Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 39 Part 2.djvu/606

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177 8 PROCLAMATION S, 1916. of the Metlakahtlans and such other Alaskan natives as have joined them or may join them in residence on these islands, to be used by them imder the general Hsheries laws and regulations of the United _ States as administered by the Secretary of Commerce. Pr§,’,£';§,§_{*d*{'“°d“$hi“¢ Warning is hereby expressly gglven to all unauthorized persons not to Hsh in or use any of the waters erein described or mentioned. — 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 28th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, [sun.,] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and fortieth. Woonaow WESON By the President: Rommr Laivsnve Secretary of State. WY 3· 1916- BY THE Pnnsmmzrr or mm Unrrmn Srrxrzs A PROCLAMATION.

 **3* I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America by

Umnmga irrieublo, virtue of the ower and authority vested in me by the Act of Conf,'?,‘§,;,;'§§,’;{',§;.'§’,Y"}‘°°'”gress approved March 22, 1906 (34 Stat. L., 80) do hereby prescribe ‘ V¤l.=+4.1>-w- proclaim, and make known, that all the non-mineral, unallotted and unreserved lands within the diminished Colville Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, classified as irrigable lands, grazing lands, or arid lands, shall be disposed of under the gpneral provisions of the homestead laws of the United States and of the said Act of Congress, and shall be opened to settlement and entry and settled upon, occupied, and entered only in the manner herein prescribed: Provided, at all lands classified as timber or mineral, all lands designated for irrigation by the Government, and all lands within the foiowing townships and parts of townships shall not be disposed of under this proclamation: 1»¤¤<ls¤¤¤¤r¤•·i· Townships 31, 32, 33, and 34 north, range 35 east; township 30 north, range 31 east; township 31 north, range 30 east; north ha f of township 31 north, range 28 east; townships 32, 33, and 34 north, range 28 east; south half and south half 0 north half of township 33 north, range 27 east; and fractional part north and east of Lake Omache of township 32 north. range 27 east. ,,;,§§,§&‘},‘{ P“‘°°’ ‘°" 1. A re%$tration for the lands will be conducted at the cities of Spokane, enatchee, Colville, Wilbur, Republic and Omak, Washington, beginning July 5, and ending July 22, 1916, Sunday excepted, under the supervision of John McPhaul, Superintendent of the opening. Any person qualified to make entry under the general provisions of I the homestead law may regéister. ,,i},¤{g’,§‘?_*§_;°;‘{j*,,°,S{’°“‘ 2. Any person who was onorably dischargled after at least ninety days' service in the United States Army, avy or Marine Corps, during the Civil War, the Spanish-American War or the Philippine Insurrection (or the widow or minor orphan children of such per- °"‘°"· son) may register either in erson or by: agent. Other persons will not be permitted to register by agpnt. i o person shall present more _ than one application in his own be alf and one as agent. E°‘¤‘“'°¤‘°°“· Each app 'cation for registration must show the applicants name, postoffice address, age, height and weight, and must e inclosed in an envelope bearing no distinctive marks or any paper other than the application. No envelope shall contain more than one application.