Executive Order 5755—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Classification, Mississippi

Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847-848), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497), and subject to the conditions therein expressed and to all valid existing rights, it is hereby ordered that the following-described areas in the State of Mississippi be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, for classification and pending determination as to the advisability of including such lands in a national forest:

Washington Meridian

T. 4 N., R. 1 E., sec. 1, lot 12;

T. 6 N., R. 3 E., sec. 15, NE. ¼ NE. ¼;

T. 6 N., R. 5 E., sec. 17, SE. ¼ SW. ¼;

T. 7 N., R. 5 E., sec. 3, N. ½ NW. ¼ (lot 2);

sec. 10, SE. ¼ SE. ¼;

T. 8 N., R. 5 E., sec. 22, SE. ¼ NE. ¼.

This order shall continue in full force and effect unless and until revoked by the President or by act of Congress.

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
December 10, 1931.