2d day of February, A.D. 1897, and
of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
twenty-first.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

By the President:
RICHARD OLNEY,
_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section 24 of the act of Congress approved
March 3, 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 California 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, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, by
virtue of the power in me vested by section 24 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 California and within the boundaries
particularly described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at the southeast corner of township eight (8) south, range
eight (8) east, San Bernardino base and meridian, California; thence
northerly along the range line to the northeast corner of said township;
thence westerly along the township line to the southwest corner of
township seven (7) south, range eight (8) east; thence northerly along
the range line to the northwest corner of said township; thence westerly
along the township line to the southwest corner of township six (6)
south, range seven (7) east; thence northerly along the range line
to the northwest corner of said township; thence westerly along the
unsurveyed and surveyed township line to the southwest corner of
township five (5) south, range six (6) east; thence northerly along the
range line to the northwest corner of said township; thence westerly
along the first (1st) standard parallel south to the southwest cor