section line between
sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), twenty-seven (27) and
twenty-eight (28), twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22), fifteen (15)
and sixteen (16), nine (9) and ten (10), and three (3) and four (4) of
said township and range, and between sections thirty-three (33) and
thirty-four (34), twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28), twenty-one
(21) and twenty-two (22), fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), nine (9) and
ten (10), and three (3) and four (4), township twelve (12) south, range
seventy-one (71) west, and between sections thirty-three (33) and
thirty-four (34), twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28), twenty-one
(21) and twenty-two (22), fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), nine (9) and
ten (10), and three (3) and four (4), township eleven (11) south, range
seventy-one (71) west, to the northeast corner of section four (4) of
said last-named township and range; thence easterly on the second (2d)
correction line south to the southeast corner of section thirty-three
(33), township ten (10) south, range seventy-one (71) west; thence
northerly on the section line between sections thirty-three (33) and
thirty-four (34) of said township and range to the middle of the channel
of the South Platte River; thence down the middle of the channel of the
said river to its confluence with the North Fork of the South Platte
River, the place of beginning, to be known as the South Platte Forest
Reserve.
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 o
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