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Proclamation 583—Enlargement of the Payson Forest Reserve, Utah

July 21, 1905


By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Whereas, the Payson Forest Reserve, in the State of Utah, was established by proclamation dated August third, nineteen hundred and one, under and by virtue of 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", which provides, "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, it is further provided by the Act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes", that "the President is hereby authorized at any time to modify any Executive order that has been or may hereafter be made establishing any forest reserve, and by such modification may reduce the area or change the boundary lines of such reserve, or may vacate altogether any order creating such reserve", under which provision the boundary lines of the said forest reserve were changed and the area thereof enlarged by proclamation dated November fifth, nineteen hundred and three;

And Whereas, it appears that the public good would be promoted by further adding to the said forest reserve certain lands lying and being situate in the State of Utah, which are in part covered with timber;

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid Act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, do hereby make known and proclaim that the aforesaid Payson Forest Reserve is hereby further enlarged to include the said additional lands, and that the boundaries of the reserve are, accordingly, changed to read as follows:

Beginning at the north-west corner of Section five (5), Township ten (10) South, Range two (2) East; thence easterly to thenorth-east corner of Section four (4), Township ten (10) South, Range three (3) East ; thence southerly, allowing for the proper offset on the Second (2nd) Standard Parallel South, to the south-east corner of Section nine (9), Township twelve (12) South, Range three (3) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section seventeen (17), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section eighteen (18), said township; thence southerly to the north-east corner of Township thirteen (13) South, Range two (2) East; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said township; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-four (24), Township twelve (12) South, Range one (1) East; thence westerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of the north-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the north-westcornerof the south-east quarter of the north-west quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-west corner of the north-east quarter of the south-west quarter of Section sixteen (16), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of the north-east quarter of the south-west quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section nine (9), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section three (3), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section two (2), Township eleven (11) South, Range one (1) East; thence easterly to the south-west corner of Township ten (10) South, Range two (2) 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-westcornerof Section five (5), said township, the place of beginning;

And further beginning at the north-east corner of Section eight (8), Township thirteen (13) South, Range two (2) East, Salt Lake Meridian, Utah; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section sixteen (16), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty-one (21), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-eight (28), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to thenorth-east corner of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence southerly to the south-eastcornerof Section thirty-four (34), Township fourteen (14) South, Range two (2) East; thence westerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section three (3), Township fifteen (15) South, Range two (2) East; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirty-four (34), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township fifteen (15) South, Range one (1) East; thence northerly to the north-eastcornerof Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty (20), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section eight (8), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section five (5), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of the south-east quarter of Section thirty-six (36), Township fourteen (14) South, Range one (1) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of the north-east quarter of Section thirty-six (36), Township thirteen (13) South, Range one (1) East; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twelve (12), said township; thence easterly to the north-east coner of Section eight (8), Township thirteen (13) South, Range two (2) 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 settlement was made.

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

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 21st day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and thirtieth.

Signature of Theodore Roosevelt

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

By the President:

ALVEY A. ADEE,

Acting Secretary of State.

Theodore Roosevelt, Proclamation 583—Enlargement of the Payson Forest Reserve, Utah Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/206443

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