Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 34 Part 3.djvu/359

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3190 PROCLAMATIONS, 1905. O And whereas, the public lands, in the State of Utah, which are hereinafter indicated, are in part covered with timber, andlit appears ” that the public good would be promoted by setting apart said lands as - a public reservation; _ _ U Fgrest ¤‘¢¤¢"¤» Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United mStates of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section. twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do proclaim that there are hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, for the use and benefit of the people, all the tracts of land, in the State of Utah, shown as the Beaver Forest Reserve one ' the diagram formin a part hereof; Lands excepted. Exceptinv from t%e orce and effect of this proclamation all lands which may Iiave been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by ang lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States Land O ce, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or tiling 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. Reserved from \Varning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settle- ’°m°"‘°'"“ ment upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and - caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Q Done at the Cit of Washington this 24th day of January, in the . . year of, our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, and ‘ , [sam,.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred “ — and thirtieth. ' T. RooS1:v1·:LT By the President: _ Emun Roor ` Secretary of State. January 25, 1906. BY Tun PRESIDENT or rm-: Uivrrao STATES or Aumuca. A PR(')CLAaMATION. Segézsnwggestglz XVHEREAS, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of t?oIo.' `, Congress. approved l\ arch third, eighteen hundred and ninetv·one, §Zf,$f"§§f“,,_ 1,,,,, entitled. ‘·Au act to repeal timber-vulture laws, and for other purposes ”, “ that the PI‘€Sl(lBIlt of (ll? Ilflltéd States muy. from time to time. set apart and reserve. in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests. in any wart of the public lands whollv or in part covered with timber or untlergrowth. whether of commercial value or not. as public reservations. and the President shall. by public proc- · lamation. declare the establishment of such reservations land the limits thereon ": And whereas. the public lands, in the States of Ytah and Colorado. which are hereinafter indicated. are in part covered with timber. and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart said lands as a public reservation: mF¤¤·¤S¤ reserve. Now, therefore. I. Theodore Roosevelt. President of the United ah and Colorador ., . . . _ States of America. by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress. do proclaim that there are hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation. for the use and benefit of the people, all the tracts of land. in the States of Utah and Colorado. shown as the La Sal Forest Reserve on the diagram forming a part hereof;