excepting Lots 7 and 8, section 21, NW 1/4 SW 1/4 and Lots 9 and 10,
section 22, T. 9 S., R. 38 E., B.M., known as "Lava Hot Springs," and
saving and excepting all of the lands within five miles of the boundary
line of the town of Pocatello, Idaho and saving and excepting the
lands ceded under the act of September 1, 1888 (25 Stat, 452), for the
purposes of a townsite, will on the 17th day of June, 1902, at and
after the hour of 12 o'clock, noon (Mountain Standard time), be opened
to settlement and entry under the terms of and subject to all the
conditions, limitations, reservations, and restrictions contained in the
statutes above specified, and the laws of the United States applicable
thereto.
In view of the provision in said act "That all of said lands within
five miles of the boundary line of the town of Pocatello shall be sold
at public auction, payable as aforesaid, under the direction of the
Secretary of the Interior for not less than ten dollars per acre," the
lands "within five miles of the boundary line of the town of Pocatello."
saving and excepting all lands allotted to the Indians, and saving and
excepting the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections in each Congressional
township, and saving and excepting the lands ceded under the act of
September 1, 1888 (25 Stat., 452), for the purposes of a townsite, will
on the 17th day of July, 1902, at and after the hour of 12 o'clock, noon
(Mountain Standard time), be offered at public auction at not less than
ten dollars per acre, under the terms and subject to all the conditions,
limitations, reservations and restrictions, contained in the statutes
above specified, and the laws of the United States applicable thereto.
Because of the provision in the act ratifying said agreement that
"The purchaser of said improvements shall have thirty days after such
purchase for preference right of entry, under the provisions of this
act, of the lands upon which the improvements purchased by him are
situated, not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres," the said lands
upon which such Indian improvements purchased are situated outside of
the lands within five miles of the town of Pocatello, shall for the
period of thirty days after said opening be subject to homestead entry,
townsite entry, stone and timber entry, and entry under the mineral laws
only by those who may have purchased the improvements thereon, and who
are accorded a preference right of entry for thirty days as aforesaid,
such entries to be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of
this act. Persons entitled to make entry under this preference right
will be permitted to do so at any time during the said period of thirty
days following the opening, and at the expiration of that period any
of said lands not so entered will come under the general provisions
of this proclamation.
The purchaser of the improvements on lands situated within five miles
of the town of Pocatello will have no preference right of entry of the
tract on which such improvements are situated, as the law provides that
"all of said lands within five miles of the boundary line of the town
of Pocatello shall be sold at public auction."
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
[SEAL.]
Done at the city of Washington the seventh day of May, A.D. 1902, and of
the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-sixth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By the President:
JOHN HAY,
_Secretary of State_.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, The Big Horn Forest Reserve, in the State of Wyoming, was
established by proclamation dated February 22d, 1897, under and by
virtue of section twenty-four of the act of Congress, approved March 3d,
1891, 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 4th, 1897, entitled, "An act making appropriations for sundry civil
expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1898,
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 such provision,
the boundary lines of the said forest reserve were changed and enlarged
by proclamation dated June 29th, 1900;
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 4th, 1897, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is
hereby reserved from entry or settlement, and added to and made a part
of the aforesaid Big Horn Forest Reserve, all those certain tracts,
pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of
Wyoming and particularly described as follows, to wit:
The west half of township fifty-six (56) north, range eighty-seven (87)
west; all of townships fifty-five (55) and fifty-six (56) north, range
eighty-eight (88) west; and the south half of township fifty-seven (57)
north, range eighty-eight (88) west, sixth (6th) Principal Meridian,
Wyoming.
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.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
[SEAL.]
Done at the city of Washington this twenty-second day of May, A.D. 1902,
and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
twenty-sixth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By the President:
JOHN HAY,
_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 3d, 1891, entitled, "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 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, the public lands in the State of Wyoming, 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;
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
is 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 Wyoming and within the boundaries
particularly described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at the point where the range line between ranges seventy-six
(76) and seventy-seven (77) west, sixth (6th) Principal Meridian,
Wyoming, intersects the boundary line between the States of Wyoming
and Colorado; thence westerly along said state boundary line to a
point where it intersects the range line between ranges eighty (80) and
eighty-one (81) west; thence northerly along said range line, allowing
for the proper offset on the third (3rd) Standard Parallel north, to the
southeast corner of township fourteen (14) north, range eighty-one (81)
west; thence westerly to the southwest corner of said township; thence
northerly along the range line allowing for the proper offset on the
fourth (4th) Standard Parallel north, to the northwest corner of
township seventeen (17) north, range eighty-one (81) west; thence
easterly to the northeast corner of said township; thence southerly to
the southeast corner of said township; thence easterly along the fourth
(4th) Standard Parallel north to the southwest corner of township
seventeen (17) north, range seventy-nine (79) west; thence northerly to
the northwest corner of said township; thence easterly to the northeast
corner of section five (5), township seventeen (17) north, range
seventy-eight (78) west; thence southerly along the section lines,
allowing for the proper offset on the fourth (4th) Standard Parallel
north, to the southeast corner of section thirty-two (32), township
fifteen (15) north, range seventy-eight (78) west; thence westerly to
the northeast corner of township fourteen (14) north, range eighty (80)
west; thence southerly to the southeast corner of said township; thence
easterly along the township line to the northeast corner of township
thirteen (13) north, range seventy-seven (77) west; thence southerly
along the range line, allowing for the proper offset on the third (3rd)
Standard Parallel north, to the point where it intersects the boundary
line between the States of Wyoming and Colorado, 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 Medicine Bow
Forest Reserve.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
[SEAL.]
Done at the city of Washington this twenty-second day of May, A.D. 1902,
and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
twenty-sixth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By the President:
JOHN HAY,
_Secretary of State_.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, the Yellowstone Park Timber Land Reserve, in the State of
Wyoming, was established by proclamation dated March 30, 1891, and the
boundary lines thereof were corrected by proclamation dated September
10, 1891, and the Teton Forest Reserve, in the State of Wyoming, was
established by proclamation dated February 22, 1897, under and by virtue
of section twenty-four of the act of Congress, approved March 3,
1891, 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 4, 1897, entitled, "An act making appropriations for sundry civil
expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, 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, the public lands in the State of Wyoming, 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 public reservations;
Now. therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States,
by virtue of the power vested in me by the aforesaid acts of Congress,
do hereby make known and proclaim that, the executive proclamations of
March 30, 1891 (26 Stat., 1565), September 10, 1891 (27 Stat., 989),
and February 22, 1897 (29 Stat., 906), are hereby superseded, it being
one purpose of this proclamation to establish the two forest reserves
hereinafter named in place of the reserves heretofore created by said
executive proclamations; and, therefore, there are hereby reserved from
entry or settlement and set apart as Public Reservations all those
certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in
the State of Wyoming and within the boundaries particularly described
as follows, to wit:
THE YELLOWSTONE FOREST RESERVE.
Beginning at the point where the eastern boundary line of the
Yellowstone National Park intersects the boundary line between the
States of Wyoming and Montana; thence easterly along said state boundary
line to the point for its intersection with the range line between
ranges one hundred and three (103) and one hundred and four (104) west,
sixth (6th) Principal Meridian, Wyoming; thence southerly along said
unsurveyed range line to the point for its intersection with the
fourteenth (14th) Standard Parallel north; thence easterly along said
parallel to the northeast corner of township fifty-six (56) north, range
one hundred and four (104) west; thence southerly along the range line
to the southeast corner of township fifty-three (53) north, range one
hundred and four (104) west; thence westerly along the thirteenth (13th)
Standard Parallel north to the northwest corner of township fifty-two
(52) north, range one hundred and four (104) west; thence southerly
along the range line to the southwest corner of township forty-nine (49)
north, range one hundred and four (104) west; thence easterly along
the twelfth (12th) Standard Parallel north to the northeast corner of
section four (4), township forty-eight (48) north, range one hundred
and four (104) west; thence southerly along the section lines to the
southeast corner of section thirty-three (33), said township; thence
easterly to the northeast corner of township forty-seven (47) north,
range one hundred and four (104) west; thence southerly to the southeast
corner of said township; thence easterly to the northeast corner of
township forty-six (46) north, range one hundred and three (103) west;
thence southerly to the southeast corner of said township; thence
easterly to the northeast corner of township forty-five (45) north,
range one hundred and two (102) west; thence southerly along the range
line, allowing for the proper offset on the eleventh (11th) Standard
Parallel north, to its intersection with the southern boundary line of
Big Horn County, Wyoming, as defined in Sec. 982 of the Revised Statutes
of Wyoming (1899); thence, in a general northwesterly and northerly
direction, along said county line to its intersection with the southern
boundary of the Yellowstone National Park; thence, in an easterly and
northerly direction, along the southern and eastern boundaries of said
park to the point of intersection with the boundary line between the
States of Wyoming and Montana, the place of beginning, to be known as
the Yellowstone Forest Reserve;
THE TETON FOREST RESERVE.
Beginning at the point where the boundary line between the States of
Wyoming and Idaho intersects the southern boundary of the Yellowstone
National Park; thence easterly along the southern boundary of said park
to its intersection with the western boundary line of Big Horn County,
Wyoming, as defined in Sec. 982 of the Revised Statutes of Wyoming
(1899); thence, in a general southerly and southeasterly direction,
along said county line to the northwest corner of the Wind River or
Shoshone Indian Reservation; thence, in a general southwesterly
direction, along the western boundary of said reservation to its
intersection with the township line between townships forty-two (42) and
forty-three (43) north; thence westerly along said township line to the
southwest corner of township forty-three (43) north, range one hundred
and seven (107) west; thence northerly to the northwest corner of
said township; thence westerly to the northeast corner of township
forty-three (43) north, range one hundred and nine (109) west; thence
southerly along the range line to the southeast corner of township
forty-one (41) north, range one hundred and nine (109) west; thence
easterly along the tenth (10th) Standard Parallel north to its
intersection with the western boundary of the Wind River or Shoshone
Indian Reservation; thence, in a southeasterly and southerly direction,
along the western boundary of said reservation to the point for its
intersection with the township line between townships thirty-three (33)
and thirty-four (34) north; thence westerly along said surveyed and
unsurveyed township line to the southwest corner of section thirty-four
(34), township thirty-four (34) north, range one hundred and nine (109)
west; thence northerly to the northwest corner of section three (3),
said township; thence westerly to the southeast corner of township
thirty-five (35) north, range one hundred and ten (110) west; thence
northerly to the north east corner of said township; thence westerly to
the southwest corner of section thirty-four (34), township thirty-six
(36) north, range one hundred and ten (110) west; thence northerly
to the northwest corner of section three (3), said township; thence
westerly along the ninth (9th) Standard Parallel north to the southeast
corner of township thirty-seven (37) north, range one hundred and ten
(110) west; thence northerly along the range line to the southeast
corner of township forty (40) north, range one hundred and ten (110)
west; thence westerly to the southwest corner of said township; thence
southerly along the range line to the southeast corner of township
thirty-seven (37) north, range one hundred and eleven (111) west; thence
westerly along the ninth (9th) Standard Parallel north to the northeast
corner of section four (4), township thirty-six (36) north, range one
hundred and twelve (112) west; thence southerly to the southeast corner
of section thirty-three (33), said township; thence westerly to the
northeast corner of township thirty-five (35) north, range one hundred
and thirteen (113) west; thence southerly to the southeast corner of
said township; thence westerly to the southwest corner of said township;
thence southerly along the range line to the southeast corner of
township thirty-three (33) north, range one hundred and fourteen (114)
west; thence westerly along the eighth (8th) Standard Parallel north
to the northeast corner of township thirty-two (32) north, range one
hundred and fifteen (115) west; thence southerly along the range line
to the southeast corner of township twenty-nine (29) north, range one
hundred and fifteen (115) west; thence westerly along the seventh (7th)
Standard Parallel north to the southeast corner of township twenty-nine
(29) north, range one hundred and eighteen (118) west; thence northerly
to the northeast corner of said township; thence westerly to the
southeast corner of the southwest quarter of section thirty-three (33),
township thirty (30) north, range one hundred and eighteen (118) west;
thence northerly along the quarter-section lines to the northeast corner
of the southwest quarter of section sixteen (16), said township; thence
westerly to the northwest corner of said quarter-section; thence
northerly along the section lines to the northeast corner of section
five (5), said township; thence westerly to the northwest corner of
said section; thence northerly to the northeast corner of the southeast
quarter of section thirty-one (31), township thirty-one (31) north,
range one hundred and eighteen (118) west; thence westerly to the
northwest corner of said quarter-section; thence northerly along the
quarter-section lines to the point of intersection with the eighth (8th)
Standard Parallel north; thence easterly along said parallel to the
southeast corner of township thirty-three (33) north, range one hundred
and eighteen (118) west; thence northerly to the northeast corner of
said township; thence westerly to the southeast corner of the southwest
quarter of section thirty-four (34), township thirty-four (34) north,
range one hundred and eighteen (118) west; thence northerly to the
northeast corner of the southwest quarter of section twenty-seven (27),
said township; thence westerly to the northwest corner of said
quarter-section; thence northerly to the northwest corner of said
section; thence westerly to the southeast corner of the southwest
quarter of section twenty-one (21), said township; thence northerly
along the quarter-section lines to the northeast corner of the southwest
quarter of section nine (9), said township; thence westerly to the
northwest corner of said quarter-section; thence northerly to the
northeast corner of section eight (8), said township; thence westerly
to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of section five
(5), said township; thence northerly to the northeast corner of said
quarter-section; thence westerly to the northwest corner of said
quarter-section; thence northerly to the northeast corner of the
southeast quarter of section thirty-one (31), township thirty-five (35)
north, range one hundred and eighteen (118) west; thence westerly to
the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of said section; thence
northerly along the range line to its intersection with the ninth (9th)
Standard Parallel north; thence westerly along said parallel to its
intersection with the boundary line between the States of Wyoming and
Idaho; thence northerly along said state boundary line to the point
where it intersects the southern boundary of the Yellowstone National
Park, the place of beginning, to be known as The Teton Forest Reserve;
excepting and excluding from reservation all those certain tracts,
pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of
Wyoming and particularly described as follows, to wit:
Township forty (40) north, range one hundred and sixteen (116) west;
townships forty-one (41) north, ranges one hundred and fifteen (115) and
one hundred and sixteen (116) west; and townships forty-two (42) north,
ranges one hundred and fifteen (115) and one hundred and sixteen (116)
west.
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.
_Provided further_, That nothing herein shall give any force or
effect to any claim or right to any of the lands heretofore embraced
within the Yellowstone Park Timber Land Reserve or the Teton Forest
Reserve which would not have been entitled to recognition if said
reserves as heretofore established had been continued in force without