Proclamation 566—Establishing the Payette Forest Reserve, Idaho

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 Idaho, 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 Idaho, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the north-west corner of Township twenty-three (23) North, Range four (4) East, Boise Base and Meridian, Idaho; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Township twenty-three (23) North, Range three (3) East; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Township twenty-two (22) North, Range two (2) East; thence southerly along the range line, allowing for the proper offset on the Fifth (5th) Standard Parallel North, to the south-west corner of Section nineteen (19), Township twenty (20) North, Range two (2) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section sixteen (16), Township nineteen (19) North, Range two (2) East; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-one (31), Township nineteen (19) North, Range three (3) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section four (4), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township twenty (20) North, Range three (3) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-three (23), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twelve (12), Township nineteen (19) North, Range three (3) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-five (25), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Township nineteen (19) North, Range four (4) East; thence easterly to the southeast corner of Section thirty-one (31), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section five (5), Township eighteen (18) North, Range four (4) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section sixteen (16), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence westerly along the Fourth (4th) Standard Parallel North to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section five (5), Township seventeen (17) North, Range four (4) East; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section eight (8), said township; thence easterly to the northeast corner of Section sixteen (16), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-eight (28), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-six (36), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section one (1), Township sixteen (16) North, Range four (4) East; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the northeast corner of Section twelve (12), said-township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said township; thence westerly to the northwest corner of Section one (1), Township fifteen (15) North, Range four (4) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section fourteen (14), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section five (5), Township fourteen (14) North, Range four (4) East; thence southerly to the southwest corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section ;. thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-three (23), said township; thence northerly to the south-west corner of Section twelve (12), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Township fourteen (14) North, Range five (5) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section five (5), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence easterly to the north-west corner of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty (20), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence easterly along the Third (3rd) Standard Parallel North to the south-east corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township fourteen (14) North, Range seven (7) East; thence northerly along the section lines, allowing for the proper offset on the Fourth (4th) Standard Parallel North, to the north-east corner of Section four (4), Township eighteen (18) North, Range seven (7) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Township nineteen (19) North, Range seven (7) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Township nineteen (19) North, Range six (6) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township twenty (20) North, Range six (6) East; thence northerly along the section lines to the point of intersection with the Fifth (5th) Standard Parallel North; thence easterly along said parallel to its intersection with the Middle Fork of the Salmon River; thence in a general north-easterly direction along the middle of the channel of said Middle Fork of the Salmon River to its confluence with said river; thence in a general north-westerly direction along the middle of the channel of said river to its intersection with the range line between Ranges six (6) and seven (7) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Township twenty-four (24) North, Range six (6) East; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Township twenty-three (23) North, Range four (4) East, 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 occur 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 selection 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 Payette 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 3d 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. LOOM IS,

Acting Secretary of State.