Township forty-three (43) North, Range fourteen (14) East; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section three (3), said township; thence easterly to the northeast corner of said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), Township forty-four (44) North, Range fourteen (14) East; thence westerly to the south west corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly along the section lines to the north-west corner of Section two (2), Township forty-five (45) North, Range fourteen (14), East; thence westerly along the Ninth (9th) Standard Parallel North to the south-west corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township forty-six (46) North, Range fourteen (14) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section ten (10), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the southeast quarter of Section eleven (11), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of Section two (2), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the northeast corner of said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Township forty-seven (47) North, Range fifteen (15) East, the place of beginning. Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired: Provided, that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler or claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing or settlement was made. Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settiement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Warner Mountains Forest Reserve. 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 29th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four, and [SEAL.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-ninth. By the President: JOHN HAY THEODORE ROOSEVELT Lands excepted Reserved from settlement. The Warner Mountains Forest Reserve. Secretary of State. [No. 37.] November 29, 1904. Preamble. Forest reserve, California. Boundaries. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes", "That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered. with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof"; And whereas, the public lands in the State of California, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation; Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there are hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of California, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows: Beginning at the north-west corner of Township forty-eight (48) North, Range ten (10) East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, California; thence easterly along the State Line between the States of California and Oregon, to the north-east corner of Lot three (3) of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence southerly to the northwest corner of the south-east quarter of Section twenty-five (25), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-five (35), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Township forty-seven (47) North, Range ten (10) East; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19), Township forty-seven (47) North, Range eleven (11) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Lot three (3) of Section seven (7), Township forty-seven (47) North, Range twelve (12) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section eight (8), said township; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section ten (10), said township; thence easterly along the quarter section lines to the point of intersection with the shore line of Goose Lake, in Section eight (8), Township forty-seven (47) North, Range thirteen (13) East; thence in a general southerly direction along the shore line of Goose Lake to the point of intersection with the section line between Sections twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28), Township forty-five (45) North, Range thirteen (13) East; thence southerly along the section lines to the south-east corner of Section nine (9), Township forty-four (44) North, Range thirteen (13) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section twentyone (21), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of thirty-three (33), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), Township forty-four (44) North, Range twelve (12) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-five (35), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), Township forty-four (44) North, Range eleven (11) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-five (35), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), Township fortyfour (44) North, Range ten (10) East; thence westerly to the southwest corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-five (35), said township; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of the north-east quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the north-west quarter of the north-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of the north-east quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-cast quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the north-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the north east corner of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-east corner of the northwest quarter of Section thirty (30), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly along the range line, allowing for the proper offset on the Ninth (9th) Standard Parallel North, to the north-west corner of Township fortyeight (48) North, Range ten (10) East, the place of beginning. Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired: PROVIDED, that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler or claimant continues to comply with the Lands excepted. Reserved from set tlement. The Modoc Forest Reserve. Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settle ment upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Modo Forest Reserve. 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 29th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four, and [SEAL.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-ninth. By the President: JOHN HAY Secretary of State. THEODORE ROOSEVELT [No. 38.] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, the South Platte Forest Reserve, in the State of Colorado, was established by proclamation dated December ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, under and by virtue of section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes", which provides, "That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof"; And whereas, it is further provided 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", that "the President is hereby authorized at any time to modify any Executive order that has been or may hereafter be made establishing any forest reserve, and by such modification may reduce the area or change the boundary line of such reserve, or may vacate altogether any order creating such reserve"; Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power vested in me by the aforesaid act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, do hereby make known and proclaim that the following described lands in the State of Colorado are hereby released and eliminated from the aforesaid South Platte Forest Reserve, and the aforesaid proclamation dated December ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, establishing said reserve, is hereby vacated to that extent, and no more: In Township eleven (11) South, Range seventy-three (73) West, Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian, Colorado, the west half of Section eighteen (18), Section nineteen (19), the west half of Section twentyeight (28), Sections twenty-nine (29), thirty (30), thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32), and the south half and north-west quarter of Section thirty-three (33); In Township twelve (12) South, Range seventy-three (73) West, Lots tions four (4) to nine (9), both inclusive, Sections sixteen (16) to twentyone (21), both inclusive, the south half of Section twenty-two (22), the west half of Sections twenty-three (23) and twenty-six (26), and Sections twenty-seven (27) to thirty-five (35), both inclusive; In Township ten (10) South, Range seventy-four (74) West, the west half of Section three (3), the east half of Section four (4), the south-east quarter of Section eight (8), Section nine (9), the west half of Section ten (10), Sections fifteen (15) to twenty-two (22), both inclusive, Sections twenty-seven (27) to thirty-three (33), both inclusive, and the north half and south-west quarter of Section thirty-four (34); › In Township twelve (12) South, Range seventy-four (74) West, Section thirteen (13), the east half of Sections fourteen (14) and twentythree (23), Section twenty-four (24), the north half of Section twentyfive (25), and the north-east quarter of Section twenty-six (26). And whereas, the public lands in the State of Colorado, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation, I hereby further make known and proclaim, by virtue of the power vested in me by the aforesaid acts of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, that the following described public lands are hereby reserved from entry or settlement, and are added to and made a part of the aforesaid South Platte Forest Reserve: In Township eleven (11) South, Range seventy-four (74) West, Sections one (1) and two (2), the east half of Section three (3), the northeast quarter of Section ten (10), Sections eleven (11) and twelve (12), and the north half of Sections thirteen (13) and fourteen (14). Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States Land Office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired: Provided, that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler or claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing or settlement was made. Lands reserved. Vol. 26, p. 1103. Lands excepted. Date of opening to settlement lands re main. The lands hereby excluded from the reserve and restored to the public domain shall be open to settlement from the date hereof, but stored to public doshall not be subject to entry, filing or selection until after ninety days notice by such publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. 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 6th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four, and [SEAL.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-ninth. By the President: JOHN HAY THEODORE ROOSEVELT Reserved from settlement. Secretary of State. |