Section 3102 of the Revised Statutes is also related to this subject,

and is as follows:

To avoid the inspection at the first port of arrival, the owner,

agent, master, or conductor of any such vessel, car, or other vehicle,

or owner, agent, or other person having charge of any such merchandise,

baggage, effects, or other articles, may apply to any officer of

the United States duly authorized to act in the premises to seal or

close the same, under and according to the regulations hereinafter

authorized, previous to their importation into the United States, which

officer shall seal or close the same accordingly; whereupon the same

may proceed to their port of destination without further inspection.

Every such vessel, car, or other vehicle shall proceed without

unnecessary delay to the port of its destination, as named in the

manifest of its cargo, freight, or contents, and be there inspected.

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to exempt such

vessel, car, or vehicle, or its contents, from such examination as

may be necessary and proper to prevent frauds upon the revenue and

violations of this title.

It will be noticed that section 3005 does not provide for the transit of

merchandise through our territory from Canada to ports of the United

States for export, nor have I been able to find any other law now in

force that does provide for such transit. It would seem, therefore, that

as to this concession made by the United States in Article XXIX of the

treaty, legislation to put it into force was necessary, and that there

is no such legislation unless section 3 of the act of 1873 was saved by

the amendment to the joint resolution abrogating the fisheries articles

and Article XXX, limiting the repeal to so much of said act as "relates

to the articles of said treaty so to be terminated." The joint

resolution certainly did not repeal section 3, and if that section has

ceased to be operative it is by virtue of the limitation contained in

the section itself. I think it did expire by its own express limitation.

The question has presented itself whether section 3 of the act of 1873

(U.S. Revised Statutes, sec. 2866) repealed by implication that section

of the act of July, 1866, which is now section 3005 of the Revised

Statutes; but I am of the opinion that the last-named section was not

repealed. Section 3 of the act of 1873 was expressly intended to carry

into effect a treaty obligation and was limited as to time. It contained

no express repeal of the act of 1866, and while its provisions were

broader than the last-named act, they were not inconsistent, save in the

provision that while the act of 1873 was in force the additional ports

in the United States at which Canadian goods might be received were

to be designated by the President, whereas under the act of 1866 the

designation was by the Secretary of the Treasury. The last-named act

related also to intercourse with Mexico, and I think was unaffected

by the act of 1873.

It will be seen that the law permits merchandise arriving at the ports

of New York, Boston, Portland in Maine, and at other ports specially

designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, for places in the adjacent

British Provinces, to be entered at the custom-house of the port where

it is landed and conveyed through the territory of the United States

without the payment of duty, under regulations to be prescribed by the

Secretary of the Treasury. As these goods come immediately and fully

under the inspection of our customs officers at the principal ports, are

entered there and remain until they cross our border into Canada fully

under our supervision, there is little or no danger involved to our

revenue. The regulations prescribed by the Treasury for conducting this

traffic seem to me to be adequate.

As to merchandise imported into the United States from a contiguous

foreign country, it is provided by section 3102 that the inspection at

the first port of arrival in the United States may be avoided if the

vehicle in which the same arrives has been sealed or closed by some

officer of the United States duly authorized at some point in the

contiguous country. When the act of closing or sealing conformably

to the regulations of the Treasury has been effected, the car or

other vehicle may proceed without unnecessary delay to the port of

its destination, as named in the manifest of its cargo, freight, or

contents, and be there inspected. This privilege, however, is subject

to such examination at the point of entry to the United States as may

be necessary to prevent fraud. It is important to be noticed that the

merchandise to which this section refers is described in section 3100 as

merchandise, etc., "imported into the United States from any contiguous

foreign country."

A practice has grown up, and a traffic of considerable dimensions

under it, of allowing merchandise from China and Japan, purchased and

imported from those countries by our own citizens and landed at ports

in the Dominion of Canada, to be there loaded into cars, which, being

sealed by an officer of the United States or some one supposed to

represent him, are forwarded through the territory of Canada, across

the entire continent, and allowed to cross our frontier without other

inspection than an examination of the seals. The real fact is that the

American consul can not and does not either compare the manifest with

the contents of the cars or attach the seals. The agents of the

transportation companies are furnished by the consul with the seals and

place them upon the cars. The practice of sealing such merchandise,

notwithstanding it has been allowed by the Treasury for some years,

I think is unauthorized. Such merchandise is not imported from a

"contiguous country," but from China and Japan.

It has never become subject to the Canadian revenue laws as an

importation from Japan to Canada, but by force of the treaty or by the

courtesy of that government has been treated as subject to the revenue

laws of the United States from the time of landing at the Canadian port.

Our Treasury seal has been placed upon it; Canada only gives it passage.

It is no more an importation from Canada than is a train load of wheat

that starts from Detroit and is transported through Canada to another

port of the United States. Section 3102 was enacted in 1864, two years

before sections 3005 and 3006, and could not have had reference to the

later methods of importing merchandise through one country to the other.

The practice to which I have referred not only equalizes the advantages

of Canadian seaports with our own in the importation of goods for our

domestic consumption, but makes the Canadian ports favored ports of

entry. The detentions under this system at the Canadian ports are less

than when the merchandise is landed at a port of the United States to be

forwarded in bond to another port therein. Full effect should be given

to section 3102 as to merchandise imported into the United States from

Canada, so far as the appropriations enable the Treasury to provide the

officers to do the work of closing and sealing. It will, however, be

required that all this kind of work be done, and carefully done, by

an officer of the United States, and that the duty shall in no case

be delegated to the employees of the transportation companies. The

considerations that it is quite doubtful whether a fraud committed in

Canada by one of our agents upon our revenue would be punishable in our

courts, and that such a fraud committed by anyone else certainly would

not be, and that even if such acts are made penal by our statutes

the criminal would be secure against extradition, seem to me to be

conclusive against the policy of attempting to maintain such revenue

agents in Canadian territory.

I come now to discuss another element of this international traffic,

namely, the transportation of merchandise from one "port" in the United

States to another "port" therein over the territory of Canada. This

traffic is enormous in its dimensions, and very great interests have

grown up in the United States in connection with it. Section 3006

authorizes this traffic, subject to "such rules, regulations, and

conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe;" but the

important limitation is from "port" to "port." Section 3007 of the

Revised Statutes, which exempts sealed cars from certain fees, preserves

the terms of the preceding section--from "port" to "port." It seems to

me that sections 3006 and 3007 contemplate the delivery of the sealed

cars at a "port" of the United States, there to be examined by a revenue

officer and their contents verified; but in practice the car, if the

seal is found at the border to be intact, is passed to places not

"ports" and is opened and unloaded by the consignee, no officer being

present. The bill or manifest accompanying the merchandise and the

unbroken seal on the car may furnish _prima facie_ evidence that the

amount and kind of merchandise named in the manifest and said to be

contained in the car came from a port in the United States, but

certainly it was not intended that the merchandise should go to the

owner without an official ascertainment of the correspondence between

the bill and the actual contents of the car.

I pass at this point any discussion of the question whether as a

national policy this traffic should be promoted. It is enough to say

that as the law stands it is authorized between "ports" of the United

States, and that the rules, regulations, and conditions to be prescribed

by the Secretary of the Treasury must not, in view of this declaration

of the legislative will, be further restrictive of the traffic than may

reasonably be necessary to protect the revenues of the United States.

In determining whether further regulations are reasonably necessary to

prevent frauds against our revenue it is not conclusive, at least, to

say that frauds against the revenue under the existing system have not

been discovered. The question is, Are the regulations such as to provide

proper safeguards against fraud, or are they such as to make fraud easy

to those who have the disposition to commit it? If all cars carrying

this merchandise are carefully and honestly inspected at the point of

lading and are securely closed during the transit, the revenue would be

secure, for the proper lading of these cars is not subject to duty.

Frauds can only be perpetrated by introducing products not subject to

free entry. In practice the seals and locks provided by the Treasury

Department do not give security that these cars, in the long transit in

which they are free from observation by officers of the revenue, may not

be opened and dutiable merchandise added.

The duplication of the seals used, composed of wire and lead, is easy,

and the opening of locks scarcely less so. If, however, the cars, when

they arrive in the United States, either at the point where our boundary

is crossed or at some other port of the United States, were subject to

the inspection of a revenue officer before the delivery to the consignee

or owner, the manifest could be verified. The inspection, however, is

now limited to an examination of the lock or seal. The car is not

weighed or opened to verify its contents. I do not think this is an

adequate protection against the surreptitious introduction into the

cars, while on foreign territory, of dutiable articles. It will be seen

by the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury that grain the product

of the United States is now largely transported in American vessels to

Canadian lake ports, and after being there placed in elevators is sent

east in cars sealed by agents of the Treasury.

No observation is taken of this grain until its arrival in Canada, where

only the amount and grade are noted by a Treasury agent, and a like

amount in grade and quantity (though it may be not the identical grain)

is by such agent billed and sealed in cars for carriage to the United

States. I do not find any statute authorizing this practice. Section

3006, which authorizes this interstate trade through Canada, is limited

to merchandise passing from "port" to "port" of the United States, and

plainly means that such merchandise shall be taken up by our revenue

officers at a "port" of the United States as a starting point.

The following are the conclusions at which I have arrived:

First. That Article XXIX of the treaty of Washington has been abrogated.

Second. That even if this article were in force there is no law in force

to execute it.

Third. That when in force the treaty imposed no obligation upon the

United States to use the concessions as to transit made by Canada, and

no limitation upon the powers of the United States in dealing with

merchandise imported for the use of our citizens through Canadian ports

or passing from one place in the United States to another through

Canada, upon the arrival of such merchandise at our border.

Fourth. That therefore, treaty or no treaty, the question of sealing

cars containing such merchandise and the treatment of such sealed cars

when they cross our border is and always has been one to be settled by

our laws, according to our convenience and our interests as we may see

them.

Fifth. That the law authorizing the sealing of cars in Canada containing

foreign merchandise imported from a contiguous country does not apply to

merchandise imported by our own people from countries not contiguous and

carried through Canada for delivery to such owners.

Sixth. That the law did not contemplate the passing of sealed cars to

any place not a "port," nor the delivery of such cars to the owner or

consignee, to be opened by him without the supervision of a revenue

officer.

Seventh. That such a practice is inconsistent with the safety of the

revenue.

The statutes relating to the transportation of merchandise between

the United States and the British possessions should be the subject

of revision. The Treasury regulations have given to these laws a

construction and a scope that I do not think was contemplated by

Congress. A policy adapted to the new conditions, growing in part out of

the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, should be declared,

and the business placed upon a basis more just to our people and to our

transportation companies.

If we continue the policy of supervising rates and requiring that they

shall be equal and reasonable upon the railroads of the United States,

we can not in fairness at the same time give these unusual facilities

for competition to Canadian roads that are free to pursue the practices

as to cut rates and favored rates that we condemn and punish if

practiced by our own railroads.

I regret that circumstances prevented an earlier examination by me of

these questions, but submit now these views in the hope that they may

lead to a revision of the laws upon a safer and juster basis.

I transmit herewith the correspondence between the Secretary of the

Treasury and the Attorney-General upon some phases of this question.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 6, 1893_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication

from the Secretary of the Interior, dated 4th instant, accompanied by an

agreement concluded by and between the Turtle Mountain Indians and the

commission appointed under the provisions of the Indian appropriation

act of July 13, 1892, to negotiate with the Turtle Mountain band of

Chippewa Indians in North Dakota for the cession and relinquishment to

the United States of whatever right or interest they have in and to any

and all lands in said State to which they claim title, and for their

removal to and settlement upon lands to be hereafter selected and

determined upon by the Secretary of the Interior upon the recommendation

of the proposed commissioners, subject to the approval of Congress.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, February 6, 1893_.

_To the Senate_:

I transmit herewith, as desired by the resolution of the Senate of the

4th instant, a report from the Secretary of State of the 6th instant,

with its accompanying correspondence, in relation to the draft of an

uncompleted treaty with Hawaii made in 1854.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, D.C., February 8, 1893_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith the eighth annual report of the Commissioner of

Labor. This report relates to industrial education in the United States

and foreign countries.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, D.C., February 14, 1893_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith a special report of the Commissioner of Labor

relating to compulsory insurance of workingmen in Germany and other

countries.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 14, 1893_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith a communication of the 13th instant from the

Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of reports of Lieutenants

Brown, Gurovits, and Suplee, United States Army, who were charged

with the duty of inspecting the Navajo country, so that the Interior

Department could be advised as to the practicability of restraining the

Navajoes within their present reservations and of furnishing irrigation

and water for their flocks, together with report of the Commissioner of

Indian Affairs upon the matter with draft of an item of appropriation

to carry the same into effect.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, February 15, 1893_.

_To the Senate_:

I transmit herewith, with a view to its ratification, a treaty of

annexation concluded on the 14th day of February, 1893, between John W.

Foster, Secretary of State, who was duly empowered to act in that behalf

on the part of the United States, and Lorin A. Thurston, W.R. Castle,

W.C. Wilder, C.L. Carter, and Joseph Marsden, the commissioners on the

part of the Government of the Hawaiian Islands. The provisional treaty,

it will be observed, does not attempt to deal in detail with the

questions that grow out of the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the

United States. The commissioners representing the Hawaiian Government

have consented to leave to the future and to the just and benevolent

purposes of the United States the adjustment of all such questions.

I do not deem it necessary to discuss at any length the conditions which

have resulted in this decisive action. It has been the policy of the

Administration not only to respect but to encourage the continuance of

an independent government in the Hawaiian Islands so long as it afforded

suitable guaranties for the protection of life and property and

maintained a stability and strength that gave adequate security against

the domination of any other power. The moral support of this Government

has continually manifested itself in the most friendly diplomatic

relations and in many acts of courtesy to the Hawaiian rulers.

The overthrow of the monarchy was not in any way promoted by this

Government, but had its origin in what seems to have been a reactionary

and revolutionary policy on the part of Queen Liliuokalani, which put

in serious peril not only the large and preponderating interests of the

United States in the islands, but all foreign interests, and, indeed,

the decent administration of civil affairs and the peace of the islands.

It is quite evident that the monarchy had become effete and the Queen's

Government so weak and inadequate as to be the prey of designing and

unscrupulous persons. The restoration of Queen Liliuokalani to her

throne is undesirable, if not impossible, and unless actively supported

by the United States would be accompanied by serious disaster and the

disorganization of all business interests. The influence and interest of

the United States in the islands must be increased and not diminished.

Only two courses are now open--one the establishment of a protectorate

by the United States, and the other annexation full and complete. I

think the latter course, which has been adopted in the treaty, will be

highly promotive of the best interests of the Hawaiian people, and is

the only one that will adequately secure the interests of the United

States. These interests are not wholly selfish. It is essential that

none of the other great powers shall secure these islands. Such a

possession would not consist with our safety and with the peace of the

world. This view of the situation is so apparent and conclusive that no

protest has been heard from any government against proceedings looking

to annexation. Every foreign representative at Honolulu promptly

acknowledged the Provisional Government, and I think there is a general

concurrence in the opinion that the deposed Queen ought not to be

restored.

Prompt action upon this treaty is very desirable. If it meets the

approval of the Senate, peace and good order will be secured in the

islands under existing laws until such time as Congress can provide

by legislation a permanent form of government for the islands. This

legislation should be, and I do not doubt will be, not only just to the

natives and all other residents and citizens of the islands, but should

be characterized by great liberality and a high regard to the rights of

all people and of all foreigners domiciled there. The correspondence

which accompanies the treaty will put the Senate in possession of all

the facts known to the Executive.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, February 16, 1893_.

_To the Senate_:

I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of State of the 15th

instant, covering a report, with accompanying correspondence, respecting

relations between the United States and the Hawaiian Islands from

September, 1820, to January, 1893.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, February 20, 1893_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I transmit herewith a report submitted by the Acting Secretary of State

in response to the resolution of the Senate of February 2 last, relating

to the building of the Ozama River bridge at Santo Domingo City by

American citizens.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, February 21, 1893_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith a communication of the Secretary of State,

transmitting the official report of the American delegates to the

International Monetary Conference convened at Brussels on November 22,

1892, with its accompaniments.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 25, 1893_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the House of

Representatives concurring, I return herewith the bill (S. 3811)

entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to grant to the Mobile

and Dauphin Island Railroad and Harbor Company the right to trestle

across the shoal water between Cedar Point and Dauphin Island,' approved

September 26, 1890."

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, February 27, 1893_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I herewith transmit, for the information of Congress, a communication

from the Acting Secretary of State, forwarding certain bulletins of the

Bureau of the American Republics.

BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, D.C., March 1, 1893_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith the fifth special report of the Commissioner of

Labor. The report relates to the so-called "Gothenburg system" of

regulating the liquor traffic, the system prevailing in Norway and

Sweden.

BENJ. HARRISON.

VETO MESSAGE.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 27, 1893_.

_To the House of Representatives_:

I return herewith without my approval an act (H.R. 9612) entitled "An

act to prescribe the number of district attorneys and marshals in the

judicial districts of the State of Alabama."

Under the present law there is a district attorney for the southern

district of Alabama, a district attorney for the northern and middle

districts, a marshal for the northern district, and a marshal for the

southern and middle districts.

An examination of the records of the Attorney-General's office as to the

amount of business in the courts in these districts leads me to believe

that two districts would provide amply for the disposition of all public

and private cases. The law creates two new officers, whose aggregate

compensation may be $12,000 per annum, without, it seems to me, a

justifying necessity. But the most serious objection to the legislation

is that it creates at once upon the taking effect of the law the offices

of district attorney and marshal for each of the three districts, and

the effect, it seems to me, must be to abolish the offices as they now

exist.

No provision is made for a continued discharge of the duties of marshal

and district attorney by the present incumbents. A serious question

would be raised as to whether these officers were not at once legislated

out of office and vacancies created. As these vacancies could not be

filled immediately, the business of the courts would seriously suffer.

The law should at least have contained a provision for the continued

discharge of their duties by the incumbents until the new officers were

appointed and qualified.

BENJ. HARRISON.

PROCLAMATIONS.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section 24 of the act of Congress approved

March 3, 1891, 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 it is made to appear, by petition and otherwise, that the

interests of the public and the welfare of the people of the State of

Colorado will be materially benefited and subserved by the reservation

of the public and forest lands hereinafter described:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

by virtue of the power in me vested by said act, do hereby set apart,

reserve, and establish as a public reservation all that tract of land

in the State of Colorado embraced in the following boundary and

description, to wit:

Beginning at the confluence of the North Fork of the South Platte River

with the South Platte River; thence up the middle of the channel of the

North Fork of the South Platte River to the range line between township

seven (7) south, ranges seventy-four (74) and seventy-five (75) west of

the sixth (6th) principal meridian; thence northerly on said range line

to the northeast corner of township seven (7) south, range seventy-five

(75) west; thence westerly on the township line between townships six

(6) and seven (7) south to the northwest corner of township seven (7)

south, range seventy-six (76) west; thence southerly on the range line

between ranges seventy-six (76) and seventy-seven (77) west to the

northeast corner of section thirteen (13), township seven (7) south,

range seventy-seven (77) west; thence westerly on the section line

between sections twelve (12) and thirteen (13) to the northwest corner

of section thirteen (13) of said township and range; thence southerly

on the section line between sections thirteen (13) and fourteen (14),

twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24), and twenty-five (25) and

twenty-six (26) to the northeast corner of section thirty-five (35) of

said township and range; thence westerly on the section line between

sections twenty-six (26) and thirty-five (35) and twenty-seven (27) and

thirty-four (34) to the northwest corner of section thirty-four (34) of

said township and range; thence southerly on the section line between

sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34) of said township and

range and sections three (3) and four (4), nine (9) and ten (10),

and fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), township eight (8) south, range

seventy-seven (77) west, to the northeast corner of section twenty-one

(21) of said last-named township and range; thence westerly on the

section line between sections sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21),

seventeen (17) and twenty (20), and eighteen (18) and nineteen (19)

to the northwest corner of section nineteen (19) of said township and

range; thence southerly on the range line between ranges seventy-seven

(77) and seventy-eight (78) west to the northeast corner of section

thirteen (13), township nine (9) south, range seventy-eight (78) west;

thence westerly on the section line between sections twelve (12) and

thirteen (13) and eleven (11) and fourteen (14) to the northwest corner

of section fourteen (14) of said township and range; thence southerly on

the section line between sections fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) to the

southwest corner of said section fourteen (14); thence westerly on the

section, line between sections fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22) and

sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21) to the northwest corner of section

twenty-one (21) of said township and range; thence southerly on the

section line between sections twenty (20) and twenty-one (21) and

twenty-eight (28) and twenty-nine (29) to the southwest corner of

section twenty-eight (28) of said township and range; thence easterly

on the section line between sections twenty-eight (28) and thirty-three

(33) to the southeast corner of said section twenty-eight (28); thence

southerly on the section line between sections thirty-three (33) and

thirty-four (34) of said township and range and sections three (3) and

four (4), nine (9) and ten (10), and fifteen (15) and sixteen (16),

township ten (10) south, range seventy-eight (78) west, to the northeast

corner of section twenty-one (21) of said last-named township and range;

thence westerly on the section line between sections sixteen (16) and

twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and twenty (20), and eighteen (18) and

nineteen (19) to the northwest corner of section nineteen (19) of said

township and range; thence southerly on the range line between ranges

seventy-eight (78) and seventy-nine (79) west to the southwest corner of

township ten (10) south, range seventy-eight (78) west; thence westerly

on the second (2d) correction line south to the northwest corner of

section one (1), township eleven (11) south, range seventy-nine (79)

west; thence southerly on the section line between sections one (1) and

two (2), eleven (11) and twelve (12), thirteen (13) and fourteen (14),

twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24), twenty-five (25) and twenty-six

(26), and thirty-five (35) and thirty-six (36) of said township and

range and sections one (1) and two (2), eleven (11) and twelve (12),

and thirteen (13) and fourteen (14), township twelve (12) south, range

seventy-nine (79) west, to the southwest corner of section thirteen (13)

of said last-named township and range; thence easterly on the section

line between sections thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24) of said

township and range and sections eighteen (18) and nineteen (19),

seventeen (17) and twenty (20), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), and

fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), township twelve (12) south, range

seventy-eight (78) west, to the quarter-section corner between said

sections fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22); thence southerly through the

middle of sections twenty-two (22), twenty-seven (27), and thirty-four

(34) to the quarter-section corner on the south boundary of section

thirty-four (34) of said township and range; thence easterly on the

township line between townships twelve (12) and thirteen (13) south,

range seventy-eight (78) west, to the northwest corner of township

thirteen (13) south, range seventy-seven (77) west; thence southerly on

the range line between ranges seventy-seven (77) and seventy-eight (78)

west to the southwest corner of section six (6), township thirteen (13)

south, range seventy-seven (77) west; thence easterly on the section

line between sections six (6) and seven (7), five (5) and eight (8), and

four (4) and nine (9) to the southeast corner of section four (4) of

said township and range; thence northerly on the section line between

sections three (3) and four (4) of said township and range and sections

thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), township twelve (12) south,

range seventy-seven (77) west, to the northeast corner of section

thirty-three (33) of said last-named township and range; thence easterly

on the section line between sections twenty-seven (27) and thirty-four

(34) to the southeast corner of section twenty-seven (27) of said

township and range; thence northerly on the section line between

sections twenty-six (26) and twenty-seven (27), twenty-two (22) and

twenty-three (23), fourteen (14) and fifteen (15), ten (10) and eleven

(11), and two (2) and three (3) of said township and range and sections

thirty-four (34) and thirty-five (35), township eleven (11) south, range

seventy-seven (77) west, to the northeast corner of section thirty-four

(34) of said township and range; thence westerly on the section line

between sections twenty-seven (27) and thirty-four (34) to the northwest

corner of said section thirty-four (34); thence northerly on the section

line between sections twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28) to the

northeast corner of section twenty-eight (28) of said township and

range; thence westerly on the section line between sections twenty-one

(21) and twenty-eight (28), twenty (20) and twenty-nine (29), and

nineteen (19) and thirty (30) to the northwest corner of section thirty

(30) of said township and range; thence northerly on the range line

between ranges seventy-seven (77) and seventy-eight (78) west to the

northeast corner of township eleven (11) south, range seventy-eight (78)

west; thence easterly on the second (2d) correction line south to the

southeast corner of township ten (10) south, range seventy-eight (78)

west; thence northerly on the range line between ranges seventy-seven

(77) and seventy-eight (78) west to the southwest corner of section

eighteen (18), township nine (9) south, range seventy-seven (77) west;

thence easterly on the section line between sections eighteen (18)

and nineteen (19), seventeen (17) and twenty (20), sixteen (16) and

twenty-one (21), and fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22) to the southeast

corner of section fifteen (15) of said township and range; thence

northerly on the section line between sections fourteen (14) and fifteen

(15) and ten (10) and eleven (11) to the southwest corner of section

two (2) of said township and range; thence easterly on the section line

between sections two (2) and eleven (11) and one (1) and twelve (12)

to the southeast corner of section one (1) of said township and range;

thence northerly on the range line between ranges seventy-six (76) and

seventy-seven (77) west to the southwest corner of township eight (8)

south, range seventy-six (76) west; thence easterly on the township line

between townships eight (8) and nine (9) south, range seventy-six (76)

west, to the southeast corner of section thirty-one (31), township eight

(8) south, range seventy-six (76) west; thence northerly on the section

line between sections thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32) to the

southwest corner of section twenty-nine (29) of said township and range;

thence easterly on the section line between sections twenty-nine (29)

and thirty-two (32) to the southeast corner of said section twenty-nine

(29); thence northerly on the section line between sections twenty-eight

(28) and twenty-nine (29) and twenty (20) and twenty-one (21) to the

southwest corner of section sixteen (16) of said township and range;

thence easterly on the section line between sections sixteen (16) and

twenty-one (21) to the southeast corner of said section sixteen (16);

thence northerly on the section line between sections fifteen (15) and

sixteen (16), nine (9) and ten (10), and three (3) and four (4) of said

township and range, and sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34),

township seven (7) south, range seventy-six (76) west, to the southwest

corner of section twenty-seven (27) of said township and range; thence

easterly on the section line between sections twenty-seven (27) and

thirty-four (34), twenty-six (26) and thirty-five (35), and twenty-five

(25) and thirty-six (36) of said township and range, and sections

thirty (30) and thirty-one (31), twenty-nine (29) and thirty-two (32),

twenty-eight (28) and thirty-three (33), and twenty-seven (27) and

thirty-four (34), township seven (7) south, range seventy-five (75)

west, to the northwest corner of section thirty-five (35) of said

township and range; thence southerly on the section line between

sections thirty-four (34) and thirty-five (35) of said township and

range and sections two (2) and three (3), ten (10) and eleven (11),

fourteen (14) and fifteen (15), twenty-two (22) and twenty-three (23),

twenty-six (26) and twenty-seven (27), and thirty-four (34) and

thirty-five (35), township eight (8) south, range seventy-five (75)

west, to the southwest corner of section thirty-five (35) of said

township and range; thence easterly on the township line between

townships eight (8) and nine (9) south, range seventy-five (75) west, to

the northwest corner of township nine (9) south, range seventy-four (74)

west; thence southerly on the range line between ranges seventy-four

(74) and seventy-five (75) west to the southwest corner of township ten

(10) south, range seventy-four (74) west; thence easterly on the second

(2d) correction line south to the northwest corner of township eleven

(11) south, range seventy-three (73) west; thence southerly on the range

line between ranges seventy-three (73) and seventy-four (74) west to the

northeast corner of section thirteen (13), township twelve (12) south,

range seventy-four (74) west; thence westerly on the section line

between sections twelve (12) and thirteen (13) and eleven (11) and

fourteen (14) of said township and range to the quarter-section corner

between said sections eleven (11) and fourteen (14); thence southerly

through the middle of sections fourteen (14), twenty-three (23), and

twenty-six (26) to the center of section twenty-six (26) of said

township and range; thence easterly through the middle of sections

twenty-six (26) and twenty-five (25) to the quarter-section corner on

the range line between section twenty-five (25), township twelve (12)

south, range seventy-four (74) west, and section thirty (30), township

twelve (12) south, range seventy-three (73) west; thence southerly on

said range line to the southwest corner of township twelve (12) south,

range seventy-three (73) west; thence easterly on the township line

between townships twelve (12) and thirteen (13) south to the southeast

corner of township twelve (12) south, range seventy-three (73) west;

thence southerly on the range line between ranges seventy-two (72) and

seventy-three (73) west to the northeast corner of section twenty-four

(24), township thirteen (13) south, range seventy-three (73) west;

thence westerly on the section line between sections thirteen (13) and

twenty-four (24), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23), fifteen (15) and

twenty-two (22), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and

twenty (20), and eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) to the northwest corner

of section nineteen (19) of said township and range; thence southerly on

the range line between ranges seventy-three (73) and seventy-four (74)

west to the quarter-section corner on the west boundary of section

eighteen (18), township fourteen (14) south, range seventy-three (73)

west; thence easterly through the middle of sections eighteen (18) and

seventeen (17), sixteen (16), fifteen (15), fourteen (14), and thirteen

(13), township fourteen (14) south, range seventy-three (73) west, and

sections eighteen (18) and seventeen (17), township fourteen (14) south,

range seventy-two (72) west, to the quarter-section corner between

sections seventeen (17) and sixteen (16) of said last-named township and

range; thence northerly on the section line between sections sixteen

(16) and seventeen (17) and eight (8) and nine (9) to the northeast

corner of section eight (8) of said township and range; thence easterly

on the section line between sections four (4) and nine (9), three (3)

and ten (10), two (2) and eleven (11), and one (1)and twelve (12) to the

southeast corner of section one (1) of said township and range; thence

northerly on the range line between ranges seventy-one (71) and

seventy-two (72) west to the southwest corner of township thirteen (13)

south, range seventy-one (71) west; thence easterly on the township line

between townships thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) south to the southeast

corner of section thirty-three (33), township thirteen (13) south, range

seventy-one (71) west; thence northerly on the section line between

sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), twenty-seven (27) and

twenty-eight (28), twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22), fifteen (15)

and sixteen (16), nine (9) and ten (10), and three (3) and four (4) of

said township and range, and between sections thirty-three (33) and

thirty-four (34), twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28), twenty-one

(21) and twenty-two (22), fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), nine (9) and

ten (10), and three (3) and four (4), township twelve (12) south, range

seventy-one (71) west, and between sections thirty-three (33) and

thirty-four (34), twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28), twenty-one

(21) and twenty-two (22), fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), nine (9) and

ten (10), and three (3) and four (4), township eleven (11) south, range

seventy-one (71) west, to the northeast corner of section four (4) of

said last-named township and range; thence easterly on the second (2d)

correction line south to the southeast corner of section thirty-three

(33), township ten (10) south, range seventy-one (71) west; thence

northerly on the section line between sections thirty-three (33) and

thirty-four (34) of said township and range to the middle of the channel

of the South Platte River; thence down the middle of the channel of the

said river to its confluence with the North Fork of the South Platte

River, the place of beginning, to be known as the South Platte Forest

Reserve.

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, and all mining claims duly located and held

according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations

not in conflict therewith.

_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,

settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of

the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 9th day of December, A.D. 1892, and

of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and

seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:

JOHN W. FOSTER,

_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section 24 of the act of Congress approved

March 3, 1891, 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, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

by virtue of the power in me vested by section 24 of the aforesaid act

of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is 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 particularly described as

follows, to wit:

Beginning at the northeast corner of township three (3) north, range six

(6) west of the San Bernardino meridian; thence westerly on the surveyed

and unsurveyed township line between townships three (3) and four (4)

north, ranges six (6) and seven (7) west, to the northeast corner of

township three (3) north, range eight (8) west; thence northerly on the

unsurveyed and surveyed range line between ranges seven (7) and eight

(8) west to the northeast corner of section twenty-four (24), township

four (4) north, range eight (8) west; thence westerly on the surveyed

and unsurveyed section line between sections thirteen (13) and

twenty-four (24), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23), fifteen (15) and

twenty-two (22), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and

twenty (20), and eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) of said township and

range to the point for the northwest corner of section nineteen (19) of

said township and range; thence northerly on the unsurveyed and surveyed

range line between ranges eight (8) and nine (9) west to the northeast

corner of township four (4) north, range nine (9) west; thence westerly

on the township line between townships four (4) and five (5) north,

range nine (9) west, to the southeast corner of township five (5) north,

range ten (10) west; thence northerly on the range line between ranges

nine (9) and ten (10) west to the northeast corner of section thirty-six

(36) of said township and range; thence westerly on the section line

between sections twenty-five (25) and thirty-six (36), twenty-six (26)

and thirty-five (35), and twenty-seven (27) and thirty-four (34) to

the southeast corner of section twenty-eight (28) of said township

and range; thence northerly on the section line between sections

twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28) to the northeast corner of said

section twenty-eight (28); thence westerly on the section line between

sections twenty-one (21) and twenty-eight (28), twenty (20) and

twenty-nine (29), and nineteen (19) and thirty (30) of said last-named

township and range, and on the unsurveyed section line between sections

twenty-four (24) and twenty-five (25), twenty-three (23) and twenty-six

(26), twenty-two (22) and twenty-seven (27), twenty-one (21) and

twenty-eight (28), twenty (20) and twenty-nine (29), and nineteen (19)

and thirty (30), township five (5) north, range eleven (11) west, to the

point for the northwest corner of section thirty (30) of said last-named

township and range; thence southerly on the range line between ranges

eleven (11) and twelve (12) west to the southeast corner of township

five (5) north, range twelve (12) west; thence westerly on the township

line between townships four (4) and five (5) north to the southwest

corner of township five (5) north, range twelve (12) west; thence

southerly on the range line between ranges twelve (12) and thirteen (13)

west to the northeast corner of section twenty-four (24), township four

(4) north, range thirteen (13) west; thence westerly on the section line

between sections thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), fourteen (14) and

twenty-three (23), fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), sixteen (16) and

twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and twenty (20), and eighteen (18) and

nineteen (19) of said township and range, and sections thirteen (13) and

twenty-four (24), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23), fifteen (15) and

twenty-two (22), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and

twenty (20), and eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), township four (4)

north, range fourteen (14) west, to the northwest corner of section

nineteen (19) of said last-named township and range; thence southerly

on the surveyed and unsurveyed range line between ranges fourteen (14)

and fifteen (15) west to the point for the southwest corner of township

three (3) north, range fourteen (14) west; thence easterly on the

unsurveyed township line between townships two (2) and three (3) north,

range fourteen (14) west, to a point for the northwest corner of section

four (4), township two (2) north, range fourteen (14) west; thence

southerly on the unsurveyed section line between sections four (4) and

five (5) to the point for the southwest corner of said section four (4);

thence easterly on the unsurveyed section line between sections four (4)

and nine (9), three (3) and ten (10), two (2) and eleven (11), and one

(1) and twelve (12) to a point for the southeast corner of section one

(1) of said township and range; thence southerly on the range line

between ranges thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) west to the southwest

corner of section seven (7), township two (2) north, range thirteen

(13) west; thence easterly on the surveyed and unsurveyed section line

between sections seven (7) and eighteen (18), eight (8) and seventeen

(17), nine (9) and sixteen (16), ten (10) and fifteen (15), eleven (11)

and fourteen (14), and twelve (12) and (13) to a point for the northeast

corner of section thirteen (13) of said township and range; thence

southerly on the range line between ranges twelve (12) and thirteen (13)

west to the southwest corner of township two (2) north, range twelve

(12) west; thence easterly on the surveyed and unsurveyed township line

between townships one (1) and two (2) north, range twelve (12) west,

to the point for the northwest corner of section one (1), township one

(1) north, range twelve (12) west; thence southerly on the unsurveyed

section line between sections one (1) and two (2) to the point for

the southwest corner of said section one (1); thence easterly on the

unsurveyed section line between sections one (1) and twelve (12) to the

point for the southeast corner of said section one (1); thence southerly

on the range line between ranges eleven (11) and twelve (12) west to the

southwest corner of section seven (7), township one (1) north, range

eleven (11) west; thence easterly on the section line between sections

seven (7) and eighteen (18), eight (8) and seventeen (17), nine (9) and

sixteen (16), ten (10) and fifteen (15), eleven (11) and fourteen (14),

and twelve (12) and thirteen (13) of said township and range, and

sections seven (7) and eighteen (18), eight (8) and seventeen (17),

nine (9) and sixteen (16), ten (10) and fifteen (15), eleven (11) and

fourteen (14), and twelve (12) and thirteen (13), township one (1)

north, range ten (10) west, to the southeast corner of section twelve

(12) of said last-named township and range; thence southerly on the

range line between ranges nine (9) and ten (10) west to the southwest

corner of section eighteen (18), township one (1) north, range nine (9)

west; thence easterly on the section line between sections eighteen (18)

and nineteen (19), seventeen (17) and twenty (20), sixteen (16) and

twenty-one (21), fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), fourteen (14) and

twenty-three (23), and thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24) of said

township and range, and sections eighteen (18) and nineteen (19),

seventeen (17) and twenty (20), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21),

fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23),

and thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), township one (1) north, range

eight (8) west, to the southeast corner of section thirteen (13) of

said last-named township and range; thence northerly on the range line

between ranges seven (7) and eight (8) west to the southwest corner of

section seven (7), township one (1) north, range seven (7) west; thence

easterly on the section line between sections seven (7) and eighteen

(18), eight (8) and seventeen (17), nine (9) and sixteen (16), ten (10)

and fifteen (15), eleven (11) and fourteen (14), and twelve (12) and

thirteen (13) of said township and range, and on the surveyed and

unsurveyed section line between sections seven (7) and eighteen (18),

eight (8) and seventeen (17), nine (9) and sixteen (16), ten (10)

and fifteen (15), eleven (11) and fourteen (14), and twelve (12) and

thirteen (13), township one (1) north, range six (6) west, to the point

for the southeast corner of section twelve (12) of said last-named

township and range; thence northerly on the unsurveyed and surveyed

range line between ranges five (5) and six (6) west to the northeast

corner of township three (3) north, range six (6) west, 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, and all mining claims duly located and held

according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations

not in conflict therewith.

_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,

settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of

the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 20th day of December, A.D. 1892,

and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and

seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:

JOHN W. FOSTER,

_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section 24 of the act of Congress approved

March 3, 1891, 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 it is provided by section 14 of said above-mentioned act

that the public lands in the Territory of Alaska reserved for public

purposes shall not be subject to occupation and sale; and

Whereas the public lands in the Territory of Alaska known as Afognak

Island are in part covered with timber and are required for public

purposes in order that salmon fisheries in the waters of the island, and

salmon and other fish and sea animals, and other animals and birds, and

the timber, undergrowth, grass, moss, and other growth in, on, and about

said island may be protected and preserved unimpaired, and it appears

that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving

said lands as a public reservation; and

Whereas the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries has

selected Afognak Bay, River, and Lake, with their tributary streams and

the sources thereof, and the lands including the same on said Afognak

Island and within 1 mile from the shores thereof, as a reserve for the

purpose of establishing fish-culture stations and the use of the United

States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, the boundary lines of which

include the headsprings of the tributaries above mentioned and the lands

the drainage of which is into the same:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, by

virtue of the power in me vested by sections 24 and 14 of the aforesaid

act of Congress and by other laws of the United States, do reserve and

do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from

occupation and sale and set apart as a public reservation, including use

for fish-culture stations, said Afognak Island, Alaska, and its adjacent

bays and rocks and territorial waters, including among others the Sea

Lion Rocks and Sea Otter Island: _Provided_, That this proclamation

shall not be so construed as to deprive any _bona fide_ inhabitant of

said island of any valid right he may possess under the treaty for the

cession of the Russian possessions in North America to the United

States, concluded at Washington on the 30th day of March, 1867.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter upon or to

occupy the tract or tracts of land or waters reserved by this

proclamation, or to fish in or use any of the waters herein described or

mentioned, and that all persons or corporations now occupying said

island or any of said premises except under said treaty shall depart

therefrom.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of

the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 24th day of December, A.D. 1892,

and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and

seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:

JOHN W. FOSTER,

_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section 24 of the act of Congress approved

March 3, 1891, 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 Colorado 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, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

by virtue of the power in me vested by section 24 of the aforesaid act

of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is 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 Colorado and particularly described as follows,

to wit:

Beginning at the northeast corner of township seven (7) south, range

ninety-three (93) west of the sixth (6th) principal meridian; thence

westerly along the township line between townships six (6) and seven

(7) south to the northwest corner of township seven (7) south, range

ninety-three (93) west; thence southerly along the range line between

ranges ninety-three (93) and ninety-four (94) west to the northwest

corner of section nineteen (19), township seven (7) south, range

ninety-three (93) west; thence westerly along the unsurveyed section

line between sections thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), fourteen (14)

and twenty-three (23), fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), sixteen (16)

and twenty-one (21), seventeen (17) and twenty (20), and eighteen (18)

and nineteen (19), township seven (7) south, range ninety-four (94)

west, to the northwest corner of section nineteen (19) of said township

and range; thence southerly along the range line between ranges

ninety-four (94) and ninety-five (95) west to the northwest corner of

township eight (8) south, range ninety-four (94) west; thence westerly

along the township line between townships seven (7) and eight (8) south

to the northwest corner of section three (3), township eight (8) south,

range ninety-five (95) west; thence southerly along the section line

between sections three (3) and four (4), nine (9) and ten (10), and

fifteen (15) and sixteen (16) to the northwest corner of section

twenty-two (22) of said township and range; thence westerly along

the section line between sections sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21),

seventeen (17) and twenty (20), and eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) of

said township and range, and sections thirteen (13) and twenty-four

(24), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23), and fifteen (15) and

twenty-two (22), township eight (8) south, range ninety-six (96) west,

to the northwest corner of section twenty-two (22) of said township and

range; thence southerly along the section line between sections

twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22), twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight

(28), and thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34) of said township and

range to the northwest corner of section three (3), township nine (9)

south, range ninety-six (96) west; thence westerly along the township

line between townships eight (8) and nine (9) south to the northwest

corner of section three (3), township nine (9) south, range ninety-seven

(97) west; thence southerly along the section line between sections

three (3) and four (4), nine (9) and ten (10), fifteen (15) and sixteen

(16), twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22), twenty-seven (27) and

twenty-eight (28), and thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34) to the

southwest corner of section thirty-four (34) of said township and range;

thence easterly along the township line between townships nine (9) and

ten (10) south to the southeast corner of township nine (9) south, range

ninety-six (96) west; thence northerly along the range line between

ranges ninety-five (95) and ninety-six (96) west to the southeast corner

of section thirteen (13), township nine (9) south, range ninety-six (96)

west; thence easterly along the section line between sections eighteen

(18) and nineteen (19), seventeen (17) and twenty (20), sixteen (16) and

twenty-one (21), fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22), fourteen (14) and

twenty-three (23), and thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), township

nine (9) south, range ninety-five (95) west, to the southeast corner of

section thirteen (13) of said township and range; thence northerly along

the range line between ranges ninety-four (94) and ninety-five (95) west

to the southeast corner of township eight (8) south, range ninety-five

(95) west; thence easterly along the township line between townships

eight (8) and nine (9) south to the southwest corner of township eight

(8) south, range ninety-two (92) west; thence southerly along the range

line between ranges ninety-two (92) and ninety-three (93) west to the

southwest corner of township ten (10) south, range ninety-two (92) west;

thence westerly along the second (2d) correction line south between

townships ten (10) and eleven (11) south to the northwest corner of

township eleven (11) south, range ninety-six (96) west; thence southerly

along the range line between ranges ninety-six (96) and ninety-seven

(97) west to the northwest corner of township twelve (12) south, range

ninety-six (96) west; thence westerly along the township line between

townships eleven (11) and twelve (12) south to the northwest corner of

fractional section two (2), fractional township twelve (12) south,

fractional range ninety-eight (98) west; thence southerly along the

range line between fractional range ninety-eight (98) west of the sixth

(6th) principal meridian and range two (2) east of the Ute principal

meridian to the southwest corner of fractional section thirty-five (35),

fractional township thirteen (13) south, fractional range ninety-eight

(98) west of the sixth (6th) principal meridian; thence easterly along

the township line between township thirteen (13) and fractional township

fourteen (14) south to the southwest corner of township thirteen (13)

south, range ninety-six (96) west; thence southerly along the range

line between ranges ninety-six (96) and ninety-seven (97) west to the

southwest corner of township fourteen (14) south, range ninety-six

(96) west; thence easterly along the township line between townships

fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) south to the southeast corner of

section thirty-three (33), township fourteen (14) south, range

ninety-five (95) west; thence northerly along the section line between

sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), twenty-seven (27) and

twenty-eight (28), twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22), fifteen (15)

and sixteen (16), nine (9) and ten (10), and three (3) and four (4),

townships fourteen (14) and thirteen (13) south, range ninety-five (95)

west, and sections thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34), twenty-seven

(27) and twenty-eight (28), and twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22),

township twelve (12) south, range ninety-five (95) west, to the

southeast corner of section sixteen (16) of said township and range;

thence easterly along the section line between sections fifteen (15) and

twenty-two (22), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23), and thirteen (13)

and twenty-four (24), township twelve (12) south, range ninety-five (95)

west, and sections eighteen (18) and nineteen (19), seventeen (17)

and twenty (20), sixteen (16) and twenty-one (21), fifteen (15) and

twenty-two (22), fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23), and thirteen (13)

and twenty-four (24), township twelve (12) south, range (94) west, to

the south west corner of section eighteen (18), township twelve (12)

south, range ninety-three (93) west; thence southerly along the range

line between ranges ninety-three (93) and ninety-four (94) west to the

southwest corner of township twelve (12) south, range ninety-three (93)

west; thence easterly along the township line between townships twelve

(12) and thirteen (13) south to the southeast corner of township twelve

(12) south, range ninety-two (92) west; thence northerly along the range

line between ranges ninety-one (91) and ninety-two (92) west to the

southeast corner of township eleven (11) south, range ninety-two (92)

west; thence easterly along the township line between townships eleven

(11) and twelve (12) south to the southwest corner of township eleven

(11) south, range ninety (90) west; thence southerly along the range

line between ranges ninety (90) and ninety-one (91) west to the

southwest corner of township twelve (12) south, range ninety (90) west;

thence easterly along the township line between townships twelve (12)

and thirteen (13) south to the southeast corner of township twelve (12)

south, range eighty-nine (89) west; thence northerly along the surveyed

and unsurveyed range line between ranges eighty-eight (88) and

eighty-nine (89) west to the northeast corner of township eleven (11)

south, range eighty-nine (89) west; thence easterly along the second

(2d) correction line south to the southeast corner of township ten (10)

south, range eighty-nine (89) west; thence northerly along the range

line between ranges eighty-eight (88) and eighty-nine (89) west to the

northeast corner of township nine (9) south, range eighty-nine (89)

west; thence westerly along the township line between townships eight

(8) and nine (9) south to the northeast corner of township nine (9)

south, range ninety (90) west; thence northerly along the range line

between ranges eighty-nine (89) and ninety (90) west to the northeast

corner of township eight (8) south, range ninety (90) west; thence

westerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed township line between

townships seven (7) and eight (8) south to the northeast corner of

township eight (8) south, range ninety-three (93) west; thence northerly

along the range line between ranges ninety-two (92) and ninety-three

(93) west to the northeast corner of township seven (7) south, range

ninety-three (93) west, 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, and all mining claims duly located and held

according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations

not in conflict therewith.

_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,

settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of

the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 24th day of December, A.D. 1892,

and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and

seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:

JOHN W. FOSTER,

_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, pursuant to section 3 of the act of Congress approved October

1, 1890, entitled "An act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on

imports, and for other purposes," the Secretary of State of the United

States of America communicated to the Government of Salvador the action

of the Congress of the United States of America, with a view to secure

reciprocal trade, in declaring the articles enumerated in said section 3

to be exempt from duty upon their importation into the United States of

America; and

Whereas the minister for foreign affairs for the Republic of Salvador

has communicated to the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary

of the United States to Salvador that the Congress of Salvador has by

due legal enactment authorized the executive power to conclude a

definitive commercial arrangement with the United States to supersede

the existing provisional arrangement; and

Whereas, in reciprocity for the admission into the United States of

America free of all duty of the articles enumerated in section 3 of said

act, the Government of Salvador will admit free of all duty from and

after December 31, 1892, into all the established ports of entry of

Salvador the articles or merchandise named in the following schedule,

provided that the same is the manufacture or product of the United

States:

PRODUCTS AND MANUFACTURES OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE ADMITTED INTO

SALVADOR FREE OF CUSTOMS DUTIES AND OF ALL CHARGES, WHETHER NATIONAL

OR PROVINCIAL.

1. Cotton-seed oil.

2. Live animals.

3. Tar, vegetable and mineral.

4. Wire, barbed, and staples for fences.

5. Apparatus for distilling liquors.

6. Plows, cultivators, hoes, axes, machetes, shovels, and rakes.

7. Quicksilver.

8. Barrels, casks, and tanks of iron for water.

9. Mineral ores.

10. Boats, lighters, tackle, anchors, chains, girtlines, sails, and

all other articles for vessels, to be used in the ports, lakes,

and rivers of the Republic.

11. Coal, mineral.

12. Roman cement and hydraulic lime.

13. Kettles for making salt.

14. Wooden staves, barrel heads and hoops.

15. Houses of wood and iron, complete and in parts.

16. Beans, potatoes, and onions.

17. Fruits, fresh.

18. Guano and other fertilizers, natural and artificial.

19. Guys for mining purposes.

20. Hay and straw for forage.

21. Furnaces and instruments for assaying metals.

22. Scientific instruments.

23. Loadstones.

24. Bricks, fire bricks, and crucibles for melting.

25. Hops.

26. Printed books, pamphlets and newspapers, bound or unbound, maps,

photographs, printed music, and paper for music.

27. Corn, rice, barley, and rye.

28. Marble, dressed, for furniture, statues, fountains, gravestones,

and building purposes.

29. Machinery of all kinds, including sewing machines, and separate or

extra parts for the same.

30. Materials of all kinds for the construction and operation of

railroads.

31. Materials of all kinds for the construction and operation of

telegraphic and telephonic lines.

32. Materials of all kinds for lighting by electricity and gas.

33. Materials of all kinds for the construction of wharves in ports,

lakes, or rivers.

34. Wood of all kinds for building, in trunks or pieces, beams,

rafters, planks, boards, shingles, and flooring.

35. Molds for making sugar.

36. Models of machinery and buildings.

37. Printing materials, including presses, ink, and all other

accessories.

38. Samples of merchandise the duties on which do not exceed $1.

39. Gold and silver in bars, dust, or coin.

40. Preparations of flour in biscuits, crackers, not sweetened,

macaroni, vermicelli, and tallarin.

41. Plates of iron for building purposes.

42. Kettles for making sugar.

43. Sulphate of quinine.

44. Tubes of iron and all other accessories for water supply.

45. Wagons, carts, and carriages of all kinds, and separate parts for

the same.

It is understood that the packages or coverings in which the articles

named in the foregoing schedule are imported shall be free of duty if

they are usual and proper for the purpose.

And whereas the Government of Salvador has further stipulated that the

laws and regulations adopted to protect its revenue and prevent fraud

in the declarations and proof that the articles named in the foregoing

schedule are the product or manufacture of the United States of America

shall impose no additional charges on the importer nor undue

restrictions on the articles imported; and

Whereas the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the

United States to Salvador has informed the Government of Salvador

that its action in granting freedom of duties to the products and

manufactures of the United States of America on their importation into

Salvador is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress

as set forth in section 3 of said act:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the

United States of America, have caused the above-stated modifications of

the tariff laws of Salvador to be made public for the information of the

citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of

the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 27th day of December, A.D. 1892,

and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and

seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:

JOHN W. FOSTER,

_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas Congress by a statute approved March 22, 1882, and by statutes

in furtherance and amendment thereof defined the crimes of bigamy,

polygamy, and unlawful cohabitation in the Territories and other places

within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States and prescribed a

penalty for such crimes; and

Whereas on or about the 6th day of October, 1890, the Church of the

Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon Church, through its

president issued a manifesto proclaiming the purpose of said church no

longer to sanction the practice of polygamous marriages and calling upon

all members and adherents of said church to obey the laws of the United

States in reference to said subject-matter; and

Whereas it is represented that since the date of said declaration the

members and adherents of said church have generally obeyed said laws and

have abstained from plural marriages and polygamous cohabitation; and

Whereas by a petition dated December 19, 1891, the officials of said

church, pledging the membership thereof to a faithful obedience to the

laws against plural marriage and unlawful cohabitation, have applied to

me to grant amnesty for past offenses against said laws, which request a

very large number of influential non-Mormons residing in the Territories

have also strongly urged; and

Whereas the Utah Commission in their report bearing date September

15, 1892, recommend that said petition be granted and said amnesty

proclaimed, under proper conditions as to the future observance of the

law, with a view to the encouragement of those now disposed to become

law-abiding citizens; and

Whereas during the past two years such amnesty has been granted to

individual applicants in a very large number of cases, conditioned

upon the faithful observance of the laws of the United States against

unlawful cohabitation, and there are now pending many more such

applications:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

by virtue of the powers in me vested, do hereby declare and grant a full

amnesty and pardon to all persons liable to the penalties of said act by

reason of unlawful cohabitation under the color of polygamous or plural

marriage who have since November 1, 1890, abstained from such unlawful

cohabitation, but upon the express condition that they shall in the

future faithfully obey the laws of the United States hereinbefore named,

and not otherwise. Those who shall fail to avail themselves of the

clemency hereby offered will be vigorously prosecuted.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of

the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 4th day of January, A.D. 1893, and

of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and

seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:

JOHN W. FOSTER,

_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section 24 of the act of Congress approved

March 3, 1891, 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, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

by virtue of the power in me vested by section 24 of the aforesaid act

of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is 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, to wit:

Beginning at the northeast corner of township five (5) south, range

thirty (30) east, on the first (1st) standard parallel south, Mount

Diablo meridian, California; thence westerly along said first (1st)

standard parallel to the northwest corner of township five (5) south,

range twenty-one (21) east; thence southerly on the range line between

ranges twenty (20) and twenty-one (21) east to the southwest corner of

township six (6) south, range twenty-one (21) east; thence easterly on

the township line between townships six (6) and seven (7) south to the

southeast corner of township six (6) south, range twenty-one (21) east;

thence southerly on the range line between ranges twenty-one (21) and

twenty-two (22) east to the southwest corner of township seven (7)

south, range twenty-two (22) east; thence easterly along the township

line between townships seven (7) and eight (8) south to the southeast

corner of township seven (7) south, range twenty-two (22) east; thence

southerly along the range line between ranges twenty-two (22) and

twenty-three (23) east to the southwest corner of township eight (8)

south, range twenty-three (23) east; thence easterly along the second

(2d) standard parallel south to the northeast corner of township nine

(9) south, range twenty-three (23) east; thence southerly along the

unsurveyed and surveyed range line between ranges twenty-three (23) and

twenty-four (24) east to the southwest corner of township nine (9)

south, range twenty-four (24) east; thence easterly along the township

line between townships nine (9) and ten (10) south to the southeast

corner of township nine (9) south, range twenty-four (24) east; thence

southerly along the range line between ranges twenty-four (24) and

twenty-five (25) east to the southwest corner of township ten (10)

south, range twenty-five (25) east; thence easterly along the township

line between townships ten (10) and eleven (11) south to the southeast

corner of township ten (10) south, range twenty-five (25) east; thence

southerly along the unsurveyed and surveyed range line between ranges

twenty-five (25) and twenty-six (26) east to the southwest corner of

township twelve (12) south, range twenty-six (26) east; thence easterly

along the third (3d) standard parallel south to the northwest corner

of township thirteen (13) south, range twenty-seven (27) east; thence

southerly along the range line between ranges twenty-six (26) and

twenty-seven (27) east to the southwest corner of township thirteen (13)

south, range twenty-seven (27) east; thence easterly along the township

line between townships thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) south to the

southeast corner of township thirteen (13) south, range twenty-seven

(27) east; thence northerly along the boundary line of "General Grant

National Park" to the northwest corner, easterly the northeast corner,

southerly to the southeast corner, and westerly to the southwest corner

of said park; thence southerly along the range line between ranges

twenty-seven (27) and twenty-eight (28) east to the southwest corner

of township fourteen (14) south, range twenty-eight (28) east; thence

easterly along the township line between townships fourteen (14) and

fifteen (15) south to the southwest corner of township fourteen (14)

south, range thirty-one (31) east; thence southerly along the range line

between ranges thirty (30) and thirty-one (31) east to the fourth (4th)

standard parallel south; thence westerly along said fourth (4th)

standard parallel to the northwest corner of township seventeen (17)

south, range thirty-one (31) east; thence southerly along the range line

between ranges thirty (30) and thirty-one (31) east to the southwest

corner of township seventeen (17) south, range thirty-one (31) east;

thence easterly along the township line between townships seventeen (17)

and eighteen (18) south to the southeast corner of township seventeen

(17) south, range thirty-one (31) east; thence southerly along the range

line between ranges thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32) east to the

southwest corner of township eighteen (18) south, range thirty-two (32)

east; thence westerly along the township line between townships eighteen

(18) and nineteen (19) south to the northwest corner of township

nineteen (19) south, range thirty (30) east; thence southerly along the

range line between ranges twenty-nine (29) and thirty (30) east to the

fifth (5th) standard parallel south; thence westerly along said fifth

(5th) standard parallel to the northwest corner of township twenty-one

(21) south, range thirty (30) east; thence southerly along the range

line between ranges twenty-nine (29) and thirty (30) east to a point on

said range line where it intersects the northern boundary line of the

"Tule River Indian Reservation;" thence easterly and northeasterly along

the northern boundary line of said reservation to the northeast corner

thereof, located in the southwest quarter of section twenty-one (21),

township twenty-one (21) south, range thirty-one (31) east; thence

southerly along the eastern boundary of said reservation to the

southeast corner thereof, located in the northwest quarter of section

thirty-three (33), township twenty-two (22) south, range thirty-one (31)

east; thence westerly and southwesterly along the southern boundary of

said reservation to a point where it is intersected by the range line

between ranges twenty-nine (29) and thirty (30) east; thence southerly

along said range line to the southwest corner of township twenty-three

(23) south, range thirty (30) east; thence easterly along the township

line between townships twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24) south to

the southeast corner of township twenty-three (23) south, range thirty

(30) east; thence southerly along the range line between ranges thirty

(30) and thirty-one (31) east to the sixth (6th) standard parallel

south; thence westerly along said sixth (6th) standard parallel to the

northwest corner of township twenty-five (25) south, range thirty-one

(31) east; thence southerly along the range line between ranges thirty

(30) and thirty-one (31) east to the southwest corner of township

twenty-six (26) south, range thirty-one (31) east; thence westerly along

the township line between townships twenty-six (26) and twenty-seven

(27) south to the northwest corner of township twenty-seven (27) south,

range thirty (30) east; thence southerly along the range line between

ranges twenty-nine (29) and thirty (30) east to the seventh (7th)

standard parallel south; thence easterly along said seventh (7th)

standard parallel to the southeast corner of township twenty-eight (28)

south, range thirty-seven (37) east; thence northerly along the range

line between ranges thirty-seven (37) and thirty-eight (38) east to the

sixth (6th) standard parallel south; thence easterly along said sixth

(6th) standard parallel to the southeast corner of township twenty-four

(24) south, range thirty-seven (37) east; thence northerly along the

range line between ranges thirty-seven (37) and thirty-eight (38) east

to the northeast corner of township twenty-four (24) south, range

thirty-seven (37) east; thence easterly along the township line between

townships twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24) south to the southeast

corner of township twenty-three (23) south, range thirty-seven (37)

east; thence northerly along the range line between ranges thirty-seven

(37) and thirty-eight (38) east to the fifth (5th) standard parallel

south; thence westerly along said fifth (5th) standard parallel south to

the southeast corner of section thirty-one (31), township twenty (20)

south, range thirty-seven (37) east; thence northerly along the western

boundary line of sections thirty-two (32), twenty-nine (29), twenty

(20), seventeen (17), eight (8), and five (5) to the northwest corner of

section five (5) in said township and range; thence westerly along the

township line between townships nineteen (19) and twenty (20) south to

the southeast corner of township nineteen (19) south, range thirty-six

(36) east; thence northerly along the range line between ranges

thirty-six (36) and thirty-seven (37) east to the quarter-section corner

on the east line of section thirty-six (36), township nineteen (19)

south, range thirty-six (36) east, westerly on a line through the

centers of sections thirty-six (36) and thirty-five (35) to the center

of section thirty-five (35), northerly on a line through the centers

of sections thirty-five (35), twenty-six (26), twenty-three (23), and

fourteen (14) to the center of section fourteen (14), easterly on a line

through the center of section fourteen (14) to the quarter-section

corner between said section fourteen (14) and section thirteen (13),

and northerly along the section lines on the west boundary of sections

thirteen (13), twelve (12), and one (1) to the northwest corner of

section one (1), all of said township and range; thence northerly along

the section lines on the west boundary of sections thirty-six (36) and

twenty-five (25), township eighteen (18) south, range thirty-six (36)

east, to the northwest corner of said section twenty-five (25), easterly

along the section line between sections twenty-four (24) and twenty-five

(25) to the quarter-section corner between said sections, northerly

through the centers of sections twenty-four (24) and thirteen (13) to

the quarter-section corner between sections thirteen (13) and twelve

(12), westerly along the section line to the southwest corner of section

twelve (12), and northerly along the section lines on the west boundary

of sections twelve (12) and one (1) to the northwest corner of section

one (1) of said township and range; thence northerly along the section

line on the west boundary of section thirty-six (36), township seventeen

(17) south, range thirty-six (36) east, to the quarter-section corner

between sections thirty-five (35) and thirty-six (36), westerly to the

center of section thirty-five (35), northerly on a line through the

centers of sections thirty-five (35), twenty-six (26), twenty-three

(23), fourteen (14), and eleven (11) to the quarter-section corner

between sections eleven (11) and two (2), westerly along the section

line to the southwest corner of section two (2), and northerly along the

section line to the northwest corner of section two (2), all of said

township and range; thence westerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed

line of the fourth (4th) standard parallel south to the southwest corner

of township sixteen (16) south, range thirty-four (34) east; thence

northerly along the range line between ranges thirty-three (33) and

thirty-four (34) east to the northwest corner of township fifteen (15)

south, range thirty-four (34) east; thence easterly along the township

line between townships fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) south to the

southwest corner of township fourteen (14) south, range thirty-five (35)

east; thence northerly on the range line between ranges thirty-four (34)

and thirty-five (35) east to the northwest corner of township fourteen

(14) south, range thirty-five (35) east; thence westerly along the

township line between townships thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) south to

the southwest corner of section thirty-five (35), township thirteen (13)

south, range thirty-four (34) east, northerly along the section line

to the quarter-section corner between sections thirty-four (34) and

thirty-five (35), westerly to the center of section thirty-four (34),

northerly on a line through the centers of sections thirty-four (34) and

twenty-seven (27) to the center of section twenty-seven (27), easterly

through section twenty-seven (27) to the quarter-section corner between

sections twenty-seven (27) and twenty-six (26), northerly along the

section lines on the west boundary of sections twenty-six (26),

twenty-three (23), fourteen (14), eleven (11), and two (2) to the

northwest corner of west lot one (1) in section two (2), easterly to

the southwest corner of the east lot two (2) in section two (2), and

northerly to the northwest corner of the west half of east lot six (6),

section two (2), all of said township and range; thence westerly along

the third (3d) standard parallel south to the southwest corner of

section thirty-four (34), township twelve (12) south, range thirty-four

(34) east, northerly along the section line to the quarter-section

corner between sections thirty-four (34) and thirty-three (33),

westerly to the center of section thirty-three (33), northerly to

the quarter-section corner between sections thirty-three (33) and

twenty-eight (28), westerly on the section line to the southwest corner

of section twenty-eight (28), northerly along the section lines on the

west boundary of sections twenty-eight (28), twenty-one (21), sixteen

(16), nine (9), and four (4) to the quarter-section corner between

sections four (4) and five (5), westerly to the center of section five

(5), and northerly to the quarter-section corner on the north boundary

of said section five (5), all of said township and range; thence

westerly along the township line between townships eleven (11) and

twelve (12) south to the southwest corner of section thirty-two (32),

township eleven (11) south, range thirty-four (34) east, northerly along

the section lines on the west boundary of sections thirty-two (32),

twenty-nine (29), twenty (20), seventeen (17), and eight (8) to the

quarter-section corner between sections seven (7) and eight (8),

westerly on a line through the center of section seven (7), township

eleven (11) south, range thirty-four (34) east, and sections twelve

(12) and eleven (11), township eleven (11) south, range thirty-three

(33) east, to the center of said section eleven (11), and northerly

on a central line through sections eleven (11) and two (2) to the

quarter-section corner on the north line of section two (2), township

eleven (11) south, range thirty-three (33) east; thence westerly on the

township line between townships ten (10) and eleven (11) south to the

southwest corner of section thirty-five (35), township ten (10) south,

range thirty-three (33) east, northerly to the quarter-section corner

between sections thirty-five (35) and thirty-four (34), westerly to the

center of section thirty-four (34), northerly on a line through the

centers of sections thirty-four (34), twenty-seven (27), and twenty-two

(22) to the center of section twenty-two (22), easterly to the center

of section twenty-three (23), northerly through the centers of sections

twenty-three (23), fourteen (14), and eleven (11) to the center of

section eleven (11), easterly to the quarter-section corner between

sections eleven (11) and twelve (12), northerly along the section line

to the northwest corner of section twelve (12), easterly along the

section line to the quarter-section corner between sections twelve (12)

and one (1), northerly to the center of section one (1), easterly to

the quarter-section corner on the east line of section one (1), and

northerly to the northeast corner of section one (1), all of said

township and range; thence westerly along the unsurveyed township line

between townships ten (10) and nine (9) south to the southeast corner of

township nine (9) south, range thirty-two (32) east; thence northerly

along the range line between ranges thirty-two (32) and thirty-three

(33) east to the northeast corner of township nine (9) south, range

thirty-two (32) east; thence westerly along the second (2d) standard

parallel south to the southeast corner of township eight (8) south,

range thirty-one (31) east; thence northerly along the surveyed and

unsurveyed range line between ranges thirty-one (31) and thirty-two

(32) east to the northeast corner of township eight (8) south, range

thirty-one (31) east; thence westerly along the township line between

townships seven (7) and eight (8) south to the southeast corner of

township seven (7) south, range thirty (30) east; thence northerly along

the range line between ranges thirty (30) and thirty-one (31) east to

the northeast corner of township five (5) south, range thirty (30) 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, and all mining claims duly located and held

according to the laws of the United States and the rules and regulations

not in conflict therewith.

_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,

settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of

the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 14th day of February, A.D. 1893,

and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and

seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:

JOHN W. FOSTER,

_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section 24 of the act of Congress approved

March 3, 1891, 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 Washington 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, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

by virtue of the power in me vested by section 24 of the aforesaid act

of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is 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 Washington and within the boundaries

particularly described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at the southwest corner of township thirteen (13) north, range

fifteen (15) east of the Willamette base and meridian; thence northerly

along the surveyed and unsurveyed range line between ranges fourteen

(14) and fifteen (15) east, subject to the proper easterly or westerly

offset on the fourth (4th) standard parallel north, to the point for

the northeast corner of township eighteen (18) north, range fourteen

(14) east; thence westerly along the unsurveyed township line between

townships eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) north to the southeast corner

of township nineteen (19) north, range seven (7) east; thence southerly

along the unsurveyed range line between ranges seven (7) and eight (8)

east, subject to the proper easterly or westerly offsets on the township

line between townships seventeen (17) and eighteen (18) north, and the

fourth (4th) standard parallel north to the point for the southwest

corner of township thirteen (13) north, range eight (8) east; thence

easterly along the unsurveyed township line between townships twelve

(12) and thirteen (13) north to the southwest corner of township

thirteen (13) north, range fifteen (15) 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, and all mining claims duly located and held

according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not

in conflict therewith.

_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,

settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of

the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 20th day of February, A.D. 1893 and

of the independence of the United States the one hundred and

seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:

JOHN W. FOSTER,

_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section 24 of the act of Congress approved

March 3, 1891, 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 Territory of Arizona 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, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

by virtue of the power in me vested by section 24 of the aforesaid act

of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is 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 Territory of Arizona and within the boundaries

particularly described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at the point of intersection of the parallel of thirty-six

(36) degrees thirty (30) minutes north latitude with the meridian of one

hundred and eleven (111) degrees forty-five (45) minutes of longitude

west from Greenwich; thence westerly along said parallel of latitude

to its intersection with the meridian of one hundred and twelve (112)

degrees forty-five (45) minutes west longitude; thence southerly along

said meridian of longitude to its intersection with the parallel of

thirty-five (35) degrees forty-five (45) minutes north latitude; thence

easterly along said parallel of latitude to its intersection with the

meridian of one hundred and eleven (111) degrees forty-five (45) minutes

west longitude; thence northerly along said meridian of longitude to its

intersection with the parallel of thirty-six (36) degrees thirty (30)

minutes north latitude, 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, and all mining claims duly located and held

according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations

not in conflict therewith.

_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,

settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of

the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 20th day of February, A.D. 1893,

and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and

seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:

JOHN W. FOSTER,

_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas by my proclamation of August 18, 1892,[36] and in pursuance of

the authority conferred on me by an act of Congress approved July 26,

1892, entitled "An act to enforce the reciprocal commercial relations

between the United States and Canada, and for other purposes,"

I directed "that from and after September 1, 1892, until further notice

a toll of 20 cents per ton be levied, collected, and paid on all freight

of whatever kind or description passing through the St. Marys Falls

Canal in transit to any port of the Dominion of Canada, whether carried

in vessels of the United States or of other nations," and to that extent

thereby suspended "from and after said date the right of free passage

through said St. Marys Falls Canal of any and all cargoes or portions

of cargoes in transit to Canadian ports;" and

Whereas the above order was issued in consequence of the imposition

by the government of the Dominion of Canada of a discriminating toll

whereby unjust and unreasonable burdens were placed, in violation

of Article XXVII of the treaty of Washington, upon the carrying of

passengers and cargoes through the Welland Canal in transit to ports of

the United States, as is fully set forth in the said proclamation; and

Whereas by an order in council dated February 13, 1893, the

Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada has directed that--

For the season of 1893 the canal tolls for the passage of the following

food products, wheat, Indian corn, pease, barley, rye, oats, flaxseed,

and buckwheat, for passage eastward through the Welland Canal be 10

cents per ton, and for passage westward through the St. Lawrence canals

only 10 cents per ton; payment of the said toll of 10 cents per ton for

passage through the Welland Canal to entitle these products to free

passage through the St. Lawrence canals.

And whereas I have received satisfactory assurances that this order

revokes during the season of 1893 the discriminating provisions above

referred to and secures to citizens of the United States equality with

British subjects as regards the use of said canals:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of

America, by virtue of the said act of Congress approved July 26, 1892,

do hereby declare and proclaim that from and after the date hereof and

until further notice the provisions of my said proclamation of August

18, 1892,[37] are suspended in so far as they direct that a toll of 20

cents per ton be levied, collected, and paid on all freight of whatever

kind or description passing through the St. Marys Falls Canal in transit

to any port of the Dominion of Canada, whether carried in vessels of the

United States or of other nations.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of

the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 21st day of February, 1893, and of

the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and

seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:

JOHN W. FOSTER,

_Secretary of State_.

[Footnote 36: See pp. 290-292.]

[Footnote 37: See pp. 290-292.]

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section 24 of the act of Congress approved

March 3, 1891, 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, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

by virtue of the power in me vested by section 24 of the aforesaid act

of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is 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, to wit:

Beginning at the northeast corner of section thirteen (13), township

five (5) south, range six (6) west, of the San Bernardino base and

meridian; thence westerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed section line

to the point for the southwest corner of section ten (10), said township

and range; thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed section

line to the northwest corner of section three (3), said township and

range; thence westerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed township line

to the point for the northwest corner of section three (3), township

five (5) south, range seven (7) west; thence southerly along the

surveyed and unsurveyed section line to the southeast corner of section

thirty-three (33), said township and range; thence easterly along the

surveyed and unsurveyed township line to the northeast corner of

township six (6) south, range seven (7) west; thence southerly to the

southwest corner of township five (5) south, range six (6) west; thence

easterly to the point for the quarter-section corner on the north line

of section six (6), township six (6) south, range six (6) west; thence

southerly on a central line to the center of section nineteen (19), said

township and range; thence easterly to the quarter-section corner on the

east boundary of said section nineteen (19); thence southerly on the

section line to the point of intersection with the north boundary of the

"Rancho Mission Viejo or La Paz;" thence in a southeasterly direction

along said boundary line to the point of intersection with the township

line between townships six (6) and seven (7) south; thence easterly

along said township line to the southeast corner of township six (6)

south, range six (6) west; thence northerly along the range line between

ranges five (5) and six (6) west to the northeast corner of section

thirteen (13), township five (5) south, range six (6) west, 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, and all mining claims duly located and held

according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not

in conflict therewith.

_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,

settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of

the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 25th day of February, A.D. 1893,

and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and

seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:

WILLIAM F. WHARTON,

_Acting Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section 24 of the act of Congress approved

March 3, 1891, 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, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,

by virtue of the power in me vested by section 24 of the aforesaid act

of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is 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, to wit:

Beginning at the northwest corner of township three (3) north, range

five (5) west, San Bernardino meridian, California; thence southerly

along the surveyed and unsurveyed range line between ranges five (5) and

six (6) west to the northwest corner of section eighteen (18), township

one (1) north, range five (5) west; thence easterly along the section

line between sections seven (7) and eighteen (18) to the western

boundary of the "Rancho Muscupiabe;" thence easterly, following the

western and northern boundary of said rancho, to the point where said

boundary intersects the section line between sections nineteen (19)

and thirty (30), township one (1) north, range three (3) west; thence

easterly along the section lines to the northeast corner of section

twenty-five (25), said township and range; thence southerly along

the range line between ranges two (2) and three (3) west to the San

Bernardino base line; thence easterly along said base line to the

northeast corner of section four (4), township one (1) south, range two

(2) west, southerly along the unsurveyed and surveyed section lines to

the northeast corner of section (16), easterly along the section lines

to the northeast corner of section thirteen (13), and southerly to the

southeast corner of section thirteen (13), all of said township and

range; thence easterly to a point for the center of township one (1)

south, range one (1) west; thence southerly to a point for the southwest

corner of section thirty-four (34) in said township and range; thence

easterly along the surveyed and unsurveyed township line between

townships one (1) and two (2) south to the San Bernardino meridian;

thence southerly along said meridian to the northeast corner of township

three (3) south, range one (1) west; thence easterly through the Maronge

Indian Reservation to the southeast corner of township two (2) south,

range three (3) east; thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed

range line to the northeast corner of said township; thence easterly to

a point for the southeast corner of township one (1) south, range four

(4) east; thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed range line

between ranges four (4) and five (5) east to the northeast corner of

section twenty-four (24), township three (3) north, range four (4) east;

thence westerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed section lines to the

southwest corner of section eighteen (18), township three (3) north,

range (3) east; thence northerly along the range line between ranges two

(2) and three (3) east to the northeast corner of township three (3)

north, range two (2) east; thence westerly along the township line

between townships three (3) and four (4) north to the northwest corner

of township three (3) north, range (5) west, 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, and all mining claims duly located and held

according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations

not in conflict therewith.

_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,

settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make

settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of

the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 25th day of February, A.D. 1893,

and of the impendence Of the United States the one hundred and

seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:

WILLIAM F. WHARTON,

_Acting Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas public interests require that the Senate should be convened at

12 o'clock on the 4th day of March next to receive such communications

as may be made by the Executive:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, do

hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the

Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol, in the city of

Washington, on the 4th day of March next, at 12 o'clock noon, of which

all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that

body are hereby required to take notice.

Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at Washington,

this 25th day of February, A.D. 1893, and of the Independence of the

United States of America the one hundred and seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:

WILLIAM F. WHARTON,

_Acting Secretary of State_.

EXECUTIVE ORDERS.

AMENDMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

JANUARY 5, 1893.