]'{76 PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 12, 13, 14. Done at the City of Washington, this thirtieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and of the Inde- [SEAL.] pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and twenty-second. WILLIAM MCKINLEY By the President: WILLIAM B. DAY, ~ Secretary of State. , [N o. 13.] Juno 2*7.1898- BY THE PRESIDENT or; THLE UNITED STATES OF Amtnmch. · A PROULAMATION. Preamble- Whereas, for the reasons set forth in my Proclamation of April 22, ‘""‘·""°°‘ 1898, a blockade of the ports on the northern coast of Cuba, from Cardenas to Bahia Honda, inclusive, and of the port of Cieniinegos, on the south coast of Cuba, was declared to have been instituted; and Whereas, it has become desirable to extend the blockade toother Spanish ports: " ‘ cn-. Now therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, $*•¤·*¤¤ ··* l>l°°k· do hereby declare and proclaim that, in addition to the blockade of the ports specified in my Proclamation of April 22, 1898, the United States i of America has instituted and will maintain an effective blockade of all the ports on the south coast of Cuba, from Cape Frances to Cape _ Cruz, inclusive, and also of the port of San Juan, in the island of Porto Rico. , ¤•¤¤1*·¤•¤¤¤- · Neutral vessels lying in any of the ports to w_hich the blockade is_by the present Proclamation extended, will be allowed thirty days to issue therefrom, with can go. 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 twenty-seventh day of June, A. D., 1898, and of the Independence of the United States [SEAL.] the one hundred and twenty-second. W11.Lum McKm1.mY By the President: J. B. Moonm, Acting Secretary of State. [No. 14.] June 29,1UB· BY Tm; PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF Amie1x30A. A PROCLAMATION. r»¤¤b¤•.v¤1.¤¤. r. Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, m" 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"; nm, pa. And whereas, itis further provided by the Act of Congress, approved dune fourth,_eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, *‘An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,
