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Proclamation 544—Establishment of the Klamath Forest Reserve, California

May 06, 1905


By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, 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, the public lands in the State of California, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation;

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there are hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a Public Reservation all those certain tracts, pieces or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of California, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the north-west corner of fractional Township nineteen (19) North, Range three (3) East, Humboldt Base and Meridian, California; thence easterly along the State Line between the States of California and Oregon to the north-east corner of fractional Township forty-eight (48) North, Range eight (8) West, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian; thence southerly along the range line, allowing for the proper offset on the Ninth (9th) Standard Parallel North, to the south-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), Township forty-five (45) North, Range eight (8) West; thence westerly to the north-west corner of fractional Section thirty (30), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Township forty-five (45) North, Range nine (9) West; thence westerly to the northwest corner of Township forty-four (44) North, Range ten (10) West; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Township forty-one (41) North, Range ten (10) West; thence easterly along the Eighth (8th) Standard Parallel North to the north-east corner of fractional Section five (5), Township forty (40) North, Range ten (10) West; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Township thirty-nine (39) North, Range ten (10) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), Township thirty-eight (38) North, Range ten (10) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section two (2), Township thirty-seven (37) North, Range ten (10) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence westerly to the northeast corner of Section five (5), Township thirty-six (36) North, Range ten (10) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section eight (8), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section seven (7), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), Township thirty-seven (37) North, Range eleven (11) West; thence westerly to the southwest corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section twelve (12), Township thirty-seven (37) North, Range twelve (12) West; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section three (3), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township thirty-eight (38) North, Range twelve (12) West; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence westerly to the southwest corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of fractional Section twenty-one (21), Township nine (9) North, Range eight (8) East, Humboldt Base and Meridian; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the northwest corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section eleven (11), Township nine (9) North, Range seven (7) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section seven (7), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Township nine (9) North, Range six (6) East; thence westerly along the township line to its intersection with the eastern boundary of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation; thence in a north-westerly and southwesterly direction along said boundary to its intersection with the range line between Ranges four (4) and five (5) East; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), Township ten (10) North, Range four (4) East; thence westerly to the southwest corner of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section three (3), said township; thence westerly along the Second (2nd) Standard Parallel North to the south-west corner of Township eleven (11) North, Range four (4) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Township twelve (12) North, Range three (3) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Township thirteen (13) North, Range three (3) East; thence northerly along the range line, allowing for the proper offset on the Third (3rd) Standard Parallel North, to the north-west corner of fractional Township nineteen (19) North, Range three (3) East, 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: 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 or settlement was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation.

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Klamath Forest Reserve.

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 this 6th day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-ninth.

Signature of Theodore Roosevelt

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

By the President:

FRANCIS B. LOOMIS,

Acting Secretary of State.

Theodore Roosevelt, Proclamation 544—Establishment of the Klamath Forest Reserve, California Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/207254

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