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PROCLAMATIONS, 1936.

~YI3.1936. Ozark National }"or · est. Ark. Prea.nblo. Vol. 36 . p. 962. U"S.C .• p.COO.

OZARK NATIONAL l!~ORES~ARKANSAS BY THE] I1UESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS certain lands within areas adjoining the Ozark N a~ tional Forest, in Arkansas, have been acquired by the United States under authority of Sections 6 and 7 of the Act of March 1, 1911, ch. 186,36 Stat. 961, as amended (U. S. C., Title 16, Sees. 515, 516); and WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest. to add such lands and certain ndjoinin~ public lands 'within the areas hereinafter designated to the said N atIonall!~orest: Rescrvin){ urell rl,r

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Pl'csi- lIational forest h' . d' 1 Vol. 26. p. 1103. U. S.C., p.657. dent of t e Umted States of Amenca, under an by VIrtue of tIe authority vested in me by Section 24 of the Act of .March 3, 1891, eh. 561,26 Stat. 1095, 1103, as amended (U. S. C., Title 16, Sec. 471), the Act of fJune 4, 1897,30 Stat. 1136, and Section 11 of the said Act of March 1, HHl, do proclaim that all lands of the United States within the areas shown as additions on the diagram hereto annexed and made a part hereof are included in and reserved as 8. part of the Ozark N a- tional Forest, and that all lands within such areas whi('h may hereaft('r be acquired by the United States under the said Act of March 1, 1911, as amended, shall upon acquisition of title thereto be permanently reserved and administered as a part, of the said Forest.

Prior rights not aC·

The reservation made by thIS proclamation shall as to all lands reeled. which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for anr public purpose other than for classification under Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat, l('gal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legally maintained or such reservation r<>mains May 13. 1936. in force.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I bave hereunto s('t. my hand and caused the seal of the United States t.o be affixf:d. Done ~t the City of Washington this 13" day of ~lay, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-six and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United Rtf. _ tt's of 'AJIlC'ril'n th(' one hundred and sixtieth.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary of State.

[No. 2168]


APALACHICOLA NATIONAL FOREST-FLORIDA BY THE PRESIDENT 01" THE {T~ITED STATES OF AM}~RICA A PROCLAMATION

ApalacbirolaNation. l\I:r~::::bl~~a. Vol. 36 . p.OO2 . u s. C., p. /i66.

WHEREAS certain forest lands within the State of Florida have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States of America under the authority of Sections 6 and 7 of the Act of March 1,1911,