sent law there is a district attorney for the southern
district of Alabama, a district attorney for the northern and middle
districts, a marshal for the northern district, and a marshal for the
southern and middle districts.

An examination of the records of the Attorney-General's office as to the
amount of business in the courts in these districts leads me to believe
that two districts would provide amply for the disposition of all public
and private cases. The law creates two new officers, whose aggregate
compensation may be $12,000 per annum, without, it seems to me, a
justifying necessity. But the most serious objection to the legislation
is that it creates at once upon the taking effect of the law the offices
of district attorney and marshal for each of the three districts, and
the effect, it seems to me, must be to abolish the offices as they now
exist.

No provision is made for a continued discharge of the duties of marshal
and district attorney by the present incumbents. A serious question
would be raised as to whether these officers were not at once legislated
out of office and vacancies created. As these vacancies could not be
filled immediately, the business of the courts would seriously suffer.
The law should at least have contained a provision for the continued
discharge of their duties by the incumbents until the new officers were
appointed and qualified.

BENJ. HARRISON.

PROCLAMATIONS.

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 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 it is made to appear, by petition and otherwise, that the
interests of the public and the welfare of the people of the State of
Colorado will be materially benefited and subserved by the reservation
of the public and forest lands hereinafter described:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,
by virtue of the power in me