HomeMy WebLinkAbout1906-028 Proclamation - Ashland Forest Reserve Expansion
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ASHLAND FOREST RESERVE.
otzBGON.
(SECOND PROCLAMATION.)
Vp the jPresibent of the United Ztates of America.
El 11",rOdamati0n.
W HERF_AS, the Ashland Forest Reserve, in the State of Oregon, was
established by proclamation dated September twenty-eighth, eighteen
hundred and ninety-three ;
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And whereas, it is provided by the Act of Congress, approved June
fourth, eighteen hunched 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
And whereas, it appears that the public good would be promoted by
adding to the said forest reserve certain lands, within the State of Oregon,
which are in part covered with timber;
Now therefore I i'xEOnoEE ROOSEVELT, President of the United
States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid
act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven,
do proclaim that the aforesaid Ashland Forest Reserve is hereby, enlarged
to include the said additional lands, and that the boundaries of the reserve
are, accordingly, now as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof;
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: PYovicde2', 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 settle-
ment upon the lands reserved by this proclamation.
~1z I`~zttt~'~, ~ ~ 11wi `0f, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the United States to be aftixcd.
Do\E at the City of Washington this 24th day of April, in
the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
[SEAL. six, and of the Independence of the United States the
one hundred and thirtieth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
By the President:
ELmc ROOT
Secretary of State.
ASHLAND FOREST RESERVE
OREGON.
FOREST SERVICE, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE
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[DIAGRAM FORMING A PART OF PROCLAMATION
DATED APRIL 24, 1906.3
Longitude4-5°4XWfrom Washington