Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 34 Part 3.djvu/160

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2998 rR.ocLAMAT1oNs, 1905. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. Done at the City of Washington, this 29th day of March. [sEAL.] one thousand nine hundred and five, and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and twenty- ninth. THEODORE ROOSEVELT By the President: AL\’EY A. ADEE Acting Secretary of State. Ap,.u29, 1Q05_ BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or AMERICA. · _ A PROCLAMATION. 8s'f§§eS'§Q,’;l‘{,aff°" WHEREAS, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Preamble: Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, env°l' 26'°' noi" titled, "An act to repeal timber-cuiure laws, and for other purposes,” " Thatthe President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as · public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof ”; And whereas, the public lands in the State of California, 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; _ Caggiggat reserve Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt. President of the United ' States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim · that there are hereby reserved from 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 State of California, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows: inscription. Beginnin at the north-west corner of Section seven (7), Township nine (9), Niiirth, Range seven (7) East, Humboldt Base and Meridian. California; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section ten (10), said township; thence southerly to the south—east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north—east corner of Section eighteen (18), fractional Township nine (9) . North, Range eight ( 8) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section Twenty (20), said township; thence southerly to the south—east corner of said section: thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-eight (28), said township: thence southerly to the north·west corner of Section thirty (30), Township thirty-eight (38) North, Range twelve (12) West, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south·east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north—east corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section four (4),'1`ownship thirty-seven (37) North,Range twelve (12) \Vest; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north—east corner of Section eleven (11), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence