Proclamation 2189

by Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Conecuh National Forest—Alabama

July 17, 1936.
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[No. 2189]

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

Conecuh National Forest, Ala.
Preamble.
Statutory authorization.
36 Stat. 962.
16 U. S. C. §§ 515, 516.WHEREAS certain forest lands within the State of Alabama 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, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, as amended (U. S. C., title 16, secs. 515, 516); and

WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to reserve and designate such lands and certain adjoining public lands within the areas hereinafter designated as the Conecuh National Forest:

Reserving, etc., designated lands for national forest.
26 Stat. 1103.
16 U. S.C. § 471.
36 Stat. 963.
16 U. S. C. § 521.NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power vested in me by section 24 of the act of March 3, 1891, ch. 561, 26 Stat. 1095, 1103, as amended (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 471), and by section 11 of the said act of March 1, 1911 (U. S. C., title 16, sec. 521), do proclaim that there are hereby reserved and set apart as the Conecuh National Forest all lands of the United States within the following-described areas, and that all lands therein which may hereafter be acquired by the United States under authority of the said act of March 1, 1911, as amended, shall upon their acquisition be reserved and administered as a part of the Conecuh National Forest:

Talahassee Meridian

Talahassee Meridian. T. 6 N., R. 20 W., sections 19 to 23, inclusive, and those parts of sections 26 to 30, inclusive, lying in Alabama;

T. 6 N., R. 21 W., sections 19 and 20, and those parts of sections 29 and 30 lying in Alabama;

T. 6 N., R. 22 W., sections 19 to 24, inclusive, and those parts of sections 25 to 30, inclusive, lying in Alabama;

T. 6 N., R. 23 W., sections 19 to 24, inclusive, and those parts of sections 25 to 30, inclusive, lying in Alabama;

T. 6 N., R. 24 W., sections 19 to 24, inclusive, and those parts of sections 25 to 30, inclusive, lying in Alabama;

T. 6 N., R. 25 W., those parts of sections 25 to 30, inclusive, lying in Alabama;

T. 6 N., R. 26 W., those parts of sections 25 to 30, inclusive, lying in Alabama;

T. 6 N., R. 27 W., those parts of sections 25 to 30, inclusive, lying in Alabama;

T. 6 N., R. 28 W., that part of section 25 lying in Alabama;

St. Stephens Meridian

St. Stephens Meridian.T. 1 N., R. 11 E., section 1 and those parts of sections 2 to 8, inclusive, lying south of Conecuh River and sections 9 to 36, inclusive;

Tps. 1 N., Rs. 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 E.;

T. 1 N., R. 17 E., sections 1 to 24, inclusive, and sections 29 to 32, inclusive;

T. 1 N., R. 18 E.;

T. 2 N., R. 11 E., those parts of sections 34 to 36, inclusive, lying south and east of Conecuh River;

T. 2 N., R. 12 E., those parts of sections 13, 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22 lying south of Conecuh River, sections 23 to 28, inclusive, those parts of sections 29 to 31, inclusive, lying south of Conecuh River, and sections 32 to 36, inclusive;

T. 2 N., R. 13 E., sections 1 to 4, inclusive, those parts of sections 5, 6, 7 and 18 lying south of Conecuh River, sections 8 to 17, inclusive, and sections 19 to 36, inclusive;

Tps. 2 N., Rs. 14 and 15 E.;

T. 2 N., R. 16 E., sections 1 to 3, inclusive, sections 5 to 8, inclusive, and sections 10 to 36, inclusive;

T. 2 N., R. 17 E., sections 1 to 3, inclusive, sections 5 to 8, inclusive, and sections 10 to 36, inclusive;

T. 2 N., R. 18 E., sections 4 to 9, inclusive, sections 16 to 21, inclusive, and sections 28 to 33, inclusive;

T. 3 N., R. 13 E., those parts of sections 25, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 lying south of Conecuh River;

T. 3 N., R. 14 E., those parts of sections 30 and 31 lying south of Conecuh River;

T. 3 N., R. 16 E., sections 25, 26, 35 and 36;

T. 3 N., R. 17 E., E½ section 24, sections 25, 30 and 31, S½ section 32, and sections 35 and 36;

T. 3 N., R. 18 E., sections 19 to 21, inclusive, and sections 28 to 33, inclusive.

Prior rights not affected.The reservation made by this Proclamation shall as to all lands which are at this date legally appropriated under the public-land laws or reserved for any 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, legal 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 remains in force.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this 17" day of July in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-six and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-first.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

By the President:

Cordell Hull

Secretary of State.