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PROCLAMATIONS, 1916. 1777 selling advantageously, and all persons so offending will be prosecuted criminally under Section 2373 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which reads as follows: " Every person who, before or at the time of the public sale of any of d€§",;'f·§,',;’“8§,§_‘g' hm the lands of the United States, bargains, contracts, or agrees, or R. s., nie, P, attempts to bargain, contract, or agree with any other person, that mg-QL35 ,,_ ,0,,, the last-named person shall not bid upon or purchase the land so ' offered for sale, or any parcel thereof, or who by intimidation, combination, or unfair management, hinders, or prevents, or attempts to hinder or prevent, any dperson from bidding upon or purchasing any tract of land so offere for sale, shall be Ened not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both." 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 twenty-sixth da of April, in the ear of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixteen and [sr·;Ar...] of tlie independence of the United States the one hundred and fortieth Woormow WHJSON By the President: Ronnrrr LANSING Secretary of State. BY rum Pnnsmnivr or mn Unrmn Srarns or Amamcn Av¢¤2¤·1°i•· " A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it is provided by section fifteen, of the act of Con- B”§g,’gfSg§;{,¤'f,”,Qsk*;“”· gress, applroved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, en- rrsambief I ' titled “Act To repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," V ‘2°’ P' I °l‘ that "Until otherwise provided by law, the body of lands known as Annette Islands, situated in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska, on the north side of Dixon’s entrance, be, and the same is hereby, set apart as a reservation for the use of the Matlakahtla Indians, and t ose people known as Metlakahtlans, who have recently emigrated from British Columbia to Alaska, and such other Alaskan natives as ma join them, to be held and used by them in common, under such rules and regulations, and subjlcct to such restrictions, as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of the Interior," and WHEREAS the Secretary of the Interior, with a view to assisting the Metlakahtlans to self-su port, has decided to place in operation a canner on Annette Islandg and WH EliEAS it is therefore necessary that the fishery in the waters contiguous to the hereinafter described group comprisinglthe Annette Islands be reserved for the purpose of supplying fis and other a uatic products for said cannery; _ qNow, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United is,‘;j;,*;{gse§,';f3'_;’§*},*§·g_ States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the laws of iakamrans and einer the United States, do hereby make known and jiipclaim that the’““k“°°°°"°S‘ waters within three thousan feet from the shore es at mean low tide of Annette Island, Ham Island, Walker Island, Lewis Island, Spire Island, Hemlock Island, and adjacent rocks and islets, located within the area se egated by the broken line upon the di am hereto attached am? made a part of this proclamation; also thelliliays of said islands, rocks, and islets, are hereby reserved for the benefit