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2924 PROCLAMATIONS, 1927. crosses the 1. & G . N . R R, at or near San Antonio; thence following the center of the track ofsaid 1. & G. N . R R, in an easterly direction, to the point in the City of Austin, where it joins Congress Avenue, near the 1. & G. N. R . R . Q.epot; thence across said Congress Avenue to thecenter of themain track of theH.& T. C. R. R. where saidtrack joins said Congress Avenue, at or near the H. & T. C . R . R . depot; thence following the center line of the track of said H. & T. C . R . R . in an easterly direction through the towns of Elgin, Giddings, and Brenham, to the point where said railroad crosses the Brazos river; thence with the center of said Brazos river in a general northerly direction, to the point on said river where the Beaumont branch of the Santa Fe Railway, crosses the same; thence with the center of the track of the said G. C . & S. F. R . R ., in an easterly direction through the towns of Navasota, Montgomery, and Conroe, to the point at or near Cleveland, where said G. C . &. S. F . R . R . crosses the Houston, East and West Texas Railroad; thence with the center of said H. E . & W. T. R . R . track to the point in said line, where it strikes the Louisiana line, the open season shall be from September 1 to Decem- ber 15; and in that portion of Texas lying south and east of the line above described the open season shall be from November 1 to Decem- ber 31; In South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi the open season shall be from October 16 to January 31; and In Louisiana the open season shall be from November 1 to Jan- uary 31. tI!PproV81 of regula- NOW, THEREFORE, I, CALVIN COOLIDGE, PRESIDENT . OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DO HEREBY APPROVE AND PROCLAIM the foregoing amendatory regulation. September 12, 1927. Natural Bridge Na- tional For",t, Va. Preamble. Vol. ~ p. 1948. Vol 36, p. 96L 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 sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty- [SEAL] seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-second. By the President: FRANK B KELLOGG Secretary of State CALVIN COOLIDGE By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, by proclamation of May five, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, there were reserved and set apart as the Natural Bridge National Forest, certain lands within the Sta.te of Virginia, acq.uired or to be acquired by the United States under authority of the Act of Congress approved March first, nineteen hundred and eleven (36 Stat., 961), entitled "An Act To enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navi- gability of navigable rivers"; and WHEREAS, it has been found on further examination that certain of the lands thus set apart are not suitable for acquisition under the above mentioned Act, and, therefore, should be excluded from said reservation; and WHEREAS, certain. additional lands in the vicinity of said National Forest have been acquired by the United States under said Act;