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rnocninarioxs, 1916. 1811 BY Tun Piznsmnxr or THE Umrnn STATES or Airnmoa _ °°‘°b°*"»*°*6· A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, certain lands within the State of North Carolina eSQ"§°g N°“°¤¤‘*"”· acquired by the United States under authority of the Act of Congress niniimtis. approved -Iarch iirst, nineteen hundred and eleven (Thirty-sixth `°‘3°’°‘°m‘ Statutes at Large, gage nine hundred and sixty-one), entitled "An Act to enable any tate to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigpbility of navigable rivers," were, on the twenty-ninth day of Septem er, 1916, designated as the Pisgah National Forest by the Secretary of Agriculture under authority of section eleven of said Act: NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the N,§§,f{,g;*0§,LaF°*¤St- United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by »;0n.:¤s,p scsi. section eleven of said Act‘and by section twenty-four of the Act of l°"2°’p‘"°°‘ March three, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An Act to repeal timbercullture laws and for other purposes/’ do proclaim that the boundaries of the Pisgah National orest as designated by the Secretary of Agriculture, are as shown on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof, and that all lands within such boundaries acquired by the United States under authority of the Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall be reserved and admhiistered as a National Forest. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. · Done at the City of Washingdtgn, this seventeenth day} of October, in the year of our rd one thousand nine undred and [san,.] sixteen, and of the Indeipleéndence of the United States the one hundred and forty- t. Woonnow Wusox By the President: Rosmrr Lansmo Secretary of State. BY Tun Pnnsimzxr on Tm: Umrnn STATES or Aimmca _Q£§°P°’_"·M°; L_ A PROCLAMATION _ WHEREAS, it appears that the designation and settin aside of "‘j§¤** N{}**°.¤=*,' of the areas in the State of North Carolina, hereinafter ind§:atod, for Giiid·¤¤iiiiflr Q' N (' for the protection of game animals, birds, and fish, will promote the iublic good; I NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the g,jg_;gg,{‘*¤*¤’r»¤¤**¤ United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested b the ` Act of Congress, approved August eleventh, nineteen hundredy and sixteen, entitled, "An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal {year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and or other (purposes/’ do proclaim that there are hereby designated and set asi e for the protection of game animals, birds, and dsh, all lands of the United States within the Pisgah National Forest in the State of North Carolina, purchased unt er the provisions of the Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven (Thirt -sixth Statutes at Large, page nine hundred and sixty- V°*·’*°»P· 96*- one), entitled: "An Act to enable any State to coo erate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for dire protection of watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a comnnssion for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable streams," and Acts sup lementary thereto and amendatory thereof, as shown on the diagram fldrming a part hereof, to be known as the Pisgah National Game Preserve.