lels north, to the point for the northeast corner of
township ten (10) north, range twenty-two (22) west; thence westerly
along the unsurveyed township line between townships ten (10) and eleven
(11) north to the point of intersection with the boundary line between
the States of Montana and Idaho; thence along said State boundary
line to the point for the unsurveyed township line between townships
thirty-eight (38) and thirty-nine (39) north, Idaho; thence westerly
along said township line to the point for the northwest corner of
township thirty-eight (38) north, range ten (10) east; thence southerly
along the unsurveyed range line between ranges nine (9) and ten (10)
east to the point for the southwest corner of township thirty-seven (37)
north, range ten (10) east; thence westerly along the unsurveyed seventh
(7th) standard parallel north to the northeast corner of township
thirty-six (36) north, range five (5) east, 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, and all mining claims duly located and held
according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not
in conflict therewith.

_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,
settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make
settlement upon the tract of land 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 22d 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