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On the recordApril 2, 1901
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;
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Bill McKinley
Republican · Ohio

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Proclamation 455—Withdrawing Lands From the Washington Forest Reserve, Washington

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