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Executive Order 5828—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Naval Ammunition Depot, Nevada

March 30, 1932

Pursuant to the authority conferred upon me by the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847-848; U.S. Code, title 43, sec. 141), as amended by the act of Congress approved August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497; U.S. Code, title 43, sec. 142), entitled "AN ACT To authorize the President of the United States to make withdrawals of public lands in certain cases," and subject to the conditions, provisions, and limitations of said acts, it is hereby ordered that subject to any valid existing claim and in so far as title thereto remains in the United States, the hereinafter- described tracts of land be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entiy, and all forms of appropriation and held for the exclusive use and benefit of the United States Navy Department for development of and use as an ammunition depot, until this order is revoked by the President or Congress:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 8 N., R. 28 E., secs. 13, 24, 25, 36, and east half of 23;

T. 7N., R. 28 E., sec. 1;

T. 7 N., R. 29 E., secs. 5 and 6.

Signature of Herbert Hoover
HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,
March 30, 1932.

Herbert Hoover, Executive Order 5828—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Naval Ammunition Depot, Nevada Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/361428

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