Proclamation 564—Establishing the Lassen Peak Forest Reserve, California

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 Section three (3), Township thirty-five (35) North, Range four (4) East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, California; thence easterly along the Seventh (7th) Standard Parallel North to the north-east corner of said township; thence southerly to the north-west corner of fractional Township thirty-five (35) North, Range five (5) East; thence easterly along the Seventh (7th) Standard Parallel North to the north-cast corner of Township thirty-five (35) North, Range six (6) East; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section eighteen (18), Township thirty-five (35) North, Range seven (7) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section thirty-five (35), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Township thirty-four (34) North, Range seven. (7) East; thence southerly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-six (36), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Township thirty-three (33) North, Range ten (10) East; thence southerly along the range line to the shore line of Eagle Lake, in Section twenty-five (25), said township; thence in a general south-easterly and south-westerly direction along the shore line of Eagle Lake to the township line between Townships thirty-one (31) .and thirty-two (32) North, Range ten (10) East; thence westerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-six (36), Township thirty-two (32) North, Range nine (9) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the southwest corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Township thirty-one (31) North, Range eight (8) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section seven (7), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-one (31), said township; thence easterly along the Sixth (6th) Standard Parallel North to the northeast corner of Section five (5), Township thirty (30) North, Range eight (8) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section seven (7), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section twelve (12), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section seven (7), Township thirty (30) North, Range nine (9) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-six, said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section two (2), Township twenty-nine (29) North, Range nine (9) East; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section eight (8), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirteen (13), Township twenty-nine (29) North, Range eight (8) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section seventeen (17), Township twenty-nine (29) North, Range seven (7) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-two (22), Township twenty-nine (29) North, Range six (6) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section thirty (30), Township twenty-nine (29) North, Range five (5) East; thence southerly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-six (36), Township twenty-nine (29) North, Range four (4) East; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of fractional Township twenty-eight (28) North, Range four (4) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-five (25), Township twenty-eight (28) North, Range three (3) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section sixteen (16), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section eight (8), said township; thence northerly, allowing for the proper offset on the township line, to the north-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township twenty-nine (29) North, Range three (3) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section three (3), Township thirty (30) North, Range three (3) East; thence easterly along the Sixth (6th) Standard Parallel North to the south-west corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township thirty-one (31) North, Range three (3) East; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section four (4), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Township thirty-two (32) North, Range three (3) East; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), Township thirty-two (32) North, Range two (2) East; thence westerly to the southwest corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section three (3), said township; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Township thirty-three (33) North, Range three (3) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section thirty (30), said township; thence easterly to the northeast corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence easterly to the northeast corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section four (4), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Township thirty-four (34) North, Range three (3) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section eight (8), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section six (6), Township thirty-four (34) North, Range four (4) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township thirty-five (35) North, Range four (4) East; thence northerly to the northwest corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section three (3), said township, the place of beginning; such of the above-named corners as have not been established by the official surveys being intended to be located at the points where such corners would fall in projecting the surveys in the directions indicated without allowing for any irregularities which may cur in actually extending the surveys;

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 Lassen Peak 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 2d day of June, 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.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

By the President:

FRANCIS B. LOOMIS,

Acting Secretary of State.