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 11th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven [SEAL.] and the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first.
By the President:
- Elihu Root
- Secretary of State.
March 16, 1907.
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By the President of the United States of America
A PROCLAMATION
mmm naman WIIEREAS, the public lands within the Portales National Forest, np":-'gt;m1il,iel‘°x' in the Territory of New Mexico, are no longer required for experimental forest purposes;
H Rgnwrfd M we Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United ° °m° °' States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act ` of Congress, approved June fourth eighteen hundred and ninety- V<>|· 30, ¤- 36· seven (Volume 30 Statutes at Large, page 36), do hereby revoke my vol 34 31,,8 proclamation dated the third day of October, nineteen hundred and ' p' ° live, which established the Portales National Forest, and do proclaim that the lands embraced within the said National Forest are hereby restore to the public domain.
Lands restored The lands which are hereby released from reservation shall be "’°" “’ "“'°“‘°'"· open to settlement from the date hereof, but shall not be subject to entry, tiling, or selection until after ninety days’ notice by such publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.
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 16th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-first.
By the President:
- Robert Bacon
- Acting Secretary of State.
April 6, 1907.
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By the President of the United States of America
A PROCLAMATION
Hogg igggzg Ng- WHEREAS, it appears that the public good would be promoted ma." by adding to the Big Burros National Forest certain lands, within {{,“ff’?,‘ll'°(,_ 3274- the Territory of New Mexico, which are in part covered with timber;
m£gg¤<*¤*i*‘¤ °¤· Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United wif ao, p. se. States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of P°"’ "‘ mw Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes," do proclaim that the Big Burros National Forest is hereby enlarged to include the said
