, Gallatin National Forest, and lthe lhonmdanes of tgp Helena_National are ere changedas ownon e agramformmgapart andontlgadisgram formingafiartof theproelamatmn ortheaaid Helena Nation Forest, which have also signed this same day; and ·*•*· ¤· "’••· that the said Gallatin and the said Helena proclamations are made and are intended to be and shall bqeonsidered as one act to become effective simultaneously; and that it is not intended by this procla·· *•‘•**'*°‘•‘· mation nor by the above-mentioned Helena proclamation to reserve any land not heretofore embraced in a National Forest in the said above-mentioned State, nor to release hazy land from this the said Gallatin, nor from the said Helena N atio Forest, except those areas shown as on the diagrams froming parts of the said proclamations. This reclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of *¤*¤¤'**¤"·¤¤·· any lands heretofore opened to settlement and mm under the Act v°"*"”°°‘ of Congress approved une eleventh, nineteen and angitled ‘ An Act To provide for the entry of Agricultural lands withm crest reserves.” ` No public landsareincludedin theareashuebyeliminated. .*'•"[•*'='·¤¤*•**¤*· IN WHEREOFIhaveh¤·emmt0setmyhandand caused the seal of the United States be aExed. Done at the City of Washington this fourth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [san.] twelve, and of the enee of the United States the one hundred and —eeventh. _ Wa H Tar-r By the Premdent: Anvmr A. Ann Adm; Secretary of Stats 87618°——v01. 37-P! 2—6¢
