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2592 PROCLAMATIONS, 1925. Use of Modoc Na- tional Forest not im- paired. Reserved from settle- ment, etc. November 24, 1925. Virgin Islands. Preamble. Statutory provisions. Vol. 41, p. 997. Vol. 41, p. 997. Vol. 42, pp. 2261, 2269, 2287. forty-five North, Range four East; thence southerly to the southeast corner of said Township; thence westerly to the southwest corner of Section thirty-five, Township forty-five North, Range three East; thence northerly to the northwest corner of Section two, said Town- ship; thence easterly to the southeast corner of Township forty-six North, Range three East; thence northerly to the point of beginning; also Lot three, Section ten, Township forty-six North, Range five East—all Mount Diablo Meridian. The reservation made by this proclamation is not intended to prevent the use of the lands for National Forest purposes under the proclamation establishing the Modoc National Forest, and the two reservations shall both be effective on the land withdrawn but the National Monument hereby established shall be the dominant reservation and any use of the land which interferes with its preserva- tion or protection as a National Monument is hereby forbidden. Warning is hereby given to all unauthorized persons not to appro- priate, injure, deface, remove, or destroy any feature of this National Monument, or to locate or settle on any of the lands reserved by this proclamation. 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 21st day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and [seal ] twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and fiftieth. Cal vi n Coo li dg e By the President: Fra nk B Kell og g Secretary of State. By th e Pre sid en t of th e Uni te d Stat es of Amer ic a A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, an Act of Congress, entitled the “Merchant Marine Act, 1920”, approved June 5, 1920, contains the following provisions: “Sec. 21. That from and after February 1, 1922, the coastwise laws of the United States shall extend to the island territories and possessions of the United States not now covered thereby, and the board is directed prior to the expiration of such year to have estab- lished adequate steamship service at reasonable rates to accommo- date the commerce and the passenger travel of said islands and to maintain and operate such service until it can be taken over and operated and maintained upon satisfactory terms by private capi- tal and enterprise; Provided, That, if adequate shipping service is not established by February 1, 1922, the President shall extend the period herein allowed for the establishment of such service in the case of anv island Territory or possession for such time as may be neces- sary for the establishment of adequate shipping facilities therefor.” AND WHEREAS, an adequate shipping service to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of the Virgin Islands has not been established as provided by Section 21 of the “Merchant Marine Act, 1920”; AND WHEREAS, the President of the United States in accord- ance with the authority vested in him by Section 21 of the “Merchant Marine Act, 1920”, has from time to time, to wit, on February 1, 1922, on May 18, 1922, on October 28, 1922, on October 25, 1923, on April 7, 1924, on October 23, 1924, and on April 25, 1925, issued PROCLAMATIONS, 1925. 2593 Proclamations extending the time for the establishment of such service, and deferring the application of the coastwise laws to the Virgin Islands until December 31, 1925. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority con- ferred upon me by Section 21 of the above mentioned Act, do hereby declare and proclaim that the period for the establishment of an adequate shipping service with the aforesaid Virgin Islands be further extended from December 31, 1925, to September 30, 1926; AND INASMUCH as the extension oi the coastwise laws of the United States to the Virgin Islands, as provided in Section 21 of the “Merchant Marine Act, 1920” is dependent upon the establishment of an adequate shipping service to such island possession, I do hereby further proclaim and declare that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Virgin Islands is deferred from December 31, 1925, to September 30, 1926. 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 24th day of November, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and [seal ] Twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the One Hundred and Fiftieth. Cal vi n Coo li dg e By the President: Fra nk B Kel lo gg Secretary of State By the Pre sid en t of the Unti ed Stat es of Amer ic a A PROCLAMATION Whereas, it appears that certain of the lands within the State of Oregon, described in the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1925 (43 Stat., 1279), found by the Secretary of Agriculture to be chiefly valuable for national forest purposes, should be added to the Wallowa National Forest; Now, therefore, I, CALVIN COOLIDGE, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the afore- said act of March 4, 1925, entitled “An Act To add certain lands to the Umatilla, Wallowa, and Whitman National Forests in Oregon”, do proclaim that the following described lands are hereby added to the Wallowa National Forest, subject to all valid existing entries, namely: Willamette Meridian In T. 1 N., R. 42-E., Lot 7 Sec. 6, NEM NEX Sec. 7, and SEX NWX Sec. 19; In T. 3 N., R. 42 E., Lots 2 and 3 Sec. 2, NEX SWX Sec. 5, NEX NEX Sec. 11, Lot 3, Sec. 18, NEX NEX Sec. 20 and NEX NEX Sec. 21; In T. 4 N., R. 42 E., EX SEX Sec. 23, SWX NEX and SWX SEX Sec. 26, SWX SEX Sec. 33, WX NEX and WX SEX Sec. 35; In T. 2 N., R. 43 E., Lot 2, Sec. 2, Lot 1 Sec. 3 and SWX SEX Sec. 6; Vol. 43, pp. 1926,1943, 1969. Ante, p. 2575. Post, p. 2620. Time for establishing service to, further ex- tended to September 30, 1926. Ante, p. 2576. Post, p. 2621. Coastwise laws de- ferred to September 30, 1926. Ante, p. 2576. Post, p. 2621. December 9,1925. Wallowa National Forest, Oreg. Preamble. Vol. 43, p. 1279. Area enlarged. Vol. 43, p. 1279. Lands added;