By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Whereas certain forest lands within the State of Mississippi have been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States of America under the authority of sections 6 and 7 of the act of March 1, 1911, ch. 186, 36 Stat. 961, as amended (U.S.C., title 16, secs. 515, 516); and
Whereas it appears that it would be in the public interest to reserve and designate such lands as the Holly Springs National Forest:
Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America under and by virtue, of the authority vested in me by section 24 of the act of March 3 1891, ch. 561, 26 Stat. 1095, 1103, as amended (U.S.C., title 16, sec. 471) and by section 11 of the said act of March 1, 1911 (U.S.C., title 16, sec. 521), do proclaim that there are hereby reserved and set apart as the Holly Springs National Forest all lands of the United States within the following-described areas, and that all lands therein which may hereafter be acquired by the United States under authority of said act of March 1, 1911, as amended, shall upon their acquisition be reserved and administered as a part of the Holly Springs National Forest:
CHICKASAW MERIDIAN
T. 1 S., R. 2 E., secs. 25 to 36, inclusive;
T. 1 S., R. 3 E., secs. 27 to 34, inclusive;
T. 2 S., R. 2 E.;
T. 2 S., R. 3 E., secs. 3 to 10, inclusive, 15 to 22, inclusive, and secs. 27 to 34, inclusive;
T. 3 S., R. 2 W., secs. 22 to 27, inclusive, and secs. 34, 35, and 36;
T. 3 S., R. 1 W., secs. 4 to 36, inclusive;
T. 3 S., R. 1 E., secs. 7, 18, and 19, and secs. 25 to 36, inclusive;
T. 3 S., R. 2 E.;
T. 3 S., R. 3 E., secs. 3 to 10, inclusive, 15 to 22, inclusive, and secs. 27 to 34. inclusive;
T. 4 S., R. 2 W" secs. 1, 2, 3, and secs. 10 to 36, inclusive;
Tps. 4 S., Rs. 1 W., and 1 E.;
T. 4 S., R. 2 E., secs. 4 to 9, inclusive, 16 to 21, inclusive, and secs. 28 to 38, inclusive;
Tps. 5 S., Rs. 1 and 2 W., and 1 E.;
T. 5 S., R. 2 E., secs. 4 to 9, inclusive, 16 to 21, inclusive, and secs. 28 to 33, inclusive;
Tps. 6 S., Rs. 1 and 2 W., and 1 E.;
T. 6 S., R. 2 E., secs. 4, 5, and 6;
Tps. 7 S., Rs. 1 and 2 W.;
T. 7 S., R. 1 E., secs. 4 to 9, inclusive, 16 to 21, inclusive, and secs. 28 to 33, inclusive;
Tps. 8 S., Rs. 1 and 2 W.;
T. 8 St., R. 1 E., secs. 4 to 9, inclusive, 16 to 21, inclusive, and secs. 28 to 33, inclusive.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington ibis 15th day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thlrty-six and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixtieth.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
By the President:
CORDELL HULL
Secretary of State.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Proclamation 2176—Holly Springs National Forest, Mississippi Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/357351