Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 34 Part 3.djvu/414

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3224 PROCLAMATIONS, 1906. Reserved hem Warnin is `hereb `ven to all ersons not to make settlement sememm upon the §1nds reseritegl b this proclamation. IN WITNESS WHEli7EOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be atlixed. _ _ Done at the City of Wasliington this Sth day of AugHSt,·1H the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, and [sEA1..] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty·iirst. . . ` - _ THEODORE RoosEvELT By the President: _ ALVEY A. ADEE, Acting Secretary of,State... _f1_“g““ 10» 190** BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or ABIERICA. A PROCLAMATION. F C’;’Y§g‘;1;1;_'1`;’;¤ WHEREAS, the public lands in the State of Montana, which are

hereinafter indicated, are in part covered with timber, and 1C appears

P"°“'“°'°‘ that the public good would be promoted by setting apart said lands as a public reservation; v°1·2°·*’· 11°3· And whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, 1 entitled, "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purl poses," “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 timber 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 "; Mfngggt ¤‘eSe"·‘e· Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United ` States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid act of Congress, do proclaim that there are hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, for the use and benefit of the people, all the tracts of . land, in the State of Montana, shown as the Crazy [Mountains Forest Reserve on the diagram formin a art hereof. 1·*¤‘1¤°‘°e¤*ed· This proclamation will not taie egect upon any lands withdrawn or reserved, at this date. from settlement, entry. or other appropriation, for any purpose other than forest uses, or which mav be covered by any prior valid claim, so long as the withdrawal, reservation, or claim exists. Segfgggleg f fe ¤¤ \Varning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclan1ation. IN XVITNESS XVHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. ` Done at the City of \Vashington this 10th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, [snail.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first. Tnnonoim Roosnvarrr By the President: IXLVEY A. IXDEE, Acting Scm·ez‘ary of State.