Executive Order 6897—Transferring to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy Certain Lands Off the Southern Coast of California

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), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that San Clemente Island and the rocky island at west entrance to North West Harbor, San Clemente Island, California, between longitude 118°20'45"' W. and 118°26'30" W. and latitude 32°48'15" N. and 33°02'15"' N., containing 31,500 acres, more or less, which were reserved for lighthouse purposes by Executive orders dated September 11, 1854, and January 26, 1867, be, and they are hereby, transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of Commerce to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for naval purposes; there being reserved, however, for the use of the Department of Commerce sites to be selected by that Department on which to erect and maintain such aids to navigation and incidental facilities as the Secretary of Commerce may consider desirable.

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,
November 7, 1934.