Executive Order 5909—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Classification, New Mexico

Under and pursuant to the provisions 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 valid existing rights, it is hereby ordered that the public lands within the following-described area in New Mexico be, and the same are hereby, temporarily withdrawn for classification as to their suitability for wild-life refuge purposes:

New Mexico Meridian

T. 10 S., R. 25 E., sec. 4, all;

sec. 5 lots 1, 2, and 3, S. ½ NE. ¼, S. ½ NW. ¼, SW. ¼, and SE. ¼;

sec. 8, NE. ¼;

sec. 9, SW. ¼ NE. ¼, W. ½, and W. ½ SE. ¼; and

sec. 10, NE. ¼ NW. ¼, and W. ½ NW. 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,
August 22, 1932.