Reserve-Contin Township thirty-five (35) North, Range five (5) East; thence west- San Juan Forest erly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the ued. south-east corner of the north-east quarter of Section eight (8), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section seven (7), said township; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section seventeen (17), Township thirtyfour (34) North, Range five. (5) East; thence easterly to the northeast corner of said section; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section ten (10), Township thirty-three (33) North, Range five (5) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence westerly along the Eighth (8th) Correction Line North to its intersection with the eastern boundary of the Tierra Amarilla Grant; thence in a north-westerly and south-westerly direction along said boundary to its intersection with the quarter-section line between the north-half and the south-half of Section nineteen (19), Township thirty-four (34) North, Range three (3) East; thence westerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-four (24), Township thirty-four (34) North, Range two (2) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-six (26), Township thirty-three (33) North, Range two (2) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty (30), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section eight (8), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section six (6), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirtyfour (34), Township thirty-four (34) North, Range one (1) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section thirteen (13), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section seven (7), Township thirty-four (34) North, Range two (2) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section five (5), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section twenty (20), Township thirty-five (35) North, Range two (2) East; thence westerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section thirty (30), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), Township thirty-five (35) North, Range one (1) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said township; thence westerly to the southwest corner of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the northeast corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section six (6), said township; thence northerly Reserve--Contin ued. San Juan Forest along the New Mexico Principal Meridian to the south-east corner of Township thirty-six (36) North, Range one (1) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-six (36), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section ten (10), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section four (4), said township; thence westerly along the Ninth (9th) Correction Line North to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty-four (34), Township thirty-seven (37) North, Range one (1) West; thence northerly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section twentyeight (28), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence easterly along the Ninth (9th) Correction Line North to the north-east corner of Section six (6), Township thirty-six (36) North, Range one (1) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section ten (10), Township thirty-six (36) North, Range two (2) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the northeast quarter of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty (20), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section eighteen (18), 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 north-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the southeast corner of the north-east quarter of Section thirteen (13), fractional Township thirty-six (36) North, Range two and one-half (21) West; thence westerly 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 fractional Section ten (10), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of fractional Section three (3), said township; thence easterly along the Ninth (9th) Correction Line North to the south-east corner of Section thirty-one (31), Township thirty-seven (37) North, Range two (2) West; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section twelve (12), Township thirty-seven (37) North, Range three (3) West; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section eleven (11), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the southwest quarter of said section; thence westerly along the Ninth (9th) Correction Line North to the north-west corner of Section four (4), Township thirty-six (36) North, Range three (3) West; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section three (3), Township thirty-five (35) North, Range three (3) West; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence easterly to the north-east San Juan Forest Reserve Contin corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirteen (13), said town- VOL XXXIV, PT 3—16 Lands excepted. Reserved from settlement. Name. ner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-one (21), Township forty-two (42) North, Range four (4) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section eleven (11), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section one (1), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Township forty-two (42) North, Range three (3) West, the place of beginning; 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 San Juan 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 3d day of June, in the year By the President: FRANCIS B. LOOMIS Acting Secretary of State. June 5, 1905. Battlement Mesa Forest Reserve. Colo. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, the Battlement Mesa Forest Reserve, in the State of Colorado, was established by proclamation dated December twentyVol. 27, 1053; fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, under and by virtue of Preamble. Vol. 33, p. 2359. Vol. 26, p. 1103. Vol. 30, p. 36. section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An act to repeal timberculture laws, and for other purposes", which provides, "That the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing 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, it is further provided by the Act 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 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", under which provision the boundary lines of the said forest. reserve were changed and the area thereof reduced by proclamation dated May sixteenth, nineteen hundred and four; And whereas, it appears that the public good would be promoted by further releasing and excluding lands from the said forest reserve, and by including therein additional lands which are in part covered with timber: Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power vested in me by the aforesaid act of Congress approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, do hereby make known and proclaim that the boundary lines of the aforesaid Battlement Mesa Forest Reserve are hereby further modified so as to read as follows: Vol. 33, p. 2359. Boundaries modi fied. Beginning at the north-west corner of Section three (3), Township Description. nine (9) South, Range ninety-seven (97) West, Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian, Colorado; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township eight (8) South, Range ninety-six (96) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section fifteen (15), Township eight (8) South, Range ninety-five (95) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section three (3), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Township seven (7) South, Range ninety-five (95) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19), Township seven (7) South, Range ninety-four (94) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-one (21), Township seven (7) South, Range ninety-three (93) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section three (3), Township eight (8) South, Range ninety-three (93) West; 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 south-west corner of Section eighteen (18), Township eight (8) South, Range ninetytwo (92) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Township eight (8) South, Range ninety-one (91) West; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section four (4), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Township eight (8) South, Range ninety (90) West; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Township nine (9) South, Range eighty-nine (89) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said township; thence southerly, allowing for the proper offset on the Second (2nd) Correction Line South, to the south-east corner of Township twelve (12) South, Range eighty-nine (89) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Township twelve (12) South, Range ninety-three (93) West; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), Township twelve (12) South, Range ninety-four (94) West; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-three (23), Township twelve (12) South, Range ninety-five (95) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the southwest corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the northeast quarter of Section ten (10), Township thirteen (13) South, |