Proclamation 570—Enlarging the San Isabel Forest Reserve, Colorado

Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, 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 fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, 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", 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 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, Theodore Roosevelt, 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 San Isabel Forest Reserve, in the State of Colorado, established by proclamation of April eleventh, nineteen hundred and two, is 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 Colorado, and within the boundaries particularly described as follows:

Beginning at the north-west corner of Section twenty-two (22), Township forty-nine (49) North, Range eight (8) East, New Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-one (21), Township forty-nine (49) North, Range nine (9) East; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section. twenty-seven (27), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-five (35), said township; thence southerly, allowing for the proper offset on the Twelfth (12th) Correction Line North, to the south-west corner of Section one (1), Township forty-eight (48) North, Range nine (9) East; thence easterly to thenorth-west corner of Section eight (8), Township forty-eight (48) North, Range ten (10) East; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence easterly to thenorth-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section sixteen (16), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; (hence southerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence easterly to the south-east coner of said section: thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section two (2), Township forty-seven (47) North, Range ten (10) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twelve (12), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section seventeen (17), Township forty-seven (47) North, Range eleven (11) East; thence southerly to thesouth-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-four (24), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-cast corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty (30), Township forty-seven (47) North, Range twelve (12) East; thence easterly to thenorth-east corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section four (4), Township forty-six (46) North, Range twelve (12) East; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section nine (9), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section twenty-seven (27), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-five (35), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section two (2), Township forty-five (45) North, Range twelve (12) East; thence southerly to the south-west corner of fractional Section twelve (12), said township; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section thirty (30), Township twenty-two (22) South, Range seventy-three (73) West, Sixth (6th) Principal Meridian; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence easterly to the southeast corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section four (4), Township twenty-three (23) South, Range seventy-three (73) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section nine (9), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section fifteen (15), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of Section twenty-six (26), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-six (36), said township; thence easterly to thenorth-east corner of Township twenty-four (24) South, Range seventy-three (73) West; thence southerly to the south-west corner of Section six (6), Township twenty-four (24) South, Range seventy-two (72) West; thence easterly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section eighteen (18), said township; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty (20), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section twenty-eight (28), said township; thence southerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty-three (33), said township; thence easterly to the north-west corner of Section two (2), Township twenty-five (25) South, Range seventy-two (72) West; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of said section; thence southerly to the southeast corner of Section thirty-five (35), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of Section two (2), Township twenty-six (26) South, Range seventy-two (72) West; thence southerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section twenty-eight (28), said township; thence southerly to the south-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section nine (9), Township twenty-seven (27) South, Range seventy-two (72) West; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence southerly to the north-east corner of Section thirty-two (32), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence southerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence easterly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section thirty-five (35), said township; thence northerly to thenorth-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of Section thirty-four (34), Township twenty-seven (27) South, Range seventy-one (71) West; thence southerly along the quarter-section lines to the point of intersection with the northern boundary of the Sangre de Cristo Grant; thence in a general south-westerly direction along the boundary of said grant to the point of intersection with the section line between Sections fifteen (15) and sixteen (16), Township twenty-nine (29) South, Range seventy-three (73) West; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section nine (9), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-eight (28), Township twenty-eight (28) South, Range seventy-three (73) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to thenorth-west corner of Section twenty-seven (27), Township twenty-seven (27) South, Range seventy-three (73) West; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section two (2), said township; thence easterly to the southeast corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township twenty-six (26) South, Range seventy-three (73) West; thence northerly to the southeast corner of Section two (2), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township twenty-five (25) South, Range seventy-three (73) West; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty (20), said township; thence westerly to thesouth-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly along the section lines, allowing for the proper offset, to the point of intersection with the eastern boundary of the Luis Maria Baca Grant Number 4; thence along the eastern and northern boundary of said grant to the south-west corner of Section eight (8), Township forty-three (43) North, Range twelve (12) East, New Mexico Principal Meridian; thence northerly to thenorth-east corner of fractional Section six (6), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township forty-four (44) North, Range eleven (11) East; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of thenorth-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section four (4), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to thenorth-east corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west coner of Section thirty-three (33), Township forty-five (45) North, Range eleven (11) East; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of Section eighteen (18), said township; thence westerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section seven (7), Township forty-six (46) North, Range eleven (11) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of the south-east quarter of Section twelve (12), Township forty-six (46) North, Range ten (10) East; thence westerly to the north-west corner of the south-east quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-east corner of the south-west quarter of Section one (I), said township; thence westerly to the south-cast corner of the north-east quarter of Section four (4), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirty-three (33), Township forty-seven (47) North, Range ten (10) East; thence northerly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the southeast quarter of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence northerly to the southeast corner of the south-west quarter of Section eighteen (18), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the south-east corner of Section twelve (12), Township forty-seven (47) North, Range nine (9) East; thence westerly to the south-west corner of said section; thence northerly to the southeast corner of the north-east quarter of Section eleven (11), said township; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-east corner of Section four (4), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township forty-eight (48) North, Range nine (9) East; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section twenty-nine (29), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to thesouth-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section nineteen (19), said township; thence northerly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of the south-east quarter of Section thirteen (13), Township forty-eight (48) North, Range eight (8) East; thence northerly to thenorth-east corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section twelve (12), said township; thence northerly to the north-west corner of said section; thence westerly to the south-west corner of Section four (4), said township; thence northerly, allowing for the proper offset on the Twelfth (12) Correction Line North, to the north-west corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township forty-nine (49) North, Range eight (8) East; thence easterly to the north-east corner of the north-west quarter of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of the north-east quarter of Section twenty-eight (28), said township; thence easterly to thenorth-east corner of said section; thence northerly to the north-west corner of Section twenty-two (22), said township, the place of beginning; such of the above-named corners as have not been established by the official surveys being intended to be located at the points where such corners would fall in projecting the surveys in the directions indicated without allowing for any irregularities which may occur in actually extending the surveys;

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: 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 or settlement was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington this 12th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-ninth.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

By the President:

FRANCIS B. LOOMIS,

Acting Secretary of State.