Reserve-Contin to the south-east corner of Section twenty-six (26), said township; Hell Gate Forest thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section thirty-one (31), ued. said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Township two (2) North, Range seventeen (17) West; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section four (4), Township one (1) North, Range seventeen (17) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section five (5), said township; thence westerly to the northwest corner of Section seven (7), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Township one (1) North, Range eighteen. (18) West; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section two (2), Township one (1) South, Range eighteen (18) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section ten (10), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section seven (7), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Township one (1) South, Range nineteen (19) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty-two (32), Township one (1) North, Range nineteen (19) West; thence northerly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section five (5), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-six (36), Township two (2) North, Range twenty (20) West; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence westerly to the southwest corner of Section twenty-three (23), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section four (4), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township three (3) North, Range twenty (20) West; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section twentysix (26), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly, allowing for the offset on the section line between Sections six (6) and seven (7), said township, to the north-west corner of Section seventeen (17), Township four (4) North, Range twenty (20) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section three (3), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Township five (5) North, Range twenty (20) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section thirty-one (31), Township five (5) North, Range nineteen (19) West; 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 north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section four (4), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section thirtythree (33), Township six (6) North, Range nineteen (19) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-seven (27), Township seven (7) North, Range nineteen (19) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section two (2), said township: thence easterly to the south-east corner of Township eight (8) North, Range nineteen (19) West; thence northerly, allowing for the offset on the Second (2nd) Standard Reserve-Contin ued. Hell Gate Forest Parallel North, to the north-west corner of Section eighteen (18). Township nine (9) North, Range eighteen (18) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-west corner of Section five (5), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the southwest corner of Section thirty-two (32), Township ten (10) North, Range eighteen (18) West; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-one (31), Township eleven (11) North, Range eighteen (18) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty (30), said township; thence northerly to the northcast corner of Section twenty-five (25), Township eleven (11) North, Range nineteen (19) West; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section fourteen (14), 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 north-west corner of Section twelve (12), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly, allowing for the offset on the township line, to the north-west corner of Section thirty (30), Township twelve (12) North, Range eighteen (18) West; thence easterly to the southeast corner of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the northwest corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section eighteen (18), said township; thence easterly to the southeast corner of Section eight (8), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the southwest corner of Section six (6), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said township; thence easterly to the southeast corner of Section thirty-one (31), Township thirteen (13) North, Range eighteen (18) West; thence northerly to the northwest corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township, 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 direc tions 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 Hell Gate 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 October, 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 thirtieth. By the President: ELIHU ROOT THEODORE ROOSEVELT Secretary of State. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, the Lincoln Forest Reserve, in the Teritory of New Mexico, was established by proclamation dated July twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and two, under and by virtue of section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, "An act to repeal timber-culture 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 And whereas, it appears that the public good would be promoted by releasing and excluding certain lands from the said forest reserve, and by including therein certain additional lands, in the Territory of New Mexico, which are in part covered with timber; Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested 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 Lincoln Forest Reserve are hereby so changed as to read as follows: Beginning at the north-west corner of Township ten (10) South, Range ten (10) East, New Mexico Principal Meridian, New Mexico; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township nine (9) South, Range ten (10) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the northeast 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 or Section seven (7), Township nine (9) South, Range eleven (11) East; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section six (6), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section five (5), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-two (32), Township eight (8) South, Range eleven (11) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), fractional Township eight (8) South, Range twelve (12) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said township; thence westerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township seven (7) South, Range eleven (11) East; 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-west corner of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence easterly to the northeast corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner October 3, 1905. Lincoln Forest Vol. 32, p. 2018. Vol. 30, p. 36. Boundaries modi fied. Description. Reserve Contin ued. Lincoln Forest of Section one (1), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of fractional Township seven (7) South, Range twelve (12) East; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section seven (7), Township seven (7) South, Range thirteen (13) East; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section twelve (12), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Township seven (7) South, Range fourteen (14) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section six (6), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section eight (8), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-three (23), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-two (22), Township seven (7) South, Range fifteen (15) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section seventeen (17), Township seven (7) South, Range sixteen (16) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirteen (13), Township seven (7) South, Range seventeen (17) East; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section nineteen (19), Township seven (7) South, Range eighteen (18) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twentyseven (27), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-six (36), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), Township eight (8) South, Range eighteen (18) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirtyfive (35), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section two (2), Township nine (9) South, Range eighteen (18) East; thence southerly to the north-east corner of Section twentyseven (27), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section thirty-one (31), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Township nine (9) South, Range seventeen (17) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said township; thence westerly to the southeast corner of Township eight (8) South, Range fourteen (14) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirty (30), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Township nine (9) South, Range fourteen (14) East; thence easterly along the township line to the western boundary line of the abandoned Fort Stanton Military Reservation; thence in a general southeasterly and northeasterly direction along the boundary of said reservation as extended by Executive order dated November first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, for the use of the United States Marine Hospital Service, to the north-west corner of lot two (2) in Section three (3), Township ten (10) South, Range fifteen (15) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Township eleven (11) South, Range fifteen (15) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Township eleven (11) South, Range thirteen (13) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township ten (10) South, Range ten (10) East; thence north Lincoln Forest Reserve erly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-two (22), said town- And further beginning at the north-east corner of Township thirteen (13) South, Range eleven (11) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township thirteen (13) South, Range ten (10) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-eight (28), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section eight (8), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-nine (29), Township twelve (12) South, Range ten (10) East; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence northerly to the south-west corner of Section ten (10), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section two (2), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of lot three (3) in Section one (1), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of lot one (1) in said section; thence southerly to the southwest corner of Township twelve (12) South, Range eleven (11) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Township thirteen (13) South, Range eleven (11) 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; 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. Contin Lands excepted. Restored lands The lands hereby excluded from the reserve and restored to the public domain shall be open to settlement from the date hereof, but open to settlement. shall not be subject to entry, filing or selection until after ninety days notice by such publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation. 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 October, 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 thirtieth. By the President: ELIHU ROOT THEODORE ROOSEVELT Reserved from settlement. Secretary of State. |