3232 PRocLAMAT1oNs, 1906. V°'·26·P- *103- And whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes,” “That the 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 "; OrF<>¤‘;¤* 1‘¢¤¤¤‘V¢» Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United mStates of America, b virtue ’ of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the afiiresaid 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 Oregon, shown as the Fremont Forest Reserve on the diagram forming a part hereof. Lands excepted. This proclamation will not take effect upon any lands withdrawn U or reserved, at this date, from settlement, entry, or other appropriation, for any purpose other than forest uses, or which may be covered by any prior valid claim, so long as the withdrawal, reservation. or claim exists. Reserved tre m Warning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement upon °°m°m°°f 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 allixed. ` , Done at the City of Washington this 17th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, and [snAL.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first. Tnnonoim ROOSE\’ELT By the President: Anvnr A. ADEE, — Acting Secretary of State. . §E’fY.'£‘Q"3.tl;§L6; Br rm; Pnnsmnnr or rm: Uxrrnn STATES or AMERICA. ‘ A PROCLAMATION. Begg? gg? rss; WVHEREAS, the Tahoe Forest Reserve, in the States of California Nev.` and Nevada, and the Yuba Forest Reserve, in the State of California, Q§f;‘f“B§· 3 1 ,,3, have been heretofore established by proclamations, Linder the provi- 31*;%] 26 nm sions of the acts of March third. eighteen hundred and ninetv-one, voij ao; gj ga" entitled, "An act to repeal timbenculture laws. and for other purp0ses,” and June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled. "An Act Making appro iriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. and for other purposes ”; And whereas, it appears desirable that the area embraced in said forest reserves, with certain additions thereto, in the State of California, should be included in one reserve and be distinguished by one name; and it appears that the public lands in the States of California and Nevada, which are hereinafter indicated, are in part covered with timber, and that the public good would be promoted by setting apart the same as a public reservation: ` Rgjxfesggajbx Now, therefore, I. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United Ln pigs (guage gi; States, by virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid acts of ,,,,°§,,_.w.,.ES_ Longress, do proclaim that the proclamations heretofore issued respecting said forest reserves are hereby superseded, and the Tahoe
