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certain lands within the Territory of Alaska, which are in part covered with timber;

enlarged.

Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of Boundaries the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of 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 Chugach National Forest is hereby enlarged and that its boundaries are as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof, and further described as follows: The island of Afognak and the adjacent Description. islands which were set apart by proclamation dated December twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as the "Afognak Forest and Fish Culture Reserve," and also all of the public land lying within a line beginning at a point on the left bank of Copper River, due east of the northern extremity of Cottonwood Island; thence easterly along the divide between the watershed of Bremner River and Chitina River to a point due north of the southern extremity of Cape Suckling; thence due south to the southern extremity of Cape Suckling; thence in a northwesterly direction to the southern extremity of the left bank of Copper River; thence in a southwesterly direction to the southern extremity of Cape Cleare; thence in a northwesterly direction to the southern extremity of Cape Puget; thence in a general northwesterly direction along the divide of the foothills to its intersection with the main divide of the Kenai Mountains; thence in a general westerly direction along said main divide, between the waters of Resurrection Bay and Kenai Lake, and continuing southwesterly along said main divide to the head of Sheep Creek; thence southerly down the left bank of said creek to Kachemak Bay; thence in a general southerly, westerly and northerly direction along the shores of said bay, Cook Inlet and Knik Arm, at the mean low tide line, to the right bank of Knik River; thence easterly up the right bank of Knik River to the main divide of the Chugach Mountains; thence in a general easterly direction along the main divide of the Chugach Mountains to a point on the left bank of Copper River, due east of the northern extremity of Cottonwood Island, the place of beginning, and embracing all islands within said described line;

Excepting from the force and effect of this proclama- Lands extion the several areas contained within boundaries formed cepted. by circles described with a radius of a mile, each, from the centers of the following named towns and settlements, to wit: Eyak, Orca, Tahtetlahk, Ellamar, Valdez, Fort Liscum, Einiklik, Chenaga, Nutchek, and Latouche; excepting also a tract of land extending one mile back from the tide line, on both sides of the bay known as

Proviso.

Valid rights not affected.

Prior rights not affected.

Fish culture stations.

Agricultural

lands.

Valdez Arm; following the tide line from its intersection with the line of 146° 30' longitude west from Greenwich, easterly around the head of Valdez Arm:

Provided, that this proclamation shall not be so construed as to deprive any person of any valid right pos sessed under the Treaty for the cession of the Russian possessions in North America to the United States, concluded at Washington on the thirtieth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, or acquired under any act of Congress relating to the Territory of Alaska.

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.

Since the withdrawal made by this proclamation for Forest purposes and the withdrawal made by proclamiation dated December twenty-four, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for the purpose of establishing fish culture stations and for the use of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries are consistent, both shall be effective upon the land withdrawn, but the withdrawal for fish culture stations and for the use of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries shall be the dominant one.

This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of 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 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 23rd day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-third.

[SEAL.]

By the President:

ROBERT BACON

Secretary of State.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

INDEX.

ABORTION. See CRIMINAL CODE.

ACCESSORIES, punishment of..

Page.

328

ACCIDENTS TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. Reports of injuries to be made. 211, 212

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Admission to Soldiers' Homes_

Pay of-

ALASKA:

Afognak station, appropriation for....

Appeals, etc., from district court may be heard at circuit court of
appeals, San Francisco, Portland, or Seattle...

Army, enlisted men serving in-

Army officers, mileage, appropriation for__

Barracks and quarters. See BARRACKS AND QUARTERS.

Boundary line with Canada, appropriation to mark and survey..

13, 50

26

114

106

67

10, 37

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Terms at Juneau, Nome, Valdez, Fairbanks, etc.

Expenses of, appropriations for..........

Miscellaneous expenses, appropriation for.......

See also Courts,

45

26

43

236

44

42-43

42

42

42

45

43, 44

45

43

204, 224

17, 47, 48, 54

ALASKA-Continued.

Delegate from, pay of..

District attorneys-

Duties and salaries.

Number authorized........

Education-

Appropriation for.___

Supervision of expenditures_.

Exhibit of products and resources at Seattle Exposition_.

Experiment stations, appropriations for...

Fairbanks, term of court at..

Fines, funds from____

Firearms, importation of..

Fisheries. See FISHERIES.

Forest service, appropriations for-----

Game

Act providing for protection of, in.......
Birds....

Game wardens and guides, requirements_.

Page.

210,221

44

44

16,53

16,53

20.21

202, 224

43

201

4-9

5

7

Indians, sale of liquor to

Juneau, term of court at-

Judges, appropriation for....

Judges and district attorneys, increased salaries for

Hunting licenses required by nonresidents__

Licenses required for hunting and shipping big game..

Proceeds from, detailed annual report_.
Open season, special prohibitions_.
Penalties for violations.___.

Sale during closed season unlawful___
Shipping licenses required by residents.
Affidavits required before shipping.
Shipping prior to September, 1908_

Shipping requirements.

Duties of customs officers..

Wild, destruction prohibited.

Exceptions.___.

Appropriation for protection of

Government, appropriation for

Governor, appropriation for..

Hinchinbrook light and fog station, appropriation for

Incidental expenses, appropriation for..

Insane, appropriation for care and custody of..

8

4,5

6

6

6

7.8

11, 17, 46, 54

11,46

49

17,54

33

16, 30, 47, 53

47.48

11, 46

Lands, public, surveys of....

43

Life-saving service, appropriation for..

Licenses and fines in, disposition of funds from_

15

35

Liquor traffic, suppression of---

Liquor licenses, how obtained..

Lighting of rivers in, appropriation for.

13

202

30.33

Number authorized.

Marine hospital, appropriations for_.
Marshals-

16

49

Salaries for __.

45

Native pupils-

Positions for.

Nome: Term of court at_____

Medicine and surgery, practice of, in---

Military post roads, bridges, and trails, appropriation for..

Mine inspectors, appropriation for

Mineral resources, appropriation for investigation of
Miscellaneous expenses, appropriations for-----

Transportation of.

Natives, food, fuel and clothing for.

48

33-35

68,107

11

2,36

48

3,40

14.50

Oaths administered by revenue-cutter officers__

43

Officials, salaries for....

Officers, appropriation for....

Officers and soldiers, transportation of remains of

77.113

11.46

Police, appropriation for_-_-

Peace officers, school employees appointed as.

47,48

41

4,40

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