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1762 PROCLAMATIONS, 1918 thereof full com nsation, in accordance with the principles of intera 10n a . n f all w P6 IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aihxed. DONE in ghe Distrigt of O¢;l1g11:lbia, thiitwentileth dayhof giantph, teyearo 01u· r onetousau nine unre an [SEAL.] eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-sec0nd. Woomzow Wn.soN. By the President: Ronmvr Lausmc, Secretary of State. "¤¤=*·"·1°”· 'By rim Pnnsmmrr or rm: UNH'ED Smrns or- Aunnrca. . A PROCLAMATION. F:g¤NF&m§¤¤°¤¤* WHEREAS an Executive Order dated April sixth, nineteen hunmaiabie. dred and fifteen, directed that on and a ter _July first, nineteen hundred anld izgfteen, Ft}1%Jemez1s%1d Pecos §8t10H8l Forests should constitute the anta e ationa orest· an WHEREAS it appears that the public good will be kpromoted by adding certain Forest lands within the State of New exico to the Sagta Fe N atiplnal Igriiesit ag;} llay excluding certain arlpas tléeigafrolpn an restoring thepu `c an therein in amanner authorize the ’ V<>1·38,1>·113- Act of Con ess a roved Se tember thirtieth nineteen hundred? and thirt ilitled Rlln Act TP a th ize th Pr `d t t 'd eeneni o u or e esxen 0 roviea method for o ning lands restored from reservation or wii)hd.rawal a d for therpe rposes" , n 0 u · Areamodined. Now, therefiire, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United v¤1.m,p.11¤a S;%es of America, bygirtnile of the pplwer me vesteddby the Act 0 ongress approve_ arc t , eig teen un an ninety-one (26 Stat., 1095, ent1tled "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and v¤1.:n,p.a¤. Gor otper plurpoies"; sind dal:3 byd the Aéct of Copgregs approved une ourt e teen un r an nme y-seven 30 tat. 11 at 34 and 36), eniigled "An Act Makingsappropriations for sundry civil ex enses of the Government for the ca year ending June thirtieth, eigliteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other urposes", do proclaim that the boundaries 0 the Santa Fe National) Forest are hereby changed to include the areas md1cated as additions on the diagram hegeto ginlexed and fl<;rming_ a part hereof and to exclude the areas in 1cat thereon ase mmations. mmfm '*g"“ “°‘ The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be sub'ect to, and shall not mterfere with or defeat eial rights under suclh appropriation, nor prevent the use for such_ pu liglpurpose of lands so reserved, so long as such_aj}propr1ation is leg y maintained, or such reservation remams m orce. m§‘:g*g,§$t}gg1*;;t*°· _ And I do further proclaim and make known that in my judgment ` 1t is proper and necessary, in the interest of e ual opportunity and good_ administration, that all of the excludedtlands subject to disposipon shciluld fbe restciregs to homesteaél entry in advailiice of settlemen or other orms o position an pursuant to th `t · v¤1.38,p. 113- resposed in me by the aforesaid Act, of September thirtie31:,'i11ing;i,Ieleii hundred and thirteen, I_ do hereby direct and provide that such lands, subglect to valid rights and the provisions of existing with- '11¤1¤ ¤1¤v¤111¤¤- drawals, s all be opened to entry only under the provisions of the