seven (7) west; thence southerly to the
southwest corner of township five (5) south, range six (6) west; thence
easterly to the point for the quarter-section corner on the north line
of section six (6), township six (6) south, range six (6) west; thence
southerly on a central line to the center of section nineteen (19), said
township and range; thence easterly to the quarter-section corner on the
east boundary of said section nineteen (19); thence southerly on the
section line to the point of intersection with the north boundary of the
"Rancho Mission Viejo or La Paz;" thence in a southeasterly direction
along said boundary line to the point of intersection with the township
line between townships six (6) and seven (7) south; thence easterly
along said township line to the southeast corner of township six (6)
south, range six (6) west; thence northerly along the range line between
ranges five (5) and six (6) west to the northeast corner of section
thirteen (13), township five (5) south, range six (6) 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 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 25th day of February, A.D. 1893,
and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
seventeenth.
BENJ. HARRISON.
By the President:
WILLIAM F. WHARTON,
_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
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