other Powers, and detained by the naval or other duly commissioned officers of any of the Parties to this Convention, to be delivered as soon as practicable to an authorized official of their own nation at the nearest point to the place of seizure, or elsewhere as may be mutually agreed upon; and that the authorities of the nation to which such person or vessel belongs alone shall have jurisdiction to try the offense and impose the penalties for the same; and that the witnesses and proofs necessary to establish the offense, so far as they are under the control of any of the Parties to this Convention, shall also be furnished with all reasonable promptitude to the proper authorities having jurisdiction to try the offense." And, WHEREAS, by an Act entitled "An Act to give effect to the Vol. 37, p. 499. Convention between the Governments of the United States, Great Britain, Japan and Russia for the preservation and protection of the fur seals and sea otter which frequent the waters of the North Pacific Ocean, concluded at Washington July seventh, nineteen hundred and eleven," approved August 24, 1912, it is provided that the President of the United States shall determine by proclamation when the other parties to said Convention, by appropriate legislation or otherwise, shall have authorized the naval or other officers of the United States, duly commissioned and instructed by the President to that end to arrest, detain, and deliver to the proper officers of such parties, vessels and subjects under their jurisdiction, offending against said Convention or any statute or regulation made by those Governments to enforce said Convention; and that his determination shall be conclusive upon the question. Authorizing seizures fenders, etc., by officials NOW, THEREFORE, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United on high seas of of States of America, by virtue of the power and authority conferred upon of Great Britain, Japan, me by the said Act approved August 24, 1912, do hereby declare that and Russia. satisfactory information has been received by me that the Governments of Great Britain, Japan, and Russia have authorized the naval or other officers of the United States to arrest, detain, and deliver to the proper officers of such Governments, respectively, all persons and vessels subject to their jurisdiction, offending against said Convention, or against any statute or regulation made by those Governments to enforce its provisions; and I do further declare that from and after the date of this Proclamation any person or vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States offending or being about to offend against the prohibitions of said Convention, or of said Act, or of the regulations made thereunder, may be seized and detained by the naval or other duly commissioned officers of any of the parties to the said Convention other than the United States, except within the territorial jurisdiction of one of the other of said parties, on condition, however, that such person or vessel so seized and detained shall be delivered as soon as practicable at the nearest point to the place of seizure, with the witnesses and proofs necessary to establish the offenses so far as they are under the control of such party, to the proper official of the United States, whose courts alone shall have jurisdiction to try the offense and impose the penalties for the same. 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 thirty-first day of May, in the By the President: W. J. BRYAN Secretary of State. June 27, 1913. Manti National For est, Utah. Preamble. Area modified. Vol. 30, p. 36. Post, p. 11. Area affected. Prior rights not affected. Eliminations with drawn for classification etc. Vol. 36, p. 847. Agricultural lands. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it appears that the public good will be promoted by adding certain forest lands within the State of Utah, to the Manti National Forest, and by eliminating therefrom certain other lands; and WHEREAS it appears that the public good will be promoted by including in the Fishlake National Forest, within the State of Utah, a portion of the area heretofore embraced in the Manti National Forest, also within the State of Utah; Now, therefore, I, 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., 11-34), 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 this, the Manti National Forest, and the boundaries of the above-mentioned Fishlake National Forest, are hereby changed as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof and on the diagram forming a part of the proclamation for the said Fishlake National Forest, which I have also signed this same day; and that the said Manti and the said Fishlake proclamations are made and are intended to be and shall be considered as one act to become effective simultaneously; and that it is not intended by this proclamation nor by the above mentioned Fishlake proclamation to reserve any land not heretofore embraced in a National Forest, in the said above mentioned State, nor to release any land from this, the said Manti, nor from the said Fishlake National Forest, except those areas shown as additions and eliminations on the diagram forming a part hereof and on the diagram forming a part of the said Fishlake proclamation. 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. The lands herein eliminated from the Manti National Forest are hereby withdrawn under the Act of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten (36 Stat., 847), as amended by the Act of August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve (37 Stat., 497), for classification, and will, when compatible with the public interests, be restored to settlement and entry under the laws applicable thereto on such dates as shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior and after such notice as he may deem advisable. This proclamation shall not prevent the settlement and entry of any lands heretofore opened to settlement and entry under the Act of Congress approved June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An Act To provide for the entry of Agricultural lands within forest reserves." IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. |