for the northeast corner of
section thirty-two (32), northerly to the point for the northeast corner
of section eight (8), westerly to the point for the southwest corner of
section six (6); thence northerly along the unsurveyed range line
between ranges seven (7) and eight (8) east to the point for the
northwest corner of township one (1) north, range eight (8) east; thence
westerly along the unsurveyed township line between townships one (1)
and two (2) north to the northwest corner of township one (1) north,
range seven (7) east; thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed
range line between ranges six (6) and seven (7) east to the meander
corner at its intersection with the mean high-water mark on the south
bank of the Columbia River, 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 28th day of September, A.D. 1893,
and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
eighteenth.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President:
ALVEY A. ADEE,
_Acting 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 who
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