3130 1>aooLAMAr1oNs,19o5. it appears that the pubic good would be promoted by settingapart and reserving said lands as a public reservation; _ _ S¤f&"f§‘§°'&“"°· Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United i States, by virtue of the power in me vested bv 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 lyin and being situate in the State of South Dakota and particularly described as follows: I>¤¤¢¤1¤¤¤¤- In Township sixteen (16), North, Range two (2) East, the southwest quarter of the south-west quarter of Section two (2), the south half of the south·east quarter and the west half of Section three (3), Sections four (4) and Eve (5), the east half of the north-west quarter, the east half of the south—west quarter, and the east half of Section i six (6), the east half of the north-east quarteriof Section seven (7), the north half of Section eight (8), Sections nine (9) and ten (10), the west half of the north-west quarter and the west half of the southwest quarter of Section eleven (11), the west half of the north-east . quarter, the west half of the south-east quarter and the west half of ‘ Section fourteen (14), Section fifteen (I5), the north half of the north-west quarter and the east half of Section sixteen (16), the north i half of Section twenty-two (22) and the north-west quarter of Section twenty-three (23); in Township seventeen (17) North, Range two (2) East, Sections eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), the south-west _ ' quarter of the south—east quarter. the west half of the north-west quarter, the south-east quarter of the south-west quarter and the west half of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-seven (27), Section twenty-eight (28), the south half of Section twenty-nine (29), Sections thirty (30), thirty-one (31), thirty-two (32) and thirty-three (33),(an¢} the northeast quarter and the west half of Section thirty- four 34 ; Also; in Township sixteen (16) North, Range three (3) East, Sections one (1), two (2) and three (3), the east half of the north-west uarter, the east half of the south-west quarter and the east half of Section ten (10), Sections eleven (11), twelve (12), thirteen (13) and fourteen (14), the east half of the north-west quarter and the northeast quarter of Section fifteen (15), the north half of Section twent · three (23) and the north-west quarter of Section twenty-four (24),; in Township seventeen (17) North, Range three (3) East, the west half of the south—east quarter and the south·west quarter of Section twenty-five (25) and the west half of the north—cast quarter. the west half of the south-east quarter and the west half of Section thirty-six (36); in Township sixteen (16) North, Range four (4) East, the west half of Sections six (6) seven (7) and eighteen (18) ; all of the Black Hills Meridian, South Dakota: I L“°“ °‘°°*"°“· Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands whichmay have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by an lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired: 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, filing or settlement was made. m§g*;_¤;&d ham Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make set- ' tlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. Name. The reservation hereby established shall be known as the Short Pine Forest Reserve.
