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2176 PROCLAMATIONS, 1908. mgj]e**gg§;0Dg=¤¤¤· Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section Vol- 34. D- 225- two of the Act of Congress, approved June eighth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled, "An Act For the preservation of American antiquities,” do proclaim that there are hereby reserved from appropriation and use of all kinds under all of the public land laws, subject to all prior valid adverse claims, and set apart as a National Monument, all the tracts of land, in the Territory of Arizona, shown as the Grand Canyon National Monument on the diagram forming a part hereof. Forest um not The 'reservation made by this proclamation is not intended to pre- °[°°t°d' vent the use of the lands for forest purposes under the proclamation . establishing the Grand Canyon National Forest, but the two reservations shall both be effective on the land withdrawn, but the National Monument hereby established shall be the dominant reservation. geservep th ¤ m Warning is hereby given to all unauthorized persons not to appros° °m°° ’° °` priate, injure or destroy any feature of this National Monument or to locate or settle upon any of 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. Done at the City of Washington this 11th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and. eight, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-second.

Theodore Roosevelt

By the President:
Elihu Root
Secretary of State.


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A PROCLAMATION

,,°'fe‘g{‘_*,‘{,ff°*’°““‘ WHFIREAS, it rsippears that the Ppublic would be promoted gzenrgyleb 3166 by adding to the onto National_ orest certain lands, within the ‘ ’'Territory of Arizona, which are ID part covered with timber, and VM- M r>- 2991- by also including therein the area heretofore reserved and set apart as the Pinal Mountains National Forest; _ mpgg¤¤¤¤•·¤ ¤¤- Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United fox.` ao, p. ac. States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninetv—seven, entitled, “An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil eigpenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes," do proclaim that ,,08, W 22,9 the Tonto National Forest is hereby enlarged to include the said adzzao.`ditional lands, and that the boundaries of the aforesaid National Forest are now as shown on the dia am forming a part hereof; I-¤¤d¤ <>¤¤¤1>f¤d· Excepting from the force and elfdct of this proclamation all lands which are at this date embraced in any legal entry or covered b any lawful filing or selection duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, i the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired; and also excepting all lands which at this date are embraced within any withdrawal or reservation for any use or purpose with which this reservation for forest uses is inconsistent: Provided, that these exceptions 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 tiling, or settlement was made, or unless the reservation or withdrawal