PROCLAMATIONS, 1910. 2731 BY THE Pmzsmmzr or THE Umrnn STATES or Aussies J&‘1Y28»1”w· A PROCLAMATION _WHEBEAS it appears that the public good will be promoted by F§Lgf§,,N“**°¤°‘ eliminating certain ands from the Plumas National Forest, and Preainblé.
to said Forest certain lands within the State of California
which are in part covered with timber or undergrowth, together with crerltambgands hepetofore reserved and proclaimed as parts of the A~¢·P~m>· a oe ationa orest; Now, therefore, I, William H. Taft, President of the United States $§}{”3‘},“‘,,‘$S3},“°“”°°· of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Con- . ` gross 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 jiprposes/’ do proclaim that the boundaries of the Plumas National orest are hereby changed anmdt thlat tl}ey are as shown on the diagram and detail map formmg p s ereo . The withdrawal madealfly this proclamation shall, as to all lands ,°§‘,{' 'lgms "°‘ °" which are at this date leg y appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any pub 'c plurpose, be subject to andp shall not interfere with or defeat le al rig ts under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such pppropriation is egally maintained or such reservation remains in orce. ` This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of ¤!¤¤¤» any lan s heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act of ’p“ ' Congress a proved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled ‘ "A.n Act 'llb provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves." The lands hereby eliminated from the Plumas National Forest ¥;)·u·g§g0l,{;•glg¤*¤¤ W which are not embraced in withdrawals for administrative sites for pu ` use in the management of the Forest, or in any other reservation or appropriation, s all be restored to the public doma1n and become su ject to settlement under the general provisions of the homestead laws on such date and after such notice ly publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, but s nal not become subject to entry, filing, selection, or other form of appropriation until the expi- m¥g<;;g9_ggg’m¤¤¤¤¤¤ ration of thirty days from the date so fixe , except that on the same ` date as the lands eliminated become subject to settlement, the State of California may, if the lands eliminated_are subject to such selection, select as indemnity in the satisfaction of its common school grant, not to exceed two sections of land in each entire township restored, or one section in each fractional portion of a township vghere the restored area thereof exceeds five thousand (5,000) acres, and no person will be permitted to acquire or exercise any riglht whatever unc er any set, tlement or occupancy begun prior to suc date, and all such settlement or occu ation is herebg forbidden. IN WITNESS WHERE F, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aflixed. Done at the CityLpfdWashir;lgton tgis :‘28tltilday; offlulyi, in the yieaii of our r one thousand nme unc re an ten, an o [SEAL.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-fifth. W H T M AFT By the President: Hvnrmorou Wu.soN Acting Secretary of State.
