Executive Order 5506—Revocation of Withdrawal of Public Lands Pending Resurvey

Colorado

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 4624, dated April 1, 1927, withdrawing, among other lands, the public lands in T. 48 N., Rs. 4 and 5 E., New Mexico principal meridian, Colorado, pending resurvey, be, and the same is hereby, revoked as to said townships.

And it is hereby ordered, pursuant to Public Resolution 85, approved June 12, 1930 (46 Stat. 580), and subject to valid rights, that the unreserved public lands in said townships, if otherwise subject to disposition, shall be opened, under the terms and conditions of such resolution and the regulations issued thereunder, to entry under the homestead or desert land laws only for a period of 91 days, beginning with the date of the official filing of the plats of resurvey in said townships, by qualified ex-service men for whose service recognition is granted by the resolution, and thereafter to appropriation by the general public under any public land law applicable thereto.

Subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the date of restoration to general disposition as herein provided, no right may be acquired to the released lands by settlement in advance of entry or otherwise, except strictly in accordance herewith.

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
December 8, 1930.