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Agricultural lands.
Vol. 34, p. 233.

hereunder and perform any act of settlement prior to nine o'clock a. m., standard time, on the ninety-first day from and after the date hereof, or who are on or are occupying any part of said lands at such hour, except those having valid subsisting settlement rights initiated prior to withdrawal from settlement and since maintained, and those having preferences to make entry under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June eleventh nineteen hundred and six (34 Stat., 233), entitled "An Act To provide for the entry of agricultural lands within forest reserves," and acts amendatory, will be considered and dealt with as trespassers and will gain no rights whatever under such unlawful settlement or occupancy: Provided, however, that nothing Examinations herein contained shall prevent persons from going upon and over the lands to examine them with a view to thereafter appropriating them in accordance herewith. Persons having prior settlement rights or preferences, as above defined, will be allowed to make entry in accordance with existing law and regulations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done this eighth day of April in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Nineteen, and of the Independ[SEAL.] ence of the United States the One Hundred Fortythird.

By the President:

FRANK L. POLK

Acting Secretary of State.

WOODROW WILSON

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

April 16, 1919.

Chugach National
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Forest, Alaska.

WHEREAS, Executive Orders signed August thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifteen, August ninth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, May fourth and July twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, excluded certain lands from the Chugach National Forest, and WHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by excluding certain other lands therefrom, by withdrawing portions of the excluded area for park and recreational purposes in connection with the Townsite of Anchorage or in order to protect the water supply of said town, and by restoring the public lands subject to disposition in the remaining excluded areas in a manner authorized by the Act Vol. 38, p. 113. of Congress approved September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen (38 Stat., 113), entitled, "An Act to authorize the President to provide a method for opening lands restored from reservation or withdrawal, and for other purposes";

Vol. 30, p. 36.

Now, therefore, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United Area diminished. States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (30 Stat., 11 at 34 and 36), 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 boundaries of the Chugach National Forest are hereby changed to exclude the areas indicated as eliminations on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part hereof. And I do also proclaim that the following described lands excluded, Lands reserved for from the Chugach National Forest by this Proclamation are hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry or other disposition and reserved under authority of the Act of Congress approved March Vol. 38, p. 307.

railroad townsites, etc.

Description.

Timber sales,

Vol. 30, p. 414.

Excluded lands restored to settlement.

Vol. 38, p. 113.

Time of opening.

Filing applications.

twelfth, nineteen hundred and fourteen (38 Stat., 305), entitled,
"An Act to authorize the President of the United States to locate,
construct, and operate railroads in the Territory of Alaska, and for
other purposes", for townsite purposes, and for other purposes in
connection with the construction and operation of railroad lines under
said Act and such regulations as have been or may hereafter be pre-
scribed:

In T. 12 N., R. 4 W., S. M., W1⁄2 NE4, and NW4 Sec. 2, E1⁄2, E1⁄2
NW4, E2 SW14, SW SW14 Sec 3, Na and SE Sec. 10;
In T. 13 N., R. 4 W., Lots 5, 6, 9, 10, and W% of El of SE4
Sec. 27, E2, lots 2, 3, 5, and SE4 NW 4 Sec. 34, NW4 and S1⁄2
Sec. 35;

Also the tract of land lying within the following described boundaries: Beginning at a point 600 feet north of the north bank of Ship Creek on the east line of the NW14 SW4 Sec. 9, T.13 N., R. 3 W., S. M.; thence in a northeasterly direction, 600 feet from and parallel to the meander line of the north bank of Ship Creek, to the west boundary of the Chugach National Forest as indicated upon the attached diagram; thence south along the west boundary of said Forest to a point 600 feet south of the south bank of Ship Creek; thence in a southwesterly direction 600 feet from and parallel to the meander line of the south bank of Ship Creek to the intersection of the east line of Ship Creek Townsite Withdrawal as defined in my order No. 191912 of April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and fourteen; thence north along the east line of said withdrawal to the southwest corner of the NW14 SW4 Sec. 9, T. 13 N., R. 3 W.; thence east 1320 feet; thence north along the east line of the NW14 SW4 of said section 9 to the point of beginning; Provided, that nothing herein shall be held to preclude the use or disposition of any of the timber on the tract last above described in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved May 14, 1898 (30 Stat., 414), when it shall appear to the Secretary of the Interior or to the Alaskan Engineering Commission that the granting of such privileges will not interfere with the purpose for which the withdrawal is made.

And I do further proclaim and make known that in my judgment it is proper and necessary, in the interest of equal opportunity and good administration, that the remainder of the excluded lands subject to disposition should be restored to homestead entry in advance of settlement or other forms of disposition, and pursuant to the authority reposed in me by the aforesaid Act of September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, I do hereby direct and provide that such lands, subject to valid rights and the provisions of existing withdrawals, shall be opened to entry only under the provisions of the homestead laws requiring residence, at and after, but not before, nine o'clock a. m., standard time, on the eighty-fourth day after the date of this Proclamation, and to settlement and other disposition, under any public land law applicable thereto, at and after, but not before, nine o'clock a. m., standard time, on the ninety-first day after said date.

Prospective applicants may, during the period of twenty days preceding the date on which the land shall become subject to entry, selection, or location of the form desired under the provisions of this Proclamation execute their applications in the manner provided by law and present the same, accompanied by the required payments, to the United States land office at Juneau, Alaska, in person, by mail, or otherwise, and all applications so filed, together with such as may be submitted at the hour fixed, shall be treated as though simultaneously filed and shall be disposed of in the manner prescribed by existing regulations. Under such regulations conflicts of equal rights will be determined by a drawing.

Warning against

Warning is hereby given that no settlement initiated prior to seven trespassing prior to days after the date for homestead entry herein prescribed will be opening. recognized, but all persons who go upon any of the lands to be restored hereunder and perform any act of settlement thereon prior to nine o'clock a. m., standard time, on the ninety-first day from and after the date hereof, or who are on or are occupying any part of said lands at such hour, will be considered and dealt with as trespassers and will gain no rights whatever under such unlawful settlement or occupancy, except those having valid subsisting settlement rights initiated prior to withdrawal for settlement and since maintained, and J. H. McCallie and those persons, namely, J. H. McCallie and C. C. Osier, who have C. C. Oster. resided upon and improved certain lands in Secs. 23 and 24, T. 13 N., R. 4 W., S. M., within the area to be restored under this Proclamation since prior to September 28, 1917, under permit from the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, in case such occupation is maintained up to and including the date of restoration to homestead entry fixed hereby: Provided, however, that nothing herein contained lowed. shall prevent persons from going upon and over the lands to examine them with a view to appropriating them thereafter in accordance herewith. Persons having prior settlement rights, as above defined, Prior settlement and the persons above named may, where the lands so claimed or occupied are surveyed, present homestead applications for the lands conforming to legal subdivisions not later than within the twenty day period prior to the date of restoration to homestead entry herein prescribed.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done this sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and of the Indepen[SEAL.] dence of the United States the one hundred and fortythird.

By the President:

FRANK L. POLK

Acting Secretary of State.

WOODROW WILSON

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION.

THE Boy Scouts of America have rendered notable service to the Nation during the world war. They have done effective work in the Liberty Loan and War Savings campaigns, in discovering and reporting upon the black walnut supply, in cooperating with the Red Cross and other war work agencies, in acting as despatch bearers for the Committee on Public Information, and in other important fields. The Boy Scouts have not only demonstrated their worth to the Nation, but have also materially contributed to a deeper appreciation by the American people of the higher conceptions of patriotism and good citizenship.

The Boy Scout movement should not only be preserved, but strengthened. It deserves the support of all public-spirited citizens. The available means for the Boy Scout movement have thus far sufficed for the organization and training of only a small proportion of the boys of the country. There are approximately 10,000,000 boys in the United States, between the ages of twelve and twenty-one. Of these only 375,000 are enrolled as members of the Boy Scouts of America.

May 1, 1919.

Boy Scouts of Amer-
Preamble.

Observance recommended of June 8th

Scout Week.

America cannot acquit herself commensurately with her power and influence in the great period now facing her and the world unless the boys of America are given better opportunities than heretofore to prepare themselves for the responsibilities of citizenship.

Every nation depends for its future upon the proper training and development of its youth. The American boy must have the best training and disciplíne our great democracy can provide if America is to maintain her ideals, her standards, and her influence in the world.

The plan, therefore, for a Boy Scout week during which a universal appeal will be made to all Americans to supply the means to put the Boy Scouts of America in a position to carry forward effectively and continuously the splendid work they are doing for the youth of America, should have the unreserved support of the Nation.

Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of to June 14th as Boy America, do hereby recommend that the period beginning Sunday, June 8th, to Flag Day, June 14th, be observed as Boy Scout Week through the United States for the purpose of strengthening the work of the Boy Scouts of America.

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I earnestly recommend that, in every community, a Citizens' Committee, under the leadership of a National Citizens' Committee, be organized to cooperate in carrying out a program for a definite recognition of the effective services rendered by the Boy Scouts of America; for a survey of the facts relating to the boyhood of each community, in order that with the cooperation of churches, schools and other organizations definitely engaged in work for boys, adequate provision may be made for extending the Boy Scout program to a larger proportion of American boyhood.

The Boy Scout movement offers unusual opportunity for volunteer service. It needs men to act as committeemen and as leaders of groups of boys. I hope that all who can will enlist for such personal service, enroll as associate members and give all possible financial assistance to this worthy organization of American boyhood. Anything that is done to increase the effectiveness of the Boy Scouts of America will be a genuine contribution to the welfare of the Nation. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done this first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen and of the independence of [SEAL.] the United States of America the one hundred and fortythird.

By the President:

ROBERT LANSING

Secretary of State.

WOODROW WILSON

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS public interests require that the Congress of the United States should be convened in extra session at twelve o'clock, noon, on the nineteenth day of May, 1919, to receive such communication as may be made by the Executive;

NOW, Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the Congress of the United States to con

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