Chapter XX: Section 1956: , Revised Statutes, chapter 3, Title XXIII, enacts that (2)

It is understood that the packages or coverings in which the articles named in the foregoing schedule are imported shall be free of duty if they are usual and proper for the purpose.

And that the Government of Honduras has further stipulated that the laws and regulations adopted to protect its revenue and prevent fraud in the declarations and proof that the articles named in the foregoing schedule are the product or manufacture of the United States of America shall impose no additional charges on the importer nor undue restrictions on the articles imported; and

Whereas the Secretary of State has, by my direction, given assurance to the consul-general of Honduras at New York that this action of the Government of Honduras in granting freedom of duties to the products and manufactures of the United States of America on their importation into Honduras and in stipulating for a more complete reciprocity arrangement is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in section 3 of said act:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, have caused the above-stated modifications of the tariff laws of Honduras to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 30th day of April, 1892, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:
JAMES G. BLAINE,
_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, pursuant to section 3 of the act of Congress approved October 1, 1890, entitled "An act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes," the Secretary of State of the United States of America communicated to the Government of Guatemala the action of the Congress of the United States of America, with a view to secure reciprocal trade, in declaring the articles enumerated in said section 3 to be exempt from duty upon their importation into the United States of America; and

Whereas the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Guatemala at Washington has communicated to the Secretary of State the fact that, in reciprocity for the admission into the United States of America free of all duty of the articles enumerated in section 3 of said act, the Government of Guatemala will by due legal enactment of the National Congress of that Republic admit free of all duty, from and after the 30th day after the passage of the said act by the Congress of Guatemala, into all the established ports of entry of that Republic the articles or merchandise named in the following schedule, provided that the same be the product or manufacture of the United States:

SCHEDULE OF ARTICLES THE PRODUCT OR MANUFACTURE OF THE UNITED STATES
TO BE ADMITTED INTO GUATEMALA FREE OF ALL CUSTOMS DUTIES AND OF ANY
NATIONAL OR MUNICIPAL DUES AND NATIONAL PORT CHARGES.

1. Live animals.

2. Barley, corn or maize, and rye.

3. Corn meal.

4. Potatoes, pease, and beans.

5. Fresh vegetables.

6. Rice.

7. Hay and straw for forage.

8. Tar, pitch, resin, turpentine, and asphalt.

9. Cotton-seed oil and other products of said seed.

10. Quicksilver.

11. Mineral coal.

12. Guano and other fertilizers.

13. Lumber and timber, in the rough or prepared for building purposes.

14. Houses of wood or iron, complete or in parts.

15. Fire bricks, lime, cement, shingles, and tiles of clay or glass
for roofing and construction of buildings.

16. Marble in slabs, columns, cornices, door and window frames,
and fountains, and dressed or undressed marble for buildings.

17. Piping of clay, glazed or unglazed, for aqueducts and sewers.

18. Wire, plain or barbed, for fences, with hooks and staples for same.

19. Printed books, bound or unbound; printed music; maps, charts,
and globes.

20. Materials for the construction and equipment of railways.

21. Materials for electrical illumination.

22. Materials expressly for the construction of wharves.

23. Anchors and hoisting tackle.

24. Railings of cast or wrought iron.

25. Balconies of cast or wrought iron.

26. Window blinds of wood or metal.

27. Iron fireplaces or stoves.

28. Machinery, including steam machinery for agriculture and mining,
and separate parts of the same.

29. Gold and silver, in bullion, dust, or coin.

It is understood that the packages or coverings in which the articles named in the foregoing schedule are imported shall enter free of duty if they are usual and proper for the purpose.

And whereas the Government of Guatemala has further stipulated that the laws and regulations adopted to protect its revenue and prevent fraud in the declarations and proof that the articles named in the foregoing schedule are the product or manufacture of the United States of America shall impose no undue restrictions on the importer and no additional charges on the articles imported; and

Whereas the Secretary of State has, by my direction, given assurance to the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Guatemala at Washington that this action of the Government of Guatemala in granting freedom of duties to the products and manufactures of the United States of America on their importation into Guatemala, is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in section 3 of said act; and

Whereas the diplomatic representative of the United States of America at the city of Guatemala has been advised by the Government of Guatemala of the passage on April 30, 1892, of an act by the National Congress of that Republic approving the commercial arrangement concluded between the Governments of the two Republics and of the issue of a decree admitting, on and after the 30th day of May, 1892, the articles mentioned in the above schedule being the product or manufacture of the United States of America into the ports of Guatemala free of all duties whatsoever:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, have caused the above-stated modifications of the tariff laws of Guatemala to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 18th day of May, 1892, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:
JAMES G. BLAINE,
_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, pursuant to section 3 of the act of Congress approved October 1, 1890, entitled "An act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes," the attention of the Government of Austria-Hungary was called to the action of the Congress of the United States of America, with a view to secure reciprocal trade, in declaring the articles enumerated in said section 3 to be exempt from duty upon their importation into the United States of America; and

Whereas the minister plenipotentiary of Austria-Hungary at Washington has communicated to the Secretary of State the fact that, in view of the act of Congress above cited, the Government of Austria-Hungary has by due legal enactment authorized the admission, from and after May 25, 1892, into Austria-Hungary of all the articles of merchandise the product of the United States of America named in the commercial treaties which Austria-Hungary has celebrated with Germany and other nations on the terms stated in said treaties; and

Whereas the Secretary of State has, by my direction, given assurance to the minister plenipotentiary of Austria-Hungary at Washington that this action of the Government of Austria-Hungary in granting exemption of duties to the products and manufactures of the United States of America on their importation into Austria-Hungary is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in section 3 of said act:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, have caused the above-stated modifications of the tariff laws of Austria-Hungary to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 26th day of May, 1892, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixteenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:
WILLIAM F. WHARTON,
_Acting Secretary of State_.

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, Benjamin Harrison, 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 and being situate in the State of Oregon and particularly described as follows, to wit:

Beginning at the northwest corner of section six (6), township one (1) south, range six (6) east, Willamette meridian; thence easterly on the base line between townships one (1) north and one (1) south to the southwest corner of section thirty-two (32), township one (1) north, range six (6) east; thence northerly on the section line between sections thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32) to the northwest corner of section thirty-two (32); thence easterly on the section line between sections twenty-nine (29) and thirty-two (32) to the northeast corner of section thirty-two (32); thence northerly on the section line between sections twenty-eight (28) and twenty-nine (29) to the northwest corner of section twenty-eight (28); thence easterly on the section line between sections twenty-one (21) and twenty-eight (28) to the northeast corner of section twenty-eight (28); thence northerly on the section line between sections twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22) to the northwest corner of section twenty-two (22); thence easterly on the section line between sections fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22) and fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23) to the northeast corner of section twenty-three (23); thence northerly along the section line between sections thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) and eleven (11) and twelve (12) to the northwest corner of section twelve (12); thence easterly on the section line between sections one (1) and twelve (12) to the northeast corner of section twelve (12); thence northerly on the eastern boundary of section one (1) to the northeast corner of section one (1), all of said sections being in township one (1) north, range six (6) east; thence easterly to a point for the northeast corner of township one (1) north, range seven (7) east; thence southerly to a point for the southeast corner of section one (1), township one (1) north, range seven (7) east; thence easterly to a point for the northeast corner of section eight (8), township one (1) north, range eight (8) east; thence southerly to a point for the northeast corner of section thirty-two (32) of said township and range; thence easterly to a point for the northeast corner of section thirty-three (33) of said township and range; thence southerly to the southeast corner of section thirty-three (33) of said township and range; thence westerly along the base line to the northwest corner of section four (4), township one (1) south, range eight (8) east; thence southerly on the section line between sections four (4) and five (5) and eight (8) and nine (9) to the southeast corner of section eight (8); thence easterly along the section line between sections nine (9) and sixteen (16) to a point for the northeast corner of section sixteen (16); thence southerly along the section line between sections fifteen (15) and sixteen (16) to the southeast corner of section sixteen (16); thence easterly along the section line between sections fifteen (15) and twenty-two to the northeast corner of section twenty-two (22); thence southerly between sections twenty-two (22), twenty-three (23), twenty-six (26), twenty-seven (27), thirty-four (34), and thirty-five (35) to the southeast corner of section thirty-four (34); thence easterly along the southern boundary line of sections thirty-five (35) and thirty-six (36) to the southeast corner of section thirty-six (36), all of said sections being in township one (1) south, range eight (8) east; thence southerly to a point for the southeast corner of township two (2) south, range eight (8) east; thence westerly to the southeast corner of township two (2) south, range seven (7) east; thence northerly along the eastern boundary line of sections thirty-six (36), twenty-five (25), twenty-four (24), and thirteen (13), township two (2) south, range seven (7) east, to the southeast corner of section twelve (12) of said township and range; thence westerly along the section line between sections twelve (12) and thirteen (13), eleven (11) and fourteen (14), ten (10) and fifteen (15), nine (9) and sixteen (16), eight (8) and seventeen (17), and seven (7) and eighteen (18), township two (2) south, range seven (7) east, and sections twelve (12) and thirteen (13), eleven (11) and fourteen (14), ten (10) and fifteen (15), nine (9) and sixteen (16), eight (8) and seventeen (17), and seven (7) and eighteen (18), township two (2) south, range six (6) east, to the southwest corner of section seven (7) of said township and range; thence northerly along the western boundary of section seven (7) to the northwest corner of said section, township two (2) south, range six (6) east; thence westerly on the section line between sections one (1) and twelve (12), two (2) and eleven (11), three (3) and ten (10), and four (4) and nine (9) to the southwest corner of section four (4), township two (2) south, range five (5) east; thence northerly on the section line between sections four (4) and five (5) to the northwest corner of section four (4) in said township and range; thence easterly on the township line between townships one (1) and two (2) south, range five (5) east, to the southwest corner of section thirty-five (35), township one (1) south, range five (5) east; thence northerly on the section line between sections thirty-four (34), thirty-five (35), twenty-six (26), twenty-seven (27), twenty-two (22), and twenty-three (23) to the northwest corner of section twenty-three (23) of said township and range; thence easterly on the section line between sections fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23), thirteen (13) and twenty-four (24), to the northeast corner of section twenty-four (24) of said township and range; thence northerly along the range line between ranges five (5) and six (6) east to the place of beginning.

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, and all mining claims duly located and held according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith.

_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, settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 17th day of June, A.D. 1892, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President: WILLIAM F. WHARTON, _Acting Secretary of State_.

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 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, Benjamin Harrison, 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 and being situate in the State of Colorado and particularly described as follows, to wit:

Township ten (10) south of ranges sixty-eight (68), sixty-nine (69), and seventy (70) west; township nine (9) south of ranges sixty-eight (68) and sixty-nine (69) west; township eight (8) south of range sixty-nine (69) west, and so much of township ten (10) south of range seventy-one (71) west, township nine (9) south of range seventy (70) west, township eight (8) south of range seventy (70) west, and township seven (7) south of range sixty-nine (69) west as lie to the eastward of the South Platte River.

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, and all mining claims duly located and held according to the laws of the United States and rules and regulations not in conflict therewith.

_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, settlement, or location was made.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter or make settlement upon the tract of land reserved by this proclamation.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 23d day of June, A.D. 1892, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and sixteenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:
WILLIAM F. WHARTON,
_Acting Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

_To whom it may concern_:

Whereas the governor of the State of Idaho has represented to me that within said State there exist an insurrection and condition of domestic violence and resistance to the laws to meet and overcome which the resources at his command are unequal; and

Whereas he has further represented that the legislature of said State is not now in session and can not be promptly convened; and

Whereas by reason of said conditions the said governor, as chief executive of the State, has called upon me, as Chief Executive of the Government of the United States, for assistance in repressing said violence and restoring and maintaining the peace:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, by virtue of section 4, Article IV, of the Constitution of the United States and of the laws of Congress enacted in pursuance thereof, do hereby command all persons engaged in said insurrection and in resistance to the laws to immediately disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 15th day of July, A.D. 1892, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:
JOHN W. FOSTER,
_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas by a joint resolution approved June 29, 1892, it was resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled--

That the President of the United States be authorized and directed to
issue a proclamation recommending to the people the observance in all
their localities of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of
America, on the 21st of October, 1892, by public demonstrations and by
suitable exercises in their schools and other places of assembly.

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, in pursuance of the aforesaid joint resolution, do hereby appoint Friday, October 21, 1892, the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus, as a general holiday for the people of the United States. On that day let the people, so far as possible, cease from toil and devote themselves to such exercises as may best express honor to the discoverer and their appreciation of the great achievements of the four completed centuries of American life.

Columbus stood in his age as the pioneer of progress and enlightenment. The system of universal education is in our age the most prominent and salutary feature of the spirit of enlightenment, and it is peculiarly appropriate that the schools be made by the people the center of the day's demonstration. Let the national flag float over every schoolhouse in the country and the exercises be such as shall impress upon our youth the patriotic duties of American citizenship.

In the churches and in the other places of assembly of the people let there be expressions of gratitude to Divine Providence for the devout faith of the discoverer and for the divine care and guidance which has directed our history and so abundantly blessed our people.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 21st day of July, A.D. 1892, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:
JOHN W. FOSTER,
_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas by reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations, and assemblages of persons it has become impracticable, in my judgment, to enforce by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings the laws of the United States within the State and district of Wyoming, the United States marshal, after repeated efforts, being unable by his ordinary deputies or by any civil posse which he is able to obtain to execute the process of the United States courts:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, do hereby command all persons engaged in such resistance to the laws and the process of the courts of the United States to cease such opposition and resistance and to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes on or before Wednesday, the 3d day of August next.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 30th day of July, A.D. 1892, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:
JOHN W. FOSTER,
_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas by an act of Congress approved July 26, 1892, entitled "An act to enforce reciprocal commercial relations between the United States and Canada, and for other purposes," it is provided--

That with a view of securing reciprocal advantages for the citizens,
ports, and vessels of the United States, on and after the 1st day
of August, 1892, whenever and so often as the President shall be
satisfied that the passage through any canal or lock connected with the
navigation of the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, or the waterways
connecting the same of any vessels of the United States, or of cargoes
or passengers in transit to any port of the United States, is
prohibited or is made difficult or burdensome by the imposition of
tolls or otherwise which, in view of the free passage through the St.
Marys Falls Canal now permitted to vessels of all nations, he shall
deem to be reciprocally unjust and unreasonable, he shall have the
power, and it shall be his duty, to suspend, by proclamation to that
effect, for such time and to such extent (including absolute
prohibition) as he shall deem just, the right of free passage through
the St. Marys Falls Canal so far as it relates to vessels owned by the
subjects of the government so discriminating against the citizens,
ports, or vessels of the United States or to any cargoes, portions of
cargoes, or passengers in transit to the ports of the government making
such discrimination, whether carried in vessels of the United States or
of other nations.

In such case and during such suspension tolls shall be levied,
collected, and paid as follows, to wit: Upon freight of whatever kind
or description not to exceed $2 per ton, upon passengers not to exceed
$5 each, as shall be from time to time determined by the President:
_Provided_, That no tolls shall be charged or collected upon freight
or passengers carried to and landed at Ogdensburg, or any port west of
Ogdensburg and south of a line drawn from the northern boundary of the
State of New York through the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and
their connecting channels to the northern boundary of the State of
Minnesota.

SEC. 2. All tolls so charged shall be collected under such
regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury,
who may require the master of each vessel to furnish a sworn statement
of the amount and kind of cargo and the number of passengers carried
and the destination of the same, and such proof of the actual delivery
of such cargo or passengers at some port or place within the limits
above named as he shall deem satisfactory; and until such proof is
furnished such freight and passengers may be considered to have been
landed at some port or place outside of those limits, and the amount
of tolls which would have accrued if they had been so delivered shall
constitute a lien, which may be enforced against the vessel in default
wherever and whenever found in the waters of the United States.

And whereas the government of the Dominion of Canada imposes a toll amounting to about 20 cents per ton on all freight passing through the Welland Canal in transit to a port of the United States, and also a further toll on all vessels of the United States and on all passengers in transit to a port of the United States, all of which tolls are without rebate; and

Whereas the government of the Dominion of Canada, in accordance with an order in council of April 4, 1892, refunds 18 cents per ton of the 20-cent toll at the Welland Canal on wheat, Indian corn, pease, barley, rye, oats, flaxseed, and buckwheat upon condition that they are originally shipped for and carried to Montreal or some port east of Montreal for export, and that if transshipped at an intermediate point such transshipment is made within the Dominion of Canada, but allows no such nor any other rebate on said products when shipped to a port of the United States or when carried to Montreal for export if transshipped within the United States; and

Whereas the government of the Dominion of Canada by said system of rebate and otherwise discriminates against the citizens of the United States in the use of said Welland Canal, in violation of the provisions of Article XXVII of the treaty of Washington concluded May 8, 1871; and

Whereas said Welland Canal is connected with the navigation of the Great Lakes, and I am satisfied that the passage through it of cargoes in transit to ports of the United States is made difficult and burdensome by said discriminating system of rebate and otherwise and is reciprocally unjust and unreasonable:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin, Harrison, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power to that end conferred upon me by said act of Congress approved July 26, 1892, do hereby direct that from and after September 1, 1892, until further notice a toll of 20 cents per ton be levied, collected, and paid on all freight of whatever kind or description passing through the St. Marys Falls Canal in transit to any port of the Dominion of Canada, whether carried in vessels of the United States or of other nations; and to that extent I do hereby suspend from and after said date the right of free passage through said St. Marys Falls Canal of any and all cargoes or portions of cargoes in transit to Canadian ports.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 18th day of August, A.D. 1892, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventeenth.

BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:
JOHN W. FOSTER,
_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas by a written agreement made on the 8th day of December, 1890, the Crow tribe of Indians, in the State of Montana, agreed to dispose of and sell to the United States, for certain considerations in said agreement specified, all that portion of the Crow Indian Reservation in the State of Montana lying west and south of the following lines, to wit:

Beginning in the mid-channel of the Yellowstone River at a point which
is the northwest corner of section No. 36, township No. 2 north of
range 27 east of the principal meridian of Montana; thence running in
a southwesterly direction, following the top of the natural divide
between the waters flowing into the Yellowstone and Clarks Fork rivers
upon the west and those flowing into Pryor Creek and West Pryor Creek
on the east, to the base of West Pryor Mountain; thence due south and
up the north slope of said Pryor Mountain on a true meridian line to a
point 15 miles due north from the established line between Montana and
Wyoming; thence in a due easterly course on a parallel of latitude to a
point where it intersects the mid-channel of the Big Horn River; thence
following up the mid-channel of said river to a point where it crosses
the Montana and Wyoming State line.

And whereas it is stipulated in the eleventh clause or section of said agreement that all lands upon that portion of the reservation by said agreement ceded which prior to the date thereof had been allotted in severalty to Indians of the Crow tribe shall be retained and enjoyed by them; and

Whereas it is provided in the twelfth clause or section of said agreement that, in accordance with the provisions of article 6 of the treaty of May 7, A.D. 1868, said cession of lands shall not be construed to deprive without his or her consent any individual Indian of the Crow tribe of his or her right to any tract of land selected by him or her in conformity with said treaty or as provided by the agreement approved by Congress April 11, A.D. 1882; and

Whereas it is further provided in said twelfth clause or section that in ratifying said agreement the Congress of the United States shall cause all such lands to be surveyed and certificates duly issued for the same to said Indians, as provided in the treaty of May 7, 1868, before said ceded portion of the reservation shall be opened for settlement; and

Whereas by the thirteenth clause or section of said agreement of December 8, 1890, it is made a condition of said agreement that it shall not be binding upon either party until ratified by the Congress of the United States, and when so ratified that said cession of lands so acquired by the United States shall not be opened for settlement until the boundary lines set forth and described in said agreement have been surveyed and definitely marked by suitable permanent monuments, erected every half mile wherever practicable, along the entire length of said boundary line; and

Whereas said agreement was duly ratified and confirmed by the thirty-first section of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1891; and

Whereas it is provided in section 34 of said act of March 3, 1891--

That whenever any of the lands acquired by the agreement with said
Crow Indians hereby ratified and confirmed shall by operation of law
or the proclamation of the President of the United States be open to
settlement, they shall, except mineral lands, be disposed of to actual
settlers only under the provisions of the homestead laws, except
section 2301 of the Revised Statutes, which shall not apply: _Provided,
however_, That each settler under and in accordance with the provisions
of said homestead laws shall before receiving a patent for his
homestead pay to the United States for the land so taken by him, in
addition to the fees provided by law, and within five years from the
date of the first original entry, the sum of $1.50 for each acre
thereof, one-half of which shall be paid within two years; and any
person otherwise qualified who has attempted to but for any cause
failed to secure a title in fee to a homestead under existing law, or
who made entry under what is known as the commuted provision of the
homestead law, shall be qualified to make a homestead entry upon any
of said lands in conformity with the provisions of this section; that
any person who may be entitled to the privilege of selecting land in
severalty under the provisions of article 6 of the treaty of May 7,
1868, with the Crow Indians, and which provisions were continued in
force by the agreement with said Indians ratified and confirmed by
the act of Congress approved April 11, 1882, or any other act or
treaty, shall have the right for a period of sixty days to make such
selections in any part of the territory by said agreement ceded, and
such locations are hereby confirmed: _Provided further_, That all
white persons who located upon said Crow Reservation by reason of an
erroneous survey of the boundary and were afterwards allowed to file
upon their location in the United States land office shall have thirty
days in which to renew their filings, and their locations are hereby
confirmed; and that in all cases where claims were located under the
mining laws of the United States, and such location was made prior to
December 1, 1890, by a locator qualified therefor who believed that he
or she was so locating on lands outside the Crow Indian Reservation,
such locator shall be allowed thirty days within which to relocate the
said mining claims so theretofore located by them within the limits
of the ceded portion of said Crow Indian Reservation, and upon such
relocation such proceedings shall be had as are conformable to law
and in accordance with the provisions of this act.

And whereas the boundary lines of said ceded lands have been duly surveyed and marked as stipulated in the thirteenth clause or section of said agreement; and

Whereas a written agreement was concluded with said Crow Indians on the 27th day of August, 1892, under and by virtue of the following clause in the Indian appropriation act of Congress approved July 13, 1892, to wit:

* * * To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, to
appoint a commission to negotiate with the Crow Indians of Montana for
a modification of the agreement concluded with said Indians December 8,
1890, and ratified by Congress March 3, 1891, and to pay the necessary
and actual expenses of said commissioners: _Provided_, That no such
modification shall be valid unless assented to by a majority of the
male adult members of the Crow tribe of Indians and be approved by the
Secretary of the Interior.

Which said agreement was assented to by a majority of the male adult members of the Crow tribe of Indians, as attested by their signatures thereto, and has been duly approved by the Secretary of the Interior; and

Whereas it is stipulated and agreed in the first clause or section of said agreement of August 27, 1892, that the persons named in a schedule attached to and made a part of said agreement, marked "Schedule A," include all the members of said Crow tribe who are entitled to the benefits of the eleventh section of said agreement of December 8, 1890, and that each of said persons is entitled to the land therein described as his selection in full satisfaction of his claim under said section; and that the persons named in a schedule attached to and made a part of said agreement of August 27, 1892, marked "Schedule B," include all the members of said tribe who are entitled to the benefits of the twelfth section of said agreement of December 8, 1890, and of the proviso of the thirty-fourth section of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1891, extending the privilege of making selections on the ceded lands for a period of sixty days, and that each of the said persons therein named is entitled to retain the tract of land theretofore selected by him within the limits of the tract of land therein described as containing his selection of his claim under the said section (or the said proviso); and

Whereas it is stipulated and agreed by the second clause or section of said agreement of August 27, 1892, that all lands ceded by said agreement may be opened to settlement, upon the approval of the said agreement, by proclamation of the President:

_Provided_, That all lands within the ceded tract selected or set
apart for the use of individual Indians and described in the aforesaid
Schedules "A" and "B" shall be exempt from cession and shall remain
a part of the Crow Indian Reservation, and shall continue under the
exclusive control of the Interior Department until they shall have been
surveyed and certificates or patents issued therefor as provided in the
agreement of December 8, 1890, or until relinquished or surrendered by
the Indian or Indians claiming the same: _Provided further_, That such
lands shall be described as set forth in Schedules "A" and "B," and
shall be exempted from settlement in the proclamation of the President
opening the ceded lands, and that where lands so set apart are not
described by legal subdivisions then the township or section or tract of
land within whose limits such Indians' selections are located shall not
be opened to settlement until the Indian allotments therein contained
shall have been surveyed and proper evidence of title issued therefor.

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by the agreements and statutes hereinbefore mentioned and by other the laws of the United States, do hereby declare and make known that all of the lands within that portion of the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana ceded to the United States by the said agreement of December 8, 1890, and hereinbefore described, except those hereinafter mentioned and described, are open to settlement under the terms of and subject to all the conditions, limitations, reservations, and restrictions contained in the thirty-fourth section of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1891, and hereinbefore quoted, and other laws applicable thereto.

The lands exempted from the operation of this proclamation, being those embraced in Schedules "A" and "B" attached to the agreement of August 27, 1892, are described as follows:

1.--SURVEYED LANDS.

IN TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 26 EAST.

Fractional section 24; the north half, the east half of southeast
quarter, and west half of southwest quarter of fractional section 25;
fractional section 26; lot 5 of fractional section 34; the north half
of northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of northwest quarter
of section 35; and the northeast quarter of northeast quarter of
section 36.

IN TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 27 EAST.

Fractional section 7; lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, the southwest quarter
of northeast quarter, the southeast quarter, and the south half of the
southwest quarter of fractional section 8; the south half of northwest
quarter of section 9; the north half of the northwest quarter and the
southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 17; fractional
section 18; the north half and the southwest quarter of section 19.

IN TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 24 EAST.

The north half of the southwest quarter of section 3; the southeast
quarter of the northeast quarter and lots 2, 3, and 4 of section 4;
fractional section 5; the southeast quarter and the south half of the
southwest quarter of section 6; section 7; west half of section 8;
the east half of the northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of
the northwest quarter of section 17; lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, the
northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, the south half of the
northeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter
and the south half of section 18; lots 1, 3, 4, and 5 and the east half
of southwest quarter, section 19; and lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 in section 30.

IN TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 23 EAST.

Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 13, the south half of northwest quarter, the
southeast quarter of southeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the
southwest quarter, section 1; section 2; the north half, the southeast
quarter, and the north half of southwest quarter, section 3; section 4;
the east half and the southwest quarter of section 8; the north half
and the southwest quarter of section 9; the east half and the southwest
quarter of section n; section 12; the north half, the south half of the
southeast quarter, the east half of the southwest quarter, and lots 1,
2, and 3 of section 13; the north half, the southeast quarter, and the
south half of the southwest quarter of section 14; the north half of
section 17; the north half, the east half of the southeast quarter, and
the north half of the southwest quarter of section 18; the northwest
quarter of section 19; the east half and the northwest quarter of
section 20; the south half of the northwest quarter of section 22; all
of section 23 except the northwest quarter of northwest quarter; section
24; lots 2 and 3 in section 25; the north half of northeast quarter, the
northwest quarter, the north half of the southwest quarter, and lots 1,
2, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of section 26; the south half of the southeast quarter
of section 27; the northwest quarter of section 33; the fractional east
half and the southwest quarter of section 34; lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9,
and 10 of section 35.

IN TOWNSHIP 5 SOUTH OF RANGE 23 EAST.

Lot 5 and southwest quarter of northwest quarter of section 2; lots 1,
2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, and 14 and southeast quarter of southeast quarter
of section 3; the fractional east half, the south half of northwest
quarter, and the southwest quarter of section 4; the south half of the
northeast quarter and the north half of the southeast quarter of section
7; the south half of the north half and the south half of section 8;
lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 and the west half of section 9; lots 1, 2,
3, and 4, the west half of the northeast quarter, and the south half of
section 10; the northwest quarter of section 15; section 16; the east
half of the northeast quarter and the south half of section 17; the
northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter, the west half, and lots 1, 2, 4, and 5, section 20;
the southwest quarter of section 21; the west half of southwest quarter,
section 26; the south half of section 27; the west half of the northeast
quarter, the northwest quarter, and the south half of section 28; lots
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7, the northwest quarter, the south half of the
southeast quarter, and the west half of the southwest quarter of section
29; the northeast quarter of northeast quarter, the northeast quarter
of the southeast quarter, and the south half of the southeast quarter
of section 30; the northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the
northwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of section 31; lots 3, 4,
5, 6, 9, and 10, the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, and the
southwest quarter of section 32; lot 1, the north half of the northeast
quarter, and the northwest quarter of section 33; and the west half of
the northeast quarter and the northwest quarter of section 34.

2.--UNSURVEYED LANDS WHICH WHEN SURVEYED WILL BE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

IN TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH OF RANGE 15 EAST.

The southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, the northwest quarter
of the southwest quarter, and the south half of the southwest quarter
of section 27; the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and the
east half of the southeast quarter of section 28; the east half of the
northeast quarter of section 33; the north half, the north half of the
southeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter
of section 34; the south half of the north half and the south half of
section 35; and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, the
southeast quarter, the north half of the southwest quarter, and the
southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 36.

IN TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 16 EAST.

The southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 31.

IN TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH OF RANGE 15 EAST.

The north half of the north half and the southeast quarter of the
northeast quarter of section 1.

IN TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH OF RANGE 16.

The north half of the northeast quarter and the southwest quarter of
the northwest quarter of section 6, and the southeast quarter of the
northeast quarter of section 24.

IN TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH OF RANGE 18 EAST.

The southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 27; the
northwest quarter of the southeast quarter and the south half of the
southeast quarter of section 28; the north half of the northeast quarter
of section 33; and the northeast quarter and the east half of the
northwest quarter of section 34.

IN TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH OF RANGE 17 EAST.

The east half of the northeast quarter, the east half of the northwest
quarter, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, the northwest
quarter of the southeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the
southwest quarter of section 19; the south half of the southeast quarter
and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 28; and
the north half of the northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of section 33.

IN TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH OF RANGE 25 EAST.

The northeast quarter of the southeast quarter, the south half of the
southeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of
section 25, and the northeast Quarter of the northwest quarter and the
west half of section 36.

IN TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH OF RANGE 26 EAST.

The south half of the southeast quarter of section 19; the southeast
quarter, the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, and the south
half of the southwest quarter of section 20; the west half of the
southwest quarter of section 21; the west half of the northwest quarter
of section 28; the north half and the northwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of section 29; the north half of the northeast quarter, the
southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, the southwest quarter of the
northwest quarter, the north half of the southeast quarter, and the
southwest quarter of section 30.

IN TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH OF RANGE 13 EAST.

The southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and the northwest quarter
of the southwest quarter of section 27; the southeast quarter of the
northeast quarter and the east half of the southeast quarter of section
28; and the east half, the east half of the northwest quarter, the
northeast quarter of the southeast quarter, and the northeast quarter
of the southwest quarter of section 33.

IN TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH OF RANGE 18 EAST.

The southeast quarter and the east half of the southwest quarter of
section 1.

IN TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH OF RANGE 20 EAST.

The east half, the east half of the northwest quarter, the southwest
quarter of the northwest quarter, and the north half of the southwest
quarter of section 28; the northeast quarter and the north half of
the southeast quarter of section 29; the south half of the northeast
quarter, the north half of the southeast quarter, and the southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter of section 34; the south half of the
north half and the south half of section 35; and the southwest quarter
of the northwest quarter, the northwest quarter of the southeast
quarter, the south half of the southeast quarter, and the southwest
quarter of section 36.

IN TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH OF RANGE 21 EAST.

The west half of the northeast quarter, the northwest quarter of the
southeast quarter, the east half of the west half, and the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter of section 32.

IN TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH OF RANGE 24 EAST.

The northeast quarter of the southeast quarter and the south half of the
southeast quarter of section 21; the northeast quarter, the north half
of the southeast quarter, and the southwest quarter of section 22; the
west half of the northwest quarter of section 27; the northeast quarter
of section 28; and the northeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter, the north half of the southeast quarter, and the
southwest quarter of section 29.

IN TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH OF RANGE 18 EAST.

The west half of section 14; the west half of the northeast quarter and
the east half of the northwest quarter of section 23; the southwest
quarter of the northeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the northwest
quarter, the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter, and the
northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 31; the northeast
quarter, the south half of the northwest quarter, and the north half of
the southwest quarter of section 32; the south half of the northeast
quarter and the southeast quarter of section 33; the southwest quarter
of the northeast quarter and the south half of the northwest quarter,
the west half of the southeast quarter, and the southwest quarter of
section 34; the south half of section 35; and the southeast quarter of
the northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of section 36.

IN TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH OF RANGE 19 EAST.

The northeast quarter, the north half of the southeast quarter, the
southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, and the east half of the
southwest quarter of section 12; the northwest quarter of section 29;
the east half of the northeast quarter, the southwest quarter of the
northeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and
the south half of section 30; and the southwest quarter of the northwest
quarter and the west half of the southwest quarter of section 31.

IN TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH OF RANGE 20 EAST.