· 1782 PROCLAMATIONS. No. 19. (Nu. 19.] * August rz, ms. BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or AMERICA. ` A PROCLAMATION. rr-uuumu. Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, vu1.zs,p.110s. approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An act to repeal timber—culture laws, and for other purposes", “That the President of the United States may, from time to time. set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with tim ber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof"; And whereas, the public lands in the Territory of Arizona, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and · reserving said lands as a public reservation; , lforest mmmcm, Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States,
- "’°““" by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-tbur of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there
is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the Territory of Arizona and within the boundaries particularly described as follows, to wit: Bomninrm Beginning at a point on the boundary line between Arizona and New Mexico where it is intersected by the north line of Township seven (7) North, Range thirty-one (31) East, Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona; thence westerly alongthe township line to the south-east corner of Township eight (8) North, Range twenty-seven (27) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said township; thence westerly along the Second (2nd) Standard Parallel North to the south-east corner of Township nine (9) North, Range twenty-six (26) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said township; thence westerly along the township line to the south-east corner of Township ten (10) North, Range twenty-two (22) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said township; thence westerly along the township line to the southeast corner of ownship eleven (11) North, Range nineteen (19) East; thence northerly along the range line to its point of intersection with the tbrty miles limit of the grant to the Atlantic and Pacino Railroad Company; thence westerly following the forty miles limit of said grant to its intersection with the range line between Ranges (5) and six (6) East, in Township nfteen (15) North; thence southerly to the southwest corner of said township; thence easterly along the township line to the north·wost corner of Township fourteen (14) North, Range seven (7) East; thence southerly along the range line to the south·west corner of Township thirteen (13) North, Range seven (7) East; thence easterly along the Third (3rd) Standard Parallel North to the north- _ west corner of Township twelve (12) North, Range eight (S) East; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said township; thence easterly along the township line to the north-west corner of Township eleven (11) North, Range twelve (12) East; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said township; thence easterly to the north-west corner of the White Mountain Indian Reservation; thence in a general easterly. south-easterly and southerly direction along the northern and eastern boundaries of said reservation to its intersection with the Gila and Salt_R:ver Base Line; thence easterly along said Base Line to its Intersection with the boundary line between Arizona and New Mexico; thence northerly along said boundary line to the point where it intersects the north line of Township seven (7) North, Range thirty-one (31) East, the place of beginning.
