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Harry Truman: “Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the power vested…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 1946
Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the power vested in me by the act of February 2, 1922, c. 46, 42 Stat. 362, as amended by the act of May 24, 1935, c. 140, 49 Stat. 288, do proclaim (1) that the exterior boundaries of the Deschutes National Forest, in Oregon, are hereby extended to include all lands within the following-described area, and (2) that all lands in public ownership within such area are hereby added to and reserved as a part of the said forest, subject to any valid existing claims in such lands:
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri
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Proclamation 2702—Enlarging the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon

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