Executive Order 7038—Modification of Executive Order No. 5327, of April 15, 1930, Temporarily Withdrawing Oil-Shale Lands

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), Executive Order No. 5327, of April 15, 1930, withdrawing oil-shale deposits and lands containing such deposits for purposes of investigation, examination, and classification, is hereby modified so as to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue sodium permits and leases under the General Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437), as amended by the act of December 11, 1928 (45 Stat. 1019), for and of any of the lands withdrawn by said order.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
May 13, 1935.