rEooLAMAtr1oNs, woe. 3247 by any prior valid claim, so long as the withdrawal, reservation, or clacpi exists. h b ‘ arning is ere * iven to all ersons not to make settlement u on R°S°"°" f°“' the lands reserved liyiihis proclanliation. P smlemeut A IN IVITNESS IVHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be aiiixt. Done at the City of WVashington this 5th day of November, in the p year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, and [SEAL.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred A and thirty—Iirst. TIIEODORE 1{OOSEVELT " By the President: ROBERT BAcoN Acting Secretary of State. Br THE PRESIDENT or THE Uivrrrzo STATES OF_ADIERICA November 5- 1906- A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the public lands in the States of Idaho and Utah, Raft River F¤*· . which are hereinafter indicated, are in art covered with timber, and glib iiiiiiim mam it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart P'°“““"°· said ands as a public reservation; And whereas, it is provided lily section twenty-four of the Act of "¤'·26- v·11°3· Con , approved March thir , 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 havin public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands whol§y 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 ”; Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United m;"h‘jffu§(§ {,°§f,§f°· States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested b section twenty-four of the aforesaid act of Congress, do proclaim tliiat there are hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation, for the use and benefit of the people, a l the tracts of . land, in the States of Idaho and Utah, shown as the Raft River Forest Reserve on the diagram forming a part hereof. ` This proclamation will not take effect upon any lands withdrawn 1·¤¤¤¤¤·¤¤ev¢e<1· or reserved, at this date, from settlement, entry, or other appropriation, for any purpose other than forest uses. or which may be covered by any prior valid claim, so long as the withdrawal, reservation, or claim exists. \Varning is hereby given to all persons not to make settlement Segygsmai from upon the lands reserved b this proclamation. ' IN WITNESS WHESEOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixt. Done at the Cit Y of Washington this 5th day of November, in the vear of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six, and [SEAL.] bf the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first. . THEODOBE Roosrvmxr - Bv the President: i Ronmrr BAcoN “ Acting Secretary of State.
