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PROOLAMAT10Ns, 1a20. 1785 VVIIEREAS, it appears that the public good wilLbe promoted by reserving and setting apart said lands as a gublic forest reservation and the same have een designated by the ecretary of Agriculture as the Boone National Forest; mw, rniannronn, 1, woonnow WILSON, President or N$‘r:;t’:,:lt,§T the U nited States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested §·P·§§}é biy section eleven of said Act and by section twenty-four of the Act 'p` ' o March three, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An Act To repeal timberculture laws and for other purposes", do proclaim that there are hereby reserved and set apart as a tpublic forest reservation all of said lands within the area s own as e Boone National Forest on the diagram attached hereto and made a art hereof, and that all lands therein which have been or may hereagter be acquired by the United States imder authorit of said Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall lie permanently reserved and administered agémrt of the Boone National Forest. IN WITNE WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. DONE in the District of Columbia this 16 day of J anu ,, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred aiidy twenty, [sian,.] and of the Inde endence of the United States the one hundred and forty-ilourth. Woomzow W1Ls0N By the President: Ronmrr LANSING, Secretary of Statw. BY run Pnnsrnnnr or ·rn:a Uxrrnn S·rA·rns or Aumuca A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, certain lands within the States of Georgia, North Fgf:S’{’¤é*g*°NNg**g*;{1l Carolina and South Carolina have been or may hereafter be acquired s. c. ’ I" " pay the United States under authority of the Act of Congress approved at I arch first, nineteen hundred and eleven (36 Stat., 961), entitled "An Act To enable any State to coo erate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for ghe protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands fora the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers"; an VVHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by reserving and setting apart said lands as a public forest reservation, and the same have een designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as the Nantahala National Forest; NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of G°§;*gt;°¤,¤3,})n*f_°{.j;{_; the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested pim, uic seam cmb · section eleven of said Act and by section twenty-four of the Act "i°3i.ss,p.oa¤. oi March three, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An Act "°‘·”°»P· “°”· To re eal timber-culture laws and for other purposes", do proclaim that there are hereby reserved and set apart as a public forest reservation all of said lands within the area shown as the Nantahala National Forest on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof, and that all lands therein which have been or may hereafter he acquired by the United States under authority of said Act of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall be permanently reserved and administered as part of the N antahala National Forest.