BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, it is provided in the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1893, entitled "An Act Making appropriations for sudry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes", "That the President is hereby authorized by proclamation to withhold from sale and grant for public use to the municipal corporation in which the same is situated all or any portion of any abandoned military reservation not exceeding twenty acres in one place ", And, Whereas, the Fort Sherman Military reservation at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, created by Executive orders of August 25, 1879, and April 22, 1880, and enlarged by Executive orders of May 26, 1891, and February 2, 1892, and containing 902.21 acres, more or less, was by Executive order of October 5, 1900, placed under the custody of the Interior Department for disposal under the act of July 5, 1884, being "An Act To provide for the disposal of abandoned and useless military reservations ", Ånd, Whereas, the citizens of the town of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, have petitioned that a portion of the said reservation be granted to the Municipal Authorities of the town of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, for the use of a public cemetery, Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress aforesaid, do hereby withdraw from sale, entry or other disposition, the land embraced in the legal subdivision, designated on the official plat of survey of the former Fort Sherman Military reservation as Lot 9 in section 14, township 50 north of range 4 west, Boise Meridian, containing 19.45 acres, and do hereby grant, for public use, the said described tract of land to the incorporated town of Coeur d'Alene, in the State of Idaho. 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 6th day of May, in the year By the President: FRANCIS B LOOMIS Acting Secretary of State. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entifled, "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 bear ing 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 "; And whereas, the public lands in the State of Oregon, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation; Forest reserve, Oregon. Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there are hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of Oregon, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows: Beginning at the north-west corner of Township one (1) South, Description. Range forty-one (41) East, Willamette Meridian, Oregon; thence easterly along the Base Line to the north-east corner of Section six (6), Township one (1) South, Range forty-two (42) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the northwest corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence easterly along the section lines, allowing for the proper offset on the range line, to the north-east corner of Section nineteen (19), Township one (1) South, Range forty-three (43) East; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section fifteen (15), Township two (2) South, Range forty-three (43) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section eighteen (18), Township two (2) South, Range forty-four (44) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty (20), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section three (3), Township three (3) South, Range forty-four (44) East; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence southerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section eighteen (18), Township three (3) South, Range forty-five (45) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of. the south-west quarter of Sectior twenty-nine (29), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-eight (28), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), said township; thence southerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirty (30), Township three (3) South, Range forty-six (46) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty-two (22), Township 'three (3) South, Range forty-seven (47) East; thence southerly to the Reserve-Contin ued. Wallowa Forest south-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section twentysix (26), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence easterly to the northeast corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the northwest corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section seventeen (17), Township three (3) South, Range Forty-eight (48) East; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence westerly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section four (4), Township four (4) South, Range fortyeight (48) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the southwest corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-one (31), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the northwest quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-west corner of Section three (3), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of the southeast quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township three (3), South, Range forty-eight (48) East; thence northerly to the northwest corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section eighteen (18), Township three (3) South, Range forty-nine (49) East; thence easterly to the middle of the channel of Snake River; thence in a general south-westerly direction along the middle. of the channel of said river to its intersection with the section line. between Sections nineteen (19) and thirty (30), Township five (5) South, Range forty-nine (49) East; thence westerly to the northeast corner of Section twenty-six (26), Township five (5) South, Range forty-eight (48) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly along the First (1st) Standard Parallel South to the north-east corner of Section five (5), Township six (6) South, Range forty-eight (48) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section seven (7), said township; thence Reserve-Contin westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly Wallowa Forest to the south-east corner of Section twelve (12), Township seven (7) ued. South, Range forty-seven (47) East; thence westerly to the northeast corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the south-east quarter of Section fifteen (15), Township seven (7) South, Range forty-six (46) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section eighteen (18), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twelve (12), Township seven (7) South, Range forty-five (45) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the southeast quarter of Section seven (7), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said township; thence westerly to the south-east corner of Township six (6) South; Range forty-three (43) East; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty (30), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twelve (12), Township six (6) South, Range forty-two (42) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section seven (7), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section six (6), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence northerly along the range line, allowing for the proper offset on the First (1st) Standard Parallel South, to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirty (30), Township five (5) South, Range forty-two (42) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section eighteen (18), said township; thence westerly along the section lines, allowing for the proper offset on the range line, to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section fourteen (14), Township five (5) South, Range forty-one (41) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section three (3), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-seven (27), Township four (4) South, Range forty-one (41) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section four (4), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty-two (32), Township three (3) South, Range forty-one (41) East; thence northerly to the northwest corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence westerly, Reserve-Contin ued. Wallowa Forest to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty (30), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twelve (12), Township three (3) South, Range forty (40) East; thence westerly to the southwest corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of section two (2), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the southeast corner of the north-west quarter of Section thirty-five (35), Township two (2) South, Range forty (40) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section four (4), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Township one (1) South, Range forty-one (41) East, the place of beginning; such of the above-named corners as have not been established by the official surveys being intended to be located at the points where such corners would fall in projecting the surveys in the directions indicated without allowing for any irregularities which may occur in actually extending the surveys. Lands excepted. Reserved from settlement. Name. 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: Provided, 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 settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Wallowa Forest Reserve. 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 6th day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, and of [SEAL.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-ninth. By the President: FRANCIS B. LOOMIS T. ROOSEVELT Acting Secretary of State. |