itude
west from Greenwich; thence westerly along said parallel of latitude
to its intersection with the meridian of one hundred and twelve (112)
degrees forty-five (45) minutes west longitude; thence southerly along
said meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of
thirty-five (35) degrees forty-five (45) minutes north latitude; thence
easterly along said parallel of latitude to its intersection with the
meridian of one hundred and eleven (111) degrees forty-five (45) minutes
west longitude; thence northerly along said meridian of longitude to its
intersection with the parallel of thirty-six (36) degrees thirty (30)
minutes north latitude, 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 20th day of February, A.D. 1893,
and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:
JOHN W. FOSTER,
_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas by my proclamation of August 18, 1892,[36] and in pursuance of
the authority conferred on me by an act of Congress approved July 26,
1892, entitled "An act to enforce the reciprocal commercial relations
between the United States and Canada, and for other purposes,"
I directed "that from and after September 1, 1892, until further notice
a toll of 20 cents per ton be levied, collected, and paid on all freight
of whatever kind or descriptio