Whereas it is provided by section twenty-four 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 further provided by the act of Congress, approved
June 4, 1897 entitled, "An act making appropriations for sundry civil
expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, and
for other purposes," that "The President is hereby authorized at any
time to modify any executive order that has been or may hereafter be
made establishing any forest reserve, and by such modification may
reduce the area or change the boundary lines of such reserve, or may
vacate altogether any order creating such reserve;"
And whereas the public lands in the State of Wyoming, 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, William McKinley, President of the United States, by
virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid acts of Congress, do
hereby make known and proclaim that the boundary lines of the Forest
Reservation in the State of Wyoming, known as "The Big Horn Forest
Reserve," created by proclamation of February 22, 1897, are hereby so
changed and enlarged as to include all those certain tracts, pieces or
parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of Wyoming, and
within the boundaries particularly described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at the southeast corner of township forty-eight (48) north,
range eighty-four (84) west, sixth (6th) principal meridian, Wyoming;
thence northerly to the northeast corner of said township; thence
easterly along the twelfth (12th) standard parallel north to the
southeast corner of section thirty-three (33), township forty-nine (49)
north, range eighty-three (83) west; thence northerly along the section
line to the northeast corner of section four (4), township fifty (50)
north, range eighty-three (83) west; thence westerly to the northeast
corner of section two (2), township fifty (50) north, range eighty-four
(84) west, thence northerly along the section line, allowing for the
proper offset on the thirteenth (13th) standard parallel north, to the
northeast corner of section fourteen (14), township fifty-three (53)
north, range eighty-four (84) west, thence westerly to the northeast
corner of section fourteen (14), township fifty-three (53) north, range
eighty-five (85) west; thence northerly to the northeast corner of
section two (2), said township; thence westerly to the northeast corner
of section two (2), township fifty-three (53) north, range eighty-six
(86) west; thence northerly to the northeast corner of section two (2),
township fifty-four (54) north, range eighty-six (86) west; thence
westerly to the southeast corner of township fifty-five (55) north,
range eighty-seven (87) west; thence northerly to the northeast corner
of said township; thence westerly to the northwest corner of said
township; thence southerly to the southwest corner of said township;
thence westerly to the northwest corner of township fifty-four (54)
north, range eighty-eight (88) west; thence northerly along the range
line, allowing for the proper offset on the fourteenth (14th) standard
parallel north, to the point of intersection with the boundary line
between the States of Wyoming and Montana; thence westerly along said
state boundary line to its intersection with the range line between
ranges ninety-two (92) west, and ninety-three (93) west; thence
southerly along said range line, allowing for the proper offset on the
fourteenth (14th) standard parallel north, to the northwest corner of
township fifty-four (54) north, range ninety-two (92) west; thence
easterly to the northeast corner of said township; thence southerly to
the southeast corner of said township; thence easterly to the northeast
corner of township fifty-three (53) north, range ninety-one (91) west;
thence southerly to the southeast corner of said township; thence
easterly along the thirteenth (13th) standard parallel north to the
northwest corner of township fifty-two (52) north, range eighty-eight
(88) west; thence southerly along the range line to the northwest corner
of township fifty (50) north, range eighty-eight (88) west; thence
easterly to the northwest corner of section three (3), said township;
thence southerly along the section line to the southwest corner of
section thirty-four (34), township forty-nine (49) north, range
eighty-eight (88) west; thence easterly along the twelfth (12th)
standard parallel north to the northwest corner of township forty-eight
(48) north, range eighty-seven (87) west; thence southerly to the
southwest corner of said township; thence easterly along the township
line to the southeast corner of township forty-eight (48) north, range
eighty-four (84) west, the place of beginning.
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