Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 27.djvu/1086

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‘ PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 45, 46. ]()65 And whereas, the public lands in the Territory of Arizona, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation; Now, Therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United A1§•¤‘¤¤° *¤¤="¤°*°¤· States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of ml" the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved trom entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the Territory of Arizona, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the point of intersection of the Parallel of thirty-six (36) B<>¤¤d¤ri¤¤· degrees, thirty (30) minutes, North Latitude, with the Meridian of one hundred and eleven (111) degrees, iorty-Bve (45) minutes, of Longitude West from Greenwich; thence westerly along said parallel of latitude to its intersection with the Meridian of one hundred and twelve (112) degrees, forty-Bve (45) minutes, West Longitude; thence southerly along said meridian of longitude to its intersection with the Parallel of thirty·Bve (35) degrees, forty-five (45) minutes, North Latitude; thence easterly along said parallel of latitude to its intersection with the Meridian of one hundred and eleven (111) degrees, forty-Bve (45) minutes, West Longitude; thence northerly along said meridian of longitude to its intersection with the Parallel of thirty-six (36) degrees, thirty (30) minutes, North Latitude, the place of beginning. Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands Pew mid ¤¤¤'*°¤ which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal °‘°°P*"’· entry or covered by any lawful Bling duly of record in the proper United _ States Land OfBce, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or Bling of record has not expired; and all mining claims duly lormted and held according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith; Provided that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler or claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, Bling, settlement or location was made. \Varning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or m§:;•:{'°d fmm ¤°'*· make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation. ` In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. Done at the City of YVashington, this twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and ninety- [SEAL.] three, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth. Bmw Hxnmson By the President: Jour: W. Fosrsn, Secretary of State. [No. 46.] BY rm; Pnnsinnxr or rim UNITED STATES or Aimmcx. F¤\·r¤¤¤v 21*93- A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by my proclamation of August 18, 1892, and in pursuance mblgég) of the authority conferred on me by an Act of Congess approved July ‘ ‘ "· 26, 1892, entitled *‘An Act to enforce the reciprocal commercial rela- l4..¢e.p.2s:. tions between the United States and Canada, and for other purposes," I directed "·that from and after September 1, 1892, until further notice, a toll of twenty cents per ton be levied, collected, and paid on all freight of whatever kind or description passing through the St Mary’s