2226 PROCLAMATION S, 1909. ram¤y1s,1sos. BY THE Pnnsmnrrr or THE Umrnn STATES or Amnmoa A PROCLAMATION Sioux Nacional F¤r· WHEREAS, an Executive Order dated July second, nineteen hun- 6g3E15d S' mk` dred and e` ht, consolidated the Ekalaka and Long Pine National 32X$°l·3*· PP- mt *235- Forests, in the State of Montana, and the Short Pine, Slim Buttes and v61.:¤,pp.2s:ss,2ssv. Cave Ngtionalgorestg, the State of South Dakota, under the name o the ioux ationa orest; And whereas, it appears that the public good would be promoted b addi to the Sioux National Forest certain lands within the State of’SoutliG)akota, which are in part covered with timber; _ ggpxsgagegmwm- S Now, ftherrlefore, E), Theodor? tlgoosevelt, Preside11itdof) th; Igmiteri ‘'tates o erica virtue o e power m me ves e e c o Congress, approvdd ilune fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal {year ending June ,thirt1eth, eighteen hundred and mnetly-eight, and or other purlposes, do proclaim that the Sioux N ationa Forest is hereby enlarge and that its boundaries are as shown on the two parts of the diagram forming a part hereof. fwlggiyr rizm ¤¤*= ¤f· The withdrawal made lily this proclamation shall, as to all lands ` which are at this date lega y appropriated_under the public land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be sub] act 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 pppropriation is egally maintained, or such reservation remains in orce. Q,g*<=3¤;*¤¤*;*3,lf¤dS· This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of ' 'p` 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 amxed. _ Done at the Ci? of Washington this 15th day of February, m the year o our Lord one thousandnme hundred and nine, and [smn.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-third. Tnnonoan Roosnvmrr By the President: Romzar Bacon Secretary of State. February io. um. BY THE Piznsmnxr or mn Uxrrnn Srarns or Amzmoa A PROCLAMATION ,,Q`rQ;¢¤X¤hgk:* ‘ °¤°* WHEREAS, an Executive Order dated July second, nineteen hun- Smainble._ dred and eight, consolidated the Alexander Archimelago and Tongass ”"""2“°’m"2‘ National Forests under the name of the Tongass National Forest; And whereas, it appears that the piublic good would be promoted by adding it<HhekTongasp1 National orest cgrtairi lan?8 within the Territory o as a, w ic are in part covere wit tim r; Qrvgngomwsgimmm. Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United °` ’ p' States of America, by virtue of the rilower in me vested by the Act of Congress, approved June fourth, eig teen hundred and nmety-seven, entitled, “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
