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1s·n00LAMAT10Ns, 1909. 2249 BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES or Amman10A uma 2,1909. A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, an Executive Order dated July second, nineteen hun- Sfzhjf ggug FM- dred and eight., consolidated portions of the Tahoe, Stanislaus, and rmmhtie. ` Plumzs National Forests un er the name of the Tahoe National X‘},l$;pP‘,§§°8f‘m58, ores ; 2246. And whereas, it apppars that the public good will be promoted by addipg to the Tahoe ational Forest certam lands within the States of C rfornia and Nevada, which are in art covered with timber; Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United $g,“3g°“°S3gfl”¤°d· States of America, by vir·tue of the plower in me vested by the Act ofp` Congress, approved une fourth, eig teen hundred and nmety-seven, entitled, “Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending Jrme thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other p ," do proclaim that the Tahoe Nationa Forest is hereby enlarged and that 1bS boimdaries are as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof. · The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands ,,,§‘,';'d_ "‘g“°’ "°* which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subypct to, and shall not interfere with or defeat eglal rights under suc appropriation, nor prevent the use for such pu licnpurpose of lands so reserved, so long _ as such arypropriation is lega y maintained, or such reservation remains in orce. This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of ¢§}'f°3{“;f“,P;_““ any lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act of Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, ' entitled, "An Act to provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves." IN WITNESS WIIEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, [SEAL.] and of the Indpendence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-third. . Tm·10Do1zE Roosnvmxr By the President: Rommr Bacon Secretary ofStale. Br THE PRESIDENT or THE IINITED STATES or Amsmoa _ umn z,i·m. _ A PROCLAMATION WIIEREAS, an Executive Order signed July second, nineteen F,$,'§§{f°$,,_ M°‘°°° hundred and e` ht, established the Sequoia National Forest out of portions of the Sierra National Forest; _ And whereas, it appears that the public good will be promoted by including in the Se uoia National crest certain lands wrthm the State of California, siiiown on the diagram hereto attached and forming a part hereof, which are in part covered with timber, and which constitute a part of the Tule River Indian Reservation, established by Executive Order dated October third, eighteen hundred and seventv—three, and modified by Executive Order dated August thn·d, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight; _ _ _ gNow, therefore, I, Theodore Iioosevelt, President of the United ,m}j,jf°¤°‘*`°'°$‘="°“‘ States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act Vol.30,p.36.