In testimony of the respect in which his memory is held by the
Government and people of the United States, I do hereby direct that the
flags on the Executive Mansion and the several Departmental buildings be
displayed at half staff for a period of thirty days; and that suitable
military and naval honors, under the orders of the Secretaries of War
and of the Navy, be rendered on the day of the funeral.
[SEAL.]
Done at the city of Washington this 14th day of March, A.D. 1901, and of
the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and
twenty-fifth.
WILLIAM McKINLEY.
By the President:
JOHN HAY,
_Secretary of State._
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas The Washington Forest Reserve, in the State of Washington, was
established by proclamation dated February 22d, 1897, under and by
virtue of section twenty-four of the act of Congress, approved March 3d,
1891, entitled, "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other
purposes," which provides, "That the President of the United States may,
from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory
having public 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
4th, 1897, entitled, "An act making appropriations for sundry civil
expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 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;"
Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States,
by virtue of the power vested in me by the aforesaid act of Congress,
approved June 4th, 1897, do hereby make known and proclaim that there
are hereby withdrawn and excluded from the aforesaid Washington Forest
Reserve and restored to the public domain all those certain tracts,
pieces or parcels of land particularly described as follows to wit:
The southwest quarter of section three (3), sections four (4) and five
(5), the east half of section nine (9), the west half of section ten
(10), the south half of section thirteen (13), the south half of section
fourteen (14), section fifteen (15), the north half and southeast
quarter of section twenty-three (23), sections twenty-four (24),
twenty-five (25) and thirty-six (36), all in township thirty-five (35)
north, range twenty (20) east, Willamette Meridian; what will be when
surveyed the south half of township thirty-two (32) north, range
twenty-one (21) east; what will be when surveyed the north half of
township thirty-three (33) north, range twenty-one (21) east; townships
thirty-four (34) and thirty-five (35) north, range twenty-one (21) east;
townships thirty-one (31) to thirty-four (34), both inclusive, range
twenty-two (22) east; what will be when surveyed sections thirty (30),
thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32) of township thirty-five (35) north,
range twenty-two (22) east.
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