e 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 three (3) north, range
twenty-four (24) east, Mount Diablo 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 northwest
corner of said township; thence northerly along the range line to the
township line between townships four (4) and five (5) north, range
twenty-three (23) east; thence easterly along the township line to the
southeast corner of township five (5) north, range twenty-three (23)
east; thence northerly along the range line to the northeast corner of
said township; thence westerly along the first (1st) standard parallel
north to the southwest corner of township six (6) north, range
twenty-two (22) east; thence northerly along the range line between
ranges twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22) east to the northeast corner
of township seven (7) north, range twenty-one (21) east; thence westerly
along the township line to the northwest corner of said township; thence
northerly along the range line to the northeast corner of township eight
(8) north, range twenty (20) east; thence westerly along the surveyed
and unsurveyed township line between townships eight (8) and nine (9)
north to the northwest corner of township eight (8) north, range
seventeen (17) east; thence southerly along the range line to the
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