Executive Order 6616—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Use as an Addition to the Cordova Aviation Landing Field, Alaska

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 the public lands in the Territory of Alaska included within the following-described boundaries be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for use as an addition to the Cordova Aviation Landing Field, Alaska:

Beginning at comer no. 4 of U.S. Survey No. 1668, which is seventy-five hundredths (0.75) chains south of witness corner M C and forty-six and seventeen hundredths (46.17) chains north of W C 4 M C survey 900; thence S. 62°45' W., 2.55 chs.; thence S. 85°30' W., 6.30 chs.; thence S. 52°30' W., 4.71 chs.; thence S. 80°45' W., 3.51 chs.; thence N. 88°30' W., 5.13 chs.; thence N. 58°45' W., 2.66 chs.; thence S. 43°00' W., 3.10 chs.; thence S. 84°00' W., 2.32 chs.; thence S. 84°54' W., 15.30 chs.; thence N. 76°30' W., 6.81 chs.; thence S. 73°33' W., 4.06 chs.; thence south 4.10 chs.; thence N. 84°22'30" E., 53.59 chs.; thence north 5.86 chs. to point of beginning, containing approximately 18.22 acres, in front of said survey no. 1668, and in the bed of Eyak Lake.

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

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
February 26, 1934.