PRooLAMAT1oNs, 1916. 1767 _ And I do further proclaim and make known that in my judgment it s,,;‘§?j§‘§§g°§,&,_’° is proper and necessairiy in the interest of equal op rtunity and good administration that of such excluded lands subibct to disposition should be restored to settlement in advance of entry, and pursuant VI to_ the authority reposed in me by the aforesaid Act of September °‘38’°'m’ thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thu·teen, I do hereby direct and provide that such lands, sub`ect to valid rights and the provisions of _ existing withdrawals, shall be opened and become subject to settle- Tum °t°°°°mg’ ment only, under the general provisions of the homestead laws, at and after, but not before nine o’clock a. m., standard time, on the sixty-third day after the date of this proclamation; and to entry and other disposition, under any public and law applicable thereto, at and after, but not before, nine o’clock a. m., on the ninety-first day aftlgr said date. I mm W, ersons who o upon an of the ands to be restored as herein ro- f, _ vided and fperfoiiim any actyof settlement thereon from and including gis-mg pmt to pm thedate o this proclamation until nine o’olock a. m., standard time, on the sixty-third day from and after the date hereof, or who are on or are occupying any part of such lands at said hour, except those having valid su sisting settlement rights initiated prior to reservation and since maintained, and those having preferences to make entry under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six (34 Stat., 233), entitled "An Act A _ tmmmk To dprovide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest rwerves", vEil°3`il p. me an Acts amendatory, will e considered and dealt with as trespassers and preference will be given the prior legal applicant, notwithstanding such unlawful settlement or occupancy: Provided ,°§_§§’“*”“"°“s "" however, that nothing herein shall prevent persons from going upon and over the lands to examine them with a view thereafter to going upon and making settlement thereon when the lands shall become. subgect thereto in accordance with this proclamation. Persons having prior ,,g*Q,Q:°{,,_ ‘°‘“°“‘°"‘ settlement rights or preferences, as above defined, will be allowed to make ent? in conformit with existing law and regulations. IN WI NESS WHEEEOF 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 February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, [smut.] and of the Inde endence of the United States the one hundred and fortieth. Woonnow W1LsoN By the President: Rosmzr Lrmsmo Secretary ¢y·‘Smze. Br rum Piznsmsxr or run Uxrrrm Srarns or Aumzrca, lfmh 2·¤9¤**· A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it appears that the public good will be promoted by &;§h,·§:j}hN¤**°¤¤* FM- excluding from the Chelan National Forest, Washington, certain rmmtit. areas, and withdrawing a portion thereof for classification, and by restorin the public lands subject to disposition in the remaining excluded areas in a manner authorized by the Act of Congress V°l·&",P— 1*3- approved Septembcr thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen (38 Stat., 113), entitled "An Act To authorize the President to provide a method for opening lands restored from reservation or withdrawal, and for other pur oses"; _ _ _ Now, thereforc,}I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United $;§j‘3‘§*’§‘)f“3’,§l’°d· States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act ’ of Congress approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
