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[54 STAT. ENLARGING THE HURON NATIONAL FOREST-MICHIGAN January 31,1940 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [No. 284] A PROCLAMATION Preamble. WHEREAS certain lands within or adjacent to the Huron National Forest in the State of Michigan have been acquired or are in process of acquisition by the United States under authority of the act of March 1, 1911, 36 Stat. 962 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 516), as amended by the act of June 7, 1924, 43 Stat. 653 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 515), 16 U. s . C., supp. the act of March 31, 1933, 48 Stat. 22 (U. S . C., title 16, sec. 585), the 85 (note. National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, 48 Stat. 202 (U. S . C., title 40, sec. 403), and the Emergency Relief Appro- priation Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935, 49 Stat. 115; and WHEREAS it appears that the said lands and certain intermingled public lands are suitable for national-forest purposes, and that it would be in the public interest to reserve them as part of the said Huron National Forest: Furon atMion^al NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- added. dent of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the power in me vested by section 24 of the act of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1095, 1103 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 471), the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 34 (U. S. C ., title 16, sec. 473) and the acts above mentioned, do proclaim (1) that all lands of the United States within the follow- ing-described boundaries, as shown on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof, are hereby included in and reserved as part lAdsmistr" of of the Huron National Forest in the State of Michigan; and (2) that all lands within such boundaries which are now in process of acquisi- tion by the United States under authority of any of the above-men- tioned acts shall upon the acquisition of title thereto become and be administered as part of the said Forest: Michigan Meridian T. 22 N., R. 8 E., sees. 4 and 9; sees. -13 to 16 inclusive. T.22N., R.9E., sec.18. T.23N., R.7E., S} sec.13;sec. 24;NE~sec. 25. T. 23 N., R. 8 E., S%4 sec. 16; sees. 21 and 28; E)OER4 sec. 29; sec. 33 . T.24N., R.3E., sees.7,8,17and18;NNEY sec. 23; NNW% sec. 24. T. 24 N., R. 4 E., sees. 19 to 30 inclusive. T. 24 N., R. 5 E., sees. 31 to 35 inclusive. T.25N., R.2W., all. T. 25 N., R. 8 E., sees. 2 to 11 inclusive; sees. 14 to 18 inclusive. T. 26 N., R. 2 W., all that part lying south of the Middle Branch Au Sable River. T. 26 N., R. 8 E., sees. 3 to 10 inclusive; sees. 14 to 23 inclusive; sees. 26 to 35 inclusive. Tps.27N.,Rs.4, 5, 6and 7 E., all. T. 27 N., R. 8 E., sees. 1 to 22 inclusive; sees. 27 to 34 inclusive. T. 27 N., R. 9 E., sees. 1 to 12 inclusive. T. 28 N., R. 9 E., sees. 19 to 36 inclusive. ig rights not The reservation made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands to which legal rights have been acquired under any of the public-land laws, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat such legal rights so long as such rights are legally maintained. PROCLAMATIONS--JAN. 31, 1940 2684