PROCLAMATIONS, 1909. . 2225 Interior may prescribe, but shall not become subject to entry, filing, selection, or other form of appropriation until the expiration of thirty days from the date so fixed, an no person will be permitted to gain or exercise any rrglht whatever under any settlement or occupation begun prior to suc date, and all such settlement and occupation are hereby forbidden. IN WITNESS WIIEREOF, I have herenmto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 15th day of February, in the year 0 our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, [san.,] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-third. Tmszonorm Roosnvnrxr By the President: Ronmvr Bacon Secretary of State. BY THE Pnnsmmrr or run UNITED Smams 01-* Aumuca r·•bnnry1s,1¤00. A PROCLAMATION WIIEREAS, an Executive Order signed June twenty-sixth, nine- FP·1¤¤k g¤§N¤¤¤¤¤¤ teen hundred and eight, changed the oundaries of the Black Hills wi£~?’°k" nd Natrona] Forest by transferring the portion of the National Forest “"'°l°· phich was located in the State of Wyoming to the Sundance National. x::;?;' QQ mg, orest;` And whereas, it appears that the public good would be promoted by adding to the Blac Hills National)Forest certain lands within the · State of South Dakota, whichare in part covered with timber; Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United {’,‘Q,‘}“3‘l,“;f$§,§,“°d*“°d· States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act i° of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety- seven, entitled, "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thrrtietb, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes," do proclaim that the Black Hills National Forest is hereby enlarged and that its boundaries are as shown on the diagram orming a part hereof. The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands ,0:;;*;* **8*** ¤¤¢ M- which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land ` laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat llegal rights under such appropriation, nor preyent the use for such public lpurpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legal y maintained, or such reser·vation remains in force. This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of ¢_¤j{fg‘jl°l‘jgl,},f*¤d$- 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," and acts amendatory thereo . IN WIT)'ESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the Cit of Washington this 15th day of February, in the year ol}, our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, [s1=:ar..] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-third. Tumononn Roosrxvrzrrr By the President: Ronnrrr Bacox Secretary of State.
