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2280 PROCLAMATIONS, 1922. ?.¤¤’_.i·*°¤· Br rrm Pnnsmnur or rim Urrrrrxn Sums or Anmmca A PROCLAMATION F¤1¤¤¤r¤ N•¢i¤¤=¤ WHEREAS, it a pears that the public good will be promoted by F°1ii°;i§¤¤i»itSih' adding certain landg to the Fillmore National Forest, in Utah and by exclud` certain areas therefrom and restoring the gubhc lands subject tomgisposition therein in the manner authorize by Public V<>i·4*·P·**· Resolution Number Twenty-ni.ne, approved February fourteen_th, AM- 1*-358 nineteen hundred and tweiéty, as amended by Public Resolution Number Thirty-six, approv January twenty-first, mneteen hundred and twenty-two; _ B<¤¤¤<*¤*¤*¤°°*°°°- NOW, THEREFORE, I, WARREN G. HARDING, President of the United States of America, bg virtue of the power in me vested V<>¤·°¤·P- 1**5- by the Act of Cogress approve March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (26 tat., 1095), entitled, "An Act To repeal timbervon. ac, p. sc. culture laws, and for other pu:rposes," and also by the Act of Corggmss approved June fourth eighteen hundred and nmety-seven (30 tat., 11 at 34 and 36), entitled, "An Act Making appro nations for simdry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other pu1·— ‘ oses," do proclaim that the boundaries of the Fillmore National Forest are hereby changed to include the areas indicated as additions on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part hereof and to exclude the areas indicated thereon as eliminations.

 •w» The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands

" which are at this date legallly appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any lpub c_purpose, be sub'ect to, and shall not interfere with or defeat rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such pu liplpurpose of lands so reserved, so long as such a]}propriation is leg y maintained, or such reservation remains m orce. ¤¤¤¤¤<i¤d i,·¤¤= And I do further proclaim and make known that ursuant to the ggmeidsgam mm oi aforesaid Resolutions, it is herebgl ordered that tlile public lands “°"‘ W"‘°'“‘ °""‘ in the excluded areas, sub] act to v `d rights, shall be opened only to entry under the homestead and desert-land laws by qualihed exservice men of the war with Germany, under the terms and conditions of said resolutions and the regulations issued thereimder, for a eriod of ninety-one days beginning with the sixty-third day from and) after mean; to the the date hereof, and thereafter to appropriation under any public ‘°"°’°“’“°”°· land law applicable thereto by the general public. Subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the date of restoration to general disposition as provided herein no rights may be ac uired to the excluded lands by settlement in advance of entry, or otherwise except strictly in iaccordance herevlvith. d e F¤1i¤¤ ¤¤v¤<¤¤¤¤¤. ros ective app `cants ma , ur1ng` the eriod of twent da w' preeediliig the date on which the lands shall biicome subject toyentgfi selection or location of the form. desired under the provisions of this proclamation, execute their applications in the manner rovided by aw and present the same, accompanied by the re uired) payments, to the United States land office at Salt Lake Cit ,qUtah, m person, by mail, or otherwise, and all applications so filed together with such as may be submitted at the hour fixed, shall be treated as though simultaneously filed and shall be disposed of in the manner gescribed by existing regulations. Under such regulations concts of e ual rights will e determined by a drawing. IN WI'llNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed.