proclamation at the time named therein for the purpose of settling upon
a town lot.
-------- ----------, _Officer in Charge_.
This certificate is not transferable. The holder will display the
certificate, if demanded, after locating on claim.
4-102d.
AFFIDAVIT.
LAND OFFICE AT --------, --------, 1893.
I, ----, of ----, applying to enter (or file for) a homestead, do
solemnly swear that I did not enter upon and occupy any portion of
the lands described and declared open to entry in the President's
proclamation dated August 19, 1893, prior to 12 o'clock noon of
September 16, 1893; also that all of the statements contained in a
certain declaration made by me as foundation for obtaining permission
to enter upon the Cherokee Outlet in pursuance of requirements of the
President's proclamation opening said outlet to settlement are true
in every particular.
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Sworn to and subscribed before me this ---- day of ----, 189--.
-------- --------.
NOTE.--This affidavit must be made before the register or receiver of
the proper district land office or before some officer authorized to
administer oaths and using a seal.
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 Oregon 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, Grover Cleveland, 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
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