Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 6604—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Soil Classification, Nebraska and South Dakota

February 16, 1934

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910 (ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497), and subject to the conditions therein expressed and to all valid existing rights, it is ordered that all public lands in the townships hereinafter described be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, and all forms of appropriation, for the purpose of soil classification:

Sixth Principal Meridian, Nebraska

Tps. 32, 33, and 34 N., R. 9 W.

Tps. 32, 33, 34, and 35 N., R. 10 W.

Tps. 33 and 35 N., R. 11 W.

Black Hills Meridian, South Dakota

Tps. 3 N., Rs. 28, 29, and 30 E.

T. 4 N., R. 30 E.

Tps. 3 and 4 N., R. 31 E.

Tps. 4 N., Rs. 32, 33, and 34 E.

Fifth Principal Meridian, South Dakota

Tps. 95 N., Rs. 65, 66, and 67 W.

Tps. 96 N., Rs. 67 and 68 W.

Tps. 97 N., Rs. 68 and 69 W.

T. 98 N., R. 69 W.

Tps. 97, 98, and 99 N., R. 70 W.

Tps. 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, and 105 N., R. 71 W.

Tps. 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, and 105 N., R. 72 W.

Tps. 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, and 106 N., R. 73 W.

Tps. 101, 103, 104, 105, and 106 N., R. 74 W.

Tps. 101,  102, 103,  104,  105, and 106 N., R.  75  W.

Tps. 101,  102, 103,  104,  105, and 106 N., R.  76  W.

Tps. 101,  102, 103,  104,  105, and 106 N., R.  77  W.

Tps. 101,  102, 103,  104,  105, 106, 107, 108, and  109 N., R. 78 W.

Tps. 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, and 109 N., R. 79 W.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
February 16, 1934.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 6604—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Soil Classification, Nebraska and South Dakota Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/362363

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