the Act of May 27, 1910, chapter 258, section 7, that the public property ceded and transferred to the United States by the Republic of Hawaii under said resolution shall be and remain in the possession, use and control of the government of the Territory of Hawaii and shall be maintained, managed, and cared for by it, at its own expense, until otherwise provided for by Congress, or taken for the uses and purposes of the United States by direction of the President or of the governor of Hawaii, and that any such public property so taken for the uses and purposes of the United States may be restored to its previous status by direction of the President: AND WHEREAS, because of a change in conditions the piece and parcel of land situated at Honolulu, on the Island of Oahu, in the Territory and District of Hawaii, reserved for lighthouse purposes by Presidential Proclamation of February 14, 1917, is no longer required for such purposes; NOW THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby declare, proclaim and make known that the parcel of land situated at Honolulu, on the Island of Oahu, in the Territory and district of Hawaii, reserved for lighthouse purposes by Presidential Proclamation of February 14, 1917, be and the same is hereby restored to the possession, use and control of the Government of the Territory of Hawaii, to wit; Beginning at a point bearing 144° 38' 0" true and distant 94.0 feet from Fort Street Survey Monument, said monument being a copper bolt set in a 4" cast iron pipe and located 72° 50′ 45′′ true and distant 6091.77 ft. from Punch Bowl Triangulation Station, thence by true azimuths and distances; 1. 108° 28' 0", 16.0 feet to a point, thenec 3. 288° 28' 0", 16.0 feet to a point, thence 4. 18° 28' 0", 16.0 feet to the point of beginning. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affxed. DONE This second day of June, in the year of our lord One By the President: ROBERT LANSING WOODROW WILSON Vol. 37, p. 1817. Lighthouse land re stored to Territory. Description. BY THE PRESIDENT OE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has provided by act of August 18, 1856 (11 U. S. Statutes at Large, page 119; Secs. 5570 to 5578 U. S. Revised Statutes), that whenever any citizen of the United States, after the passage of the act, discovers a deposit of guano on any island, rock, or key, not within the lawful jurisdiction of any other government and shall take peaceable possession thereof and occupy the same, the island, rock, or key may, at the discretion of the President of the United States, be considered as appertaining to the United States. AND WHEREAS, pursuant to the foregoing act of Congress, Roncador Cay in the western part of the Caribbean Sea is now June 5, 1919. Roncador Cay, Car ibbean Sea. pp 1080, 1081. R.S., secs. 5570-5578, Reserved for lighthouse purposes. under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any other government. NOW, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested, do hereby declare, proclaim, and make known that Roncador Cay, in the western part of the Caribbean Sea, be and the same is reserved for lighthouse purposes, such reservation being deemed necessary in the public interests, subject to such legislative action as the Congress of the United States may take with respect thereto. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done this fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and of the Independence of [SEAL] the United States the one hundred and forty third. WOODROW WILSON By the President: WILLIAM PHILLIPS Acting Secretary of State. June 12, 1919. Humboldt National Forest, Nev. Vol. 38, p. 113. Area modified. Vol. 30, p. 36. Prior rights not affected. Excluded lands restored to settlement. Vol. 38, p. 113. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by adding certain lands to the Humboldt National Forest in the State of Nevada and by excluding certain areas therefrom, and restoring the public lands in such excluded area in a manner authorized by the Act of Congress approved September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, entitled "An Act To authorize the President to provide a method for opening lands restored from reservation or withdrawal, and for other purposes"; Now, therefore, 1, WOODROW WILSON, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one (26 Stat., 1095), entitled "An Act To repeal timber-culture laws and for other purposes", and also by the Act of Congress approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (30 Stat., 11 at 34 and 36), entitled "An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes", do proclaim that the boundaries of the Humboldt National Forest are hereby changed to include the areas indicated as additions on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part hereof and to exclude the areas indicated thereon as eliminations. The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legally maintained, or such reservation remains in force. And I do further proclaim and make known that in my judgment it is proper and necessary, in the interest of equal opportunity and good administration, that all of the excluded lands subject to disposition should be restored to homestead entry in advance of settlement or other forms of disposition, and pursuant to the authority reposed in me by the aforesaid Act of September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, I do hereby direct and provide that such lands, subject to valid rights and the provisions of existing withdrawals, shall be opened to entry only under the provisions of the homestead laws requiring residence, at and after, but not before, nine o'clock a. m., standard time, on the sixty-third day after the date of this proclamation, and to settlement and other disposition, under any public land law applicable thereto, at and after, but not before, nine o'clock a. m., standard time, on the seventieth day after said date. Prospective applicants may, during the period of twenty days preceding the date on which the land shall become subject to entry, selection or location of the form desired under the provisions of this Proclamation execute their applications in the manner provided by law and present the same, accompanied by the required payments, to the proper United States land office in person, by mail, or otherwise, and all applications so filed, together with such as may be submitted at the hour fixed shall be treated as though simultaneously filed and shall be disposed of in the manner prescribed by existing regulations. Under such regulations conflicts of equal rights will be determined by a drawing. Time of opening. Filing applications. Warning against Agricultural lands. Warning is hereby given that no settlement initiated prior to seven trespassing prior to days after the date for homestead entry above named will be recog- opening. nized, but all persons who go upon any of the lands to be restored hereunder and perform any act of settlement thereon prior to nine o'clock a. m., standard time, on the seventieth day from and after the date hereof, or who are on or are occupying any part of said lands at such hour except those having valid subsisting settlement rights initiated prior to withdrawal from settlement and since maintained, and those having preferences to make entry under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six (34 Stat., 233), entitled "An Act To provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves", and Acts amendatory, will be considered and dealt with as trespassers and will gain no rights whatever under such unlawful settlement or occupancy; Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent persons from going upon and over the lands to examine them with a view to thereafter appropriating them in accordance herewith. Persons Prior settlement having prior settlement rights or preferences, as above defined, will be allowed to make entry in accordance with existing law and regulations IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done this twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and of the Independence of [SEAL.] the United States the one hundred and forty-third. WOODROW WILSON By the President: WILLIAM PHILLIPS Acting Secretary of State. Examinations al lowed. rights. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, it appears that the public good will be promoted by excluding certain lands within the State of Utah from the La Sal National Forest, and by restoring the public lands subject to disposition in the excluded areas in a manner authorized by the Act June 19, 1919. La Sal National Forest, Utah and Colo. |