Executive Order 6642—Revocation of Executive Order No. 5202 of October 7, 1929, Withdrawing Public Lands, California

By virtue of and pursuant to 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), it is ordered that Executive Order No. 5202, dated October 7, 1929, withdrawing the following-described public lands in California, be, and it is hereby, revoked:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 15 S., R. 28 E., secs. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 35, and 36.

T. 16 S., R. 28 E., secs. 1, 2, and 12.

It is further ordered, pursuant to Public Resolution 85, approved June 12, 1930 (ch. 471, 46 Stat. 580), that, subject to valid rights and the provisions of existing withdrawals, the public lands in said sections shall be opened only to entry under the homestead or desert-land laws by qualified ex-service men for whose service recognition is granted by said resolution, under the terms and conditions of said resolution and the regulations issued thereunder, for a. period of 91 days beginning with the date of the official filing of the plats of resurvey of said sections, and thereafter to appropriation by the general public under any public-land law applicable thereto.

Subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the date of restoration to general disposition as herein provided, no right may be acquired to such lands by settlement in advance of entry or otherwise except strictly in accordance with the provisions of this order.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
March 14, 1934.