Executive Order 6833—Revocation of Executive Order No. 1512, of April 1, 1912, Withdrawing Public Lands, and Withdrawal of Such Lands For Wild-Life Administrative Site

ALASKA

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. 1512, dated April 1, 1912, withdrawing all public lands on Near Island, being a small island lying off the northeastern shore of Kodiak Island, Alaska, and near the village of Kodiak, and reserving such lands for use of the Department of Agriculture as a temporary pasture and animal-quarantine station, be, and it is hereby, revoked.

It is further ordered that, subject to the conditions expressed in the aforesaid acts and to valid existing rights, the above-described island be, and it is hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for the joint use and occupancy of the Department of Agriculture and the Alaska Game Commission as a headquarters site in connection with the administration of Alaska game laws.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 28, 1934.