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On the recordDecember 23, 1892
Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to enter upon or to occupy the tract or tracts of land or waters reserved by this proclamation, or to fish in or use any of the waters herein described or mentioned, and that all persons or corporations now occupying said island or any of said premises except under said treaty shall depart therefrom.
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Proclamation 343—Reserving Forest and Fish Culture Lands in Territory of Alaska

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