Reserved from settlement. The Medicine Bow Forest Reserve. 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 settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Medicine Bow 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 22d day of May, in the year of By the President: JOHN HAY Secretary of State. [No. 21.] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, The Big Horn Forest Reserve, in the State of Wyoming. was established by proclamation dated February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, 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 lines of such reserve, or may vacate altogether any order creating such reserve"; under which provision, the boundary lines of the said forest reserve were changed and enlarged by proclamation dated June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred; 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 there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement, and added to and made a part of the aforesaid Big Horn Forest Reserve, all those certain tracts, pieces or par cels of land lying and being situate in the State of Wyoming and particularly described as follows, to wit: Boundaries en The west half of Township fifty-six (56) North, Range eighty-seven larged. (87) West; all of Townships fifty-five (55) and fifty-six (56) North, Range eighty-eight (88) West; and the south half of Township fiftyseven (57) North, Range eighty-eight (88) West, Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian, Wyoming. Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands Lands excepted. 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 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 22d day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and two, and of the [SEAL.] Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-sixth. By the President: THEODORE ROOSEVELT Reserved from settlement. JOHN HAY Secretary of State. [No. 22.] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by Executive Order dated December 27, 1875, Section 7, township 15 south, range 2 east, San Bernardino Meridian, California, was with certain other tracts of land withdrawn from the public domain and reserved for the use of the Captain Grande band or Village of Mission Indians; and Whereas, the Commission appointed under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved January 12, 1891, entitled "An act for the relief of the Mission Indians in the State of California”, (U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. 26, page 712) selected for the said Captain Grande band or village of Indians certain tracts of land and intentionally omitted and excluded from such selection the said section 7, township 15 south, range 2 east, and reported that the tracts thus omitted included the lands upon which were found the claims of Jacob Kühner and others; and Whereas, the report and recommendations of the said Commission were approved by Executive Order dated December 29, 1891, which Order also directed that "All of the lands mentioned in said report are hereby withdrawn from settlement and entry until patents shall have issued for said selected reservations, and until the recommendations of said Commission shall be fully executed, and, by the proclamation of the President of the United States, the lands or any part Land in California restored to public domain. Whereas a patent was issued March 10, 1894, to the said Indians for the lands selected by the Commission as aforesaid and which patent alsc excluded the said Section 7, township 15 south, range 2 east; and Whereas it appears that the said Jacob Kühner can not make the requisite filings on the land occupied by him until it shall have been formally restored to the public domain, and that no good reason appears to exist for the further reservation of the said section for the said band of Indians: Now, therefore, I, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested, do hereby declare and make known that the Executive Orders dated December 27, 1875 and December 29, 1891 are so far modified as to except from their provisions Section 7 of township 15 south, range 2 east, San Bernardino meridian, and the said section is hereby restored to the public domain. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. of Done at the City of Washington this 29 day of May in the year our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and two, and of the [SEAL.] Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-sixth. By the President: THEODORE ROOSEVELT DAVID J. HILL, Acting Secretary of State. June 13, 1902. Preamble. Vol. 26, p. 1103. Vol. 30, p. 36. Yellowstone Forest Reserve, Wyoming. Area added. Lands excepted. [No. 23.] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, The Yellowstone Forest Reserve, in the State of Wyoming, was established by proclamation dated May twenty-second, nineteen hundred and two, under the provisions of the acts of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes", and 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", superseding the Yellowstone Park Timber Land Reserve:" And whereas, the public lands in the State of Wyoming, 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: Now, therefore, I, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President of the United States, by virtue of the power vested in me by the aforesaid acts of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement, and added to and made a part of the aforesaid Yellowstone Forest Reserve, all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of Wyoming and particularly described as follows, to wit: Sections one (1), two (2) and three (3), Township forty-eight (48) North, Range one hundred and four (104) West; and all of Township forty-nine (49) North, Range one hundred and four (104) West, Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian, Wyoming. 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 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 13th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and two, and of [SEAL.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-sixth. By the President: JOHN HAY THEODORE ROOSEVELT Reserved from settlement. Secretary of State. [No. 24.] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. June 23, 1902. Preamble. Ante, p. 1977. Whereas, in the opening of the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, and Wichita Indian lands in the Territory of Oklahoma, by proclamation dated July 4, 1901, pursuant to section six of the Act of Congress Vol. 31, pp. 672, 676 approved June 6, 1900 (31 Stat., 672, 676), the west half of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter and lot fourteen, of section sixteen in township seven north, of range ten west of the Indian principal meridian, containing thirty eight acres and sixty hundredths of an acre, were reserved for the use of the Kiowa and Comanche Indian Agency; And whereas, it appears that said land is no longer used or required for use by said Indian agency, and that it adjoins the City of Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory, and is needed by said city for park purposes, the mayor of which city has applied to make entry thereof for said purposes under the act of Congress approved September 30, 1890 (26 Stat., 502). Vol. 26, p. 502. Kiowa and Comanche Indian Agency. domain public for Now, therefore, I, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section six of said act Land restored to of Congress of June 6, 1900, do hereby declare and make known that park purposes at Anasaid land is hereby restored to the public domain, to be disposed of darko City, Okla. to said city for park purposes under said act of Congress approved September 30, 1890. 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 June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two, and of the [SEAL.] Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty sixth. By the President: DAVID J. HILL, THEODORE ROOSEVELT [No. 25.] June 28, 1902. Preamble. Vol. 30, p. 36. White River Forest Reserve, Colorado. New boundaries. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, the White River Plateau Timber Land Reserve, in the State of Colorado, was established by proclamation dated October sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, 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 timberculture 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 ninetyeight, 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 lines 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 boundary lines of the aforesaid White River Plateau Timber Land Reserve are hereby changed so as to read as follows: Beginning at the north-west corner of Section twenty-seven (27), Township five (5) North, Range ninety-one (91) West, Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian, Colorado; thence easterly along the section lines to the north-east corner of Section twenty-nine (29), Township five (5) North, Range ninety (90) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly along the section lines to the north-east corner of Section thirty-five (35), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly along the First (1st) Correction Line North to the north-east corner of Township four (4) North, Range ninety (90) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly along the section lines to the north-west corner of Section twelve (12), Township three (3) North, Range ninety (90) West; thence easterly along the section lines to the south-west corner of Section four (4), Township three (3) North, Range eighty-nine (89) West; thence northerly along the section lines to the north-west corner of Section twenty-one (21), Township four (4) North, Range eighty-nine (89) West; thence easterly along the section lines to the north-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence southerly to the southeast corner of said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section six (6), Township three (3) North, Range eighty-eight (88) West; thence southerly along the section lines to the north-west corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twentyone (21), said township; thence southerly along the section lines to the north-west corner of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence |