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PROCLALIATIONS. 1917. 1709 month, as a day of supplication and prayer for all the people of the nation, earnest y exhorting all my countrymen to observe the apgointed day, according to their several faiths, in solemn prayer that od’s blessing may rest upon the high task which is laid upon us, to the end that the cause for which we give our lives and treasure may triumph and our efforts be blessed with high achievement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia this nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine undred and [snan.] seventeen and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-second. Woonaow WILSON By the President: Ronmzr Lausmc Secretmy of State. _ Br run Pansmnxr or rim UNITED Srrxms or Aimnrca °°*°‘*°’”»””’· A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, an Executive Order dated March twengy-fourth, nine- m“*{,'}§hN°°*°¤“* F°'· teen hundred and fifteen, directed that on and after uly first, nine- Pnamlilo. teen hundred and fifteen, all lands included within the boundaries of the Nebo National Forest, within the State of Utah be transferred to and administered as a (part of the Manti National Forest, also within the State of Utah; an · . ‘ · WHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by adding certain forest ands to the Manti National Forest, y excluding certain areas and restoring the public lands therein in a manner authorized by theAct of Congress approved Septemberthirtieth, nineteen hun- V°*— 3% P- **8- dred and thirteen (38 Stat., 113), entitled "An Act To authorize the President to rovide a method for opening lands restored from reservation or witihdrawal, and for other purposes;" and by transferring thereto certain lands heretofore forming a part of the Fishlake National Forest within the State of Utah; Now, therefore, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United Am "‘°°*°°°‘ States of America, lip virtue of the [power in me vested by the Act of v°"°*" “°°‘ Congress approved arch third, eig teen hundred and ninety-one (26 Stat., 1095), entitled "An Act To repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purploses/’ and also by the Act of Congress approved Juno v°"°°*"°°‘ fourth, eig teen hundred and ninety-seven (30 Stat., 11 at 34 and 36), entitled "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Govermnent for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes," do proclaim that the Manti Nationa Forest is hereby changed and that its boundaries are now as shown upon the diagram hereto annexed and forming a Pm mo part hereof; and that this proclamation and that chaiwg the boun· ’p' ‘ daries of the Fishlake N ational Forest, which I have o signed this same day, are made and are intended to be and shall be considered as one act to become effective simultaneously. ,,,.,,),,,,8,, ,18,,,,,,, The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to lands ascend. which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any ubhc purpose, be subgzct to, shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under suc appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public lpurpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is lega y maintained or such reservation remains in force. _ _ Enum mm tg And I do further proclaim and make known that m my ]udgment smeawsammsat it is proper and necessary, in the interest of equal opportunity and