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 Wyoming and within the boundaries particularly
described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at the southeast corner of township forty-three (43) north,
range one hundred and ten (110) west sixth (6th) principal meridian,
Wyoming; thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed range line
between ranges one hundred and nine (109) and one hundred and ten
(110) west to the point of intersection with the south boundary of
the Yellowstone National Park Timber Land Reserve as established by
proclamation of September 10, 1891;[44] thence westerly along said
boundary to its intersection with the boundary line between the States
of Wyoming and Idaho; thence southerly along said State boundary line to
the point for the unsurveyed township line between townships forty-two
(42) and forty-three (43) north; thence easterly along the unsurveyed
and surveyed township line between townships forty-two (42) and
forty-three (43) north to the southeast corner of township forty-three
(43) north, range one hundred and ten (110) west, 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 of 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