BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA October 9, 1920. A PROCLAMATION Custer State Park Preamble. Ante, p. 986. WHEREAS, the Act of Congress, entitled "An Act for the creation Game Sanctuary, S. of the Custer State Park Game Sanctuary in the State of South Dak. Dakota, and for other purposes", approved June fifth, nineteen hundred and twenty, (41 Stat., 986), provides "that the President of the United States is hereby authorized to designate as the Custer State Park Game Sanctuary such areas, not exceeding thirty thousand acres, of the Harney National Forest, and adjoining or in the vicinity of the Custer State Park, in the State of South Dakota, as should, in his opinion, be set aside for the protection of game animals and birds and be recognized as a breeding place therefor," and WHEREAS, the following described lands within the Harney National Forest, South Dakota, to wit: In Township 2 South, Range 4 East, Black Hills Meridian, all of Description. those parts of Sections 22 and 27 lying east of the right-of-way of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, N1⁄2 of Section 35, Sections 23, 24, 25, 26 and 36; in Township 2 South, Range 5 East, Black Hills Meridian, S1⁄2 of Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, all of Sections 13 to 36 inclusive; in Township 2 South, Range 6 East, Black Hills Meridian, S2 Sections 7 and 20, SW4 Section 21, W2 Sections 28 and 33, all of Sections 18, 19, 29, 30, 31 and 32; in Township 3 South, Range 5 East, Black Hills Meridian, Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6, being less than thirty thousand acres, adjoin or are in the vicinity of the Custer State Park in the State of South Dakota, and in my opinion should be set aside for the protection of game animals and birds and be recognized as a breeding place therefor; Game breeding place set aside in South Da NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority in me vested by kota. the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that all the lands of the United States, described as aforesaid, are hereby designated as the Custer State Park Game Sanctuary and set aside for the protection of game animals and birds and shall be recognized as a breeding place therefor, and the hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing of any game animals and birds upon said lands is unlawful except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of Agriculture. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia this ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and [SEAL.] twenty, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty fifth. By the President: BAINBRIDGE COLBY Secretary of State. WOODROW WILSON BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. October 19, 1920. Arkansas National WHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by FA, adding to the Arkansas National Forest the northwest quarter of Section six (6), Township two (2) South, Range thirty (30) West, and the north half of Section one (1), Township two (2) South, Range thirty-one (31) West, 5th Principal Meridian, Arkansas. Area extended. Vol. 30, p. 36. Prior legal rights not affected. Now, therefore, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United State of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (26 Stat., 1095), entitled, "An Act To repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes", and also 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 above-described areas are hereby added to the said Arkansas National Forest. The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subject to and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legally maintained or such reservation remains in force. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia this 19th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty, [SEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-fifth.. By the President: BAINBRIDGE COLBY WOODROW WILSON October 30, 1920. Santa Fe National Forest, N. Mex. Preamble. Ante, p. 434. Area modified. Vol. 26, p. 1103. Vol. 30, p. 36. Lands added to. Lands excluded. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by adding certain lands to the Santa Fe National Forest, in New Mexico, and by excluding certain areas therefrom and restoring the public lands subject to disposition therein in the manner authorized by Public Resolution Number Twenty-nine, approved February fourteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty; NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (26 Stat., 1095), entitled, "An Act To repeal timberculture laws, and for other purposes," and also 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 NW4 NE and NW4 of Sec. 29, and N2, SW14 and N1⁄2 SE4 of Sec. 30, T. 24 N., R. 1 W., N. M. P. M., are hereby added to and made a part of the said Forest, and that the following described lands are hereby excluded therefrom: In T. 25 N., R. 1 E., S1⁄2 Sec. 31; In T. 24 N., R. 1 W., NW14 Sec. 1, NE, NE SW, S1⁄2 SW and SE1⁄44 Sec. 2, E1⁄2 NE, NE 4 SE1⁄44 and S2 SE4 Sec. 10, NW4 Sec. 11, NW14 Sec. 15, S1⁄2 NE4, E2 SW4 and SE4 Sec. 16, NE1⁄44 NW14, S1⁄2 NW4 and SW14 Sec. 21; In T. 25 N., R. 1 W., NE1⁄4 SE and S1⁄2 SE1⁄44 Sec. 36; New Mexico Principal Meridian. The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legally maintained, or such reservation remains in force. Prior legal rights not affected. Excluded lands opened to settlement World War, for 63 days. And I do further proclaim and make known that pursuant to the aforesaid Public Resolution, it is hereby ordered that the public lands by ex-service men of in the excluded areas, subject to valid rights and the provisions of an existing withdrawal for coal classification and to the conditions applicable to lands so withdrawn, shall be opened only to homestead and desert land entry by qualified ex-service men of the War with Germany, under the terms and conditions of said resolution and the regulations issued thereunder, for a period of sixty-three days, beginning with the sixty-third day from and after the date hereof, and thereafter to appropriation under any public land law applicable Under general laws thereto by the general public. Subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the date of restoration to general disposition as provided herein no rights may be acquired to the excluded lands by settlement in advance of entry, or otherwise except strictly in accordance herewith. thereafter. etc. Prospective applicants may, during the period of twenty days Filing applications, preceding the date on which the lands 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 Santa Fe, New Mexico, 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. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE in the District of Columbia this thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [SEAL.] twenty, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-fifth. WOODROW WILSON A PROCLAMATION October 30, 1920. Preamble. WHEREAS, under and by virtue of an Act of Congress entitled Sugar. "An Act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply and controlling the distribution of food products and fuel", approved by the President on the 10th day of August, 1917, it is provided among other things as follows: "That by reason of the existence of a state of war, it is cssential to the national security and defense, for the successful prosecution Statutory provision. Vol. 40, p. 277. Ante, p. 386. Announcing the licensing of specified essential. of the war, and for the support and maintenance of the Army and Navy, to assure an adequate supply and equitable distribution, and to facilitate the movement of foods, feeds, fuel, including fuel oil and natural gas, fertilizer and fertilizer ingredients, tools, utensils, implements, machinery, and equipment required for actual production of foods, feeds, and fuel, hereafter in this act called necessaries; to prevent, locally or generally, scarcity, monopolization, hoarding, injurious speculation, manipulations, and private controls, affecting such supply, distribution, and movement; and to establish and maintain governmental control of such necessaries during the war. For such purposes the instrumentalities, means, methods, powers, authorities, duties, obligations, and prohibitions hereinafter set forth are created, established, conferred, and prescribed. The President is authorized to make such regulations and to issue such orders as are essential effectively to carry out the provisions of this act." AND, WHEREAS, it is further provided in said act as follows: "That, from time to time, whenever the President shall find it essential to license the importation, manufacture, storage, mining or distribution of any necessaries, in order to carry into effect any of the purposes of this Act, and shall publicly so announce, no person shall, after a date fixed in the announcement, engage in or carry on any such business specified in the announcement of importation, manufacture, storage, mining, or distribution of any necessaries as set forth in such announcement, unless he shall secure and hold a license issued pursuant to this section. The President is authorized to issue such licenses and to prescribe regulations for systems of accounts and auditing of accounts to be kept by licensees, submission of reports by them, with or without oath or affirmation and the entry and inspection by the President's duly authorized agents of the places of business of licensees." AND WHEREAS, by virtue of the above provisions certain public announcements were made by the President from time to time as a result of which the importation, manufacture, storage and distribution of certain necessaries were licensed. AND WHEREAS, a changed situation has been brought about by the present armistice in the war between the United States and Germany, and by the approaching expiration of the powers granted to the President by an act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for the national welfare by continuing the United States Sugar Equalization Board until December 31, 1920, and for other purposes", approved by the President on the 31st day of December, 1919. NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of necessaries no longer the United States of America, by virtue of the Powers conferred upon me by said Act of Congress, hereby find and determine and by this PROCLAMATION do announce that it is no longer essential in order to carry into effect the purposes of the Act that the importation, manufacture, storage or distribution of certain necessaries be subject to license, to the extent hereinafter specified. Licenses canceled. Licenses heretofore required for the importation, manufacture, storage or distribution of certain necessaries are hereby cancelled, effective November 15, 1920, with respect to the following: Sugar and products All persons, firms, corporations or associations engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing, storing or distributing sugar, or any product or by-product of the foregoing named necessary. Importers, etc., of thereof. Vol. 40, p. 1696. Regulations canceled from November 15, 1920. All regulations issued under the said Act covering licensees so dealing in these commodities are hereby canceled, effective November 15, 1920. |