Executive Order 6117—Harney National Forest, South Dakota

Under authority of the acts of Congress approved March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1095-1103), and June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11 at 34 and 36), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in the State of South Dakota be, and they are hereby, included in and made a part of the Harney National Forest: 

Black Hills Meridian 

T. 5 S., R. 2 E., sec. 8, N½NE¼ and NE¼NW¼. 

T. 7 S., R. 2 E., sec. 18, E½; 

sec. 19, NE¼NE¼; 

sec. 20, NE¼, NW¼NW¼, and E½NW¼.

The withdrawal made by this order shall, as to all lands which are at this date legally appropriated under the public land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat, legal rights under such appropriation, nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such appropriation is legally maintained or such reservation remains in force.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
May 2, 1933.