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PROCLAMATIONS, 1913. 1955 as such _ appropriation is legally maintained, or such reservation remains m force. The lands to be eliminated from the Jemez National Forest on dr§§,‘g*“°¤¤, m'*|*i¤· December first, in accordance with this proclamation, are to be held sm. ’ as, and are hereby declared to be, withdrawn on said date under the iilgliii Act of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten (36 Stat., 847), as amended by the Act of August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve (37 Stat., 497), for classification, and wil], when compat- 1ble with the public interests, be restored to settlement and entry under the laws applicable thereto on such dates as shall be fixed by the Secretary of e Interior and after such notice as he may deem advisable. This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of =}§{}°;1[‘%§,f“"’* any lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act of Conlgress approved Jrme eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitle "An Act To provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves? It is not intended by this proclamation to release an land from reservation nor to reserve any land not heretofore embraced in a National Forest except the areas indicated on the diagram as eliminations and additions. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aihxed. Done at the City of Washington this seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [situ,.] thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-eighth. Woomzow Wusorw By the President: W. J. BRYAN , Secretary qr State. Br rm: PRESIDENT or mn Urzrrnn Srarms. ¤•*l>*•¤¤¤¤* it 1913- A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by proclamation of March first, nineteen hundred and ,,._§:;{'•;}:;t N•*·i¤¤¤ thirteen, certain lands in the State of Nebraska were excluded from Pr••£mm¤.` the Nebraska National Forest and directed to be restored to the v°*‘°7·"‘""· public domain on or subsequent to October first, nineteen hundred and thirteen; Whereas section twenty-two hundred and eighty-six, United “·S··°°-¤¤·v·*¤¤· States Revised Statutes, grants the right to counties to preempt not exceeding one quarter section of lands for the establishment of seats of `ustice, and directs that such seats be fixed previously to the sale of tlie ad'oining lands; Whereas the Board of County Commissioners of Arthur County, Nebraska has applied for the southwest cpuarter of section thirty- four, township mnteen, range thirty-eight, or the seat of justice for Arthur Count , Nebraska; _ Now, therefbre, I Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States ,nfn_°'}jQ“m{§f}:Sggj of America, by virtue of the power vested in me by the act of Con- Aréuur c¤u¤:y, mmf ess approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety (Thirtieth n?b?gé¤?ei•3é,p.4¤s giatutes at Large, paghes eleven to thirtSy—four), and section twenty- two hundred and eighty-six, United tates Revised Statutes, o hereby moditv the proclamation of March first, nineteen hundred and "°*· 3"· P- mithirteen, as follows: The southwest quarter of section thirty-four, township nineteen, range thirtlg-eight, Nebraska, is hereby excluded from the Nebraska National orest, to take effect as of the date hereof, and designated and set apart as subject to the application of