Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 35 Part 2.djvu/1096

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2194 PROCLAMATIONS, 1908. interfere with or defeat legal rights under such appropriation nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legal y maintained, or such reservation remains in fbrce. Agrieuiturai This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of !°'ig§i_ 34, ,,_ 2;»,3_ any lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act of Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled, "An Act to provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves." IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixed. Done at the City of Washington this lst day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight, and of [emu.,] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-second. Tmzzonoim Roosavmrr By the President : _ _ Anvmy A. Anna Acting Secretary of State. Jury 1, mos. Br THE Pamsrnnxr or THE Ummm STATES or AMERICA A PROCLAMATION C,,,,,,, Nm,,,,,,; WHEREAS, the Mount Graham National Forest, within the Ter- Fepfegmggz- ritory of Arizona, was established by proclamation dated July twenty- von. :*.2, it 2011. second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and was enlarged to embrace a ortion of the Fort Grant Military Reservation by Executive Order, dated October sixth, nineteen hundred and six, which also provided for the unhampered use by the lVar Department of the land described in such Executive Order; Y0l.34,p.8166. And whereas, it appears that a portion of the Tonto National —‘—*”'€· P- 21"°· Forest, all of the Mount Graham National Forest except the area shown on the attached diagram as eliminated, together with certain lands within the Territorv of Arizona not heretofore reserved, which . nre in part covered with timber, should be known as the Crook Nationa Forest; xmouan rome, _ Now, therefore, I. Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United A'{?(Q’,'}“3:0_ ,,_ 3,, States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety- seven, entitled, "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. and for other purposes," do proclaim that on and after the first day of July. nineteen hundred and eight, the boundaries of the Crook National Forest shall be as indicated on the attached diagram. aumgg ngaihts not The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands `which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any public purpose. be subject to and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under such appropriation nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so lone as such appropriation is legally maintained, or such reservatioii remains in force. Inéégricuiturei This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of von. a-1, p. 2as. any lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act of Congress approved June eleventh. nineteen hundred and six, entitled, ‘*An - ct to provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves."