PROCLAMATIONS-JULY 12, 1940 CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL FOREST-GEORGIA TALLADEGA NATIONAL FOREST-ALABAMA OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST--ARKANSAS APALACHICOLA NATIONAL FOREST-FLORIDA CHEQUAMEGON AND NICOLET NATIONAL FORESTS-WISCONSIN July 12,1940 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [No. 2415] A PROCLAMATION Preamble. WHEREAS certain lands which have been acquired or are in proc- ess of acquisition by the United States under authority of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 22, 1937 7U.s. C. , Supp. V , (50 Stat. 522, 525), are situated within the exterior boundaries of the 51S1ta. 44. Chattahoochee National Forest as enlarged by Proclamations No. 53 Stat. 2463 . 2263 of December 7, 1937, and No. 2294 of August 2, 1938; the 52 Stat. 1548 . Talladega National Forest as enlarged by Proclamation No. 2285 of 53 Stat. 2465. May 11, 1938; the Ouachita National Forest as enlarged by Procla- mation No. 2296 of August 30, 1938; the Apalachicola National 53 Stat. 2453 . Forest as enlarged by Proclamation No. 2289 of June 21, 1938; the 52Stat.1533 . Chequamegon National Forest as enlarged by Proclamations No. 53 Stat. 2489. 2271 of January 17, 1938, and No. 2303 of October 14, 1938; and the 52 tat. 1532 . Nicolet National Forest as enlarged by Proclamations No. 2269 of 53 Stat. 2488. January 17, 1938, and No. 2302 of October 14, 1938; and WHEREAS it appears that such lands are suitable for national- forest purposes and that it would be in the public interest to reserve such lands as parts of the said national forests; and WHEREAS certain vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved public lands also suitable for national-forest purposes are situated within the exterior boundaries of the said Talladega National Forest: Landsreerved as NOW, THEREFORE I FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 24 of the act of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1095, 1103, as amended (U. S . C ., title 16, sec. 471), the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 34, 36 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 473), and Title III of the said Bankhead- Jones Farm Tenant Act, do proclaim that all lands within the exterior boundaries of the Chattahoochee, Talladega, Ouachita, Apalachicola, Chequamegon, and Nicolet National Forests which have been ac- quired or are in process of acquisition by the United States under authority of Title III of the said Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, and the vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved public lands within the Talladega National Forest, are hereby included in and reserved as parts of the respective national forests within which they are situated. Partialrevocationof Executive Order No. 6964, dated February 5, 1935, withdrawing prior Exectiveorder. for classification the public lands within the State of Alabama, is here- by revoked so far as it affects the public lands included in this proclamation. Prior rights not The reservation made by this proclamation shall, as to any lands which are this date embraced in any valid claim under the public- land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat, legal rights under such claim, or prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such claim is legally maintained or such reservation remains in force. 2716 [54 STAT.
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