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Executive Order 7047—Modification of Executive Order No. 6957, of February 4, 1935, Withdrawing Public Lands
May 20, 1935
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. 6957, of February 4, 1935, withdrawing certain public lands in Alaska, be, and it is hereby, modified so as to permit settlement upon the said lands.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The White House,
May 20, 1935.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 7047—Modification of Executive Order No. 6957, of February 4, 1935, Withdrawing Public Lands Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/376116