d from entry or settlement and set apart as a public reservation
all that tract of land situate in the States of Idaho and Washington
embraced within the following boundaries, to wit:

Bounded on the east by the summit of the ridges dividing the waters
tributary to the Kootenai River and Priest Lake and River; on the west
by the summit of the ridges dividing the waters tributary to the Pend
Oreille River or Clark Fork of the Columbia River and Priest Lake and
River; on the north by the international boundary line between the
States of Idaho and Washington and the British possessions, connecting
the east and west boundaries above described; on the south by the
township line between townships fifty-six (56) and fifty-seven (57)
north of the base line, Idaho, projected to connect the east and west
boundaries above described.

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 of the United States may from time to time set
apart and reserve in any State or Territory having public land bearing