Executive Order 7154-A—Establishing Des Lacs Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

NORTH DAKOTA

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to effectuate further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222), it is ordered that the following-described lands, acquired or to be acquired by the United States, in Burke and Ward Counties, North Dakota, consisting of 24,100 acres, more or less, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture, subject to valid existing rights, as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife: Provided, that any private lands within the areas described shall become a part of the refuge hereby established upon the acquisition of title or lease thereto by the United States:

FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

T. 159 N., R. 88 W., sec. 3, lot 4, S½NW¼, SW¼, and S½SE¼;
                                 sec. 4, lots 1, 2, and 3, S½NE¼, SE¼NW¼, NE¼SW¼, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 9, N½NE¼ and SE¼NE¼;
                                 sec. 10, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NW¼, and NW¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 11, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, NW¼NE¼, S½NE¼, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, and NE¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 14, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NW¼NW¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 23, N½N½NE¼.

T. 160 N., R. 88 W., sec. 6, lots 3 to 7, inclusive, SE¼NW¼, and E½SW¼;
                                 sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E½NW¼, and NE¼SW¼;
                                 sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NE¼, E½W½, and W½W½SW¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, lots 6 to 9, inclusive, and SE¼SW¼;
                                 sec. 20, lot 3, and SE¼SE4¼;
                                 sec. 28, lots 1 and 2, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, NE¼SW¼, and S½SW¼;
                                 sec. 29, all;
                                 sec. 30, lots 1 and 5, NW¼NE¼, SE¼NE¼, NE¼NW¼, NE¼SE¼, and S½SE¼;
                                 sec. 31, N½NE¼;
                                 sec. 32, NE¼, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 33, NW¼ and S½.

T. 161 N., R. 88 W., sec. 5, all;
                                 sec. 7, NE¼SE¼ and S½SE¼;
                                 sec. 8, all;
                                 sec. 16, lots 1 and 2, NW¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 17, lots 1 to 6, inclusive, W½NW¼, N½SW¼, and SE¼SW¼;
                                 sec. 20, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W½NE¼, S½NW¼, SW¼, and NW¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 21, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NE¼, and E½SW¼;
                                 sec. 28, NW¼;
                                 sec. 29, all;
                                 sec. 30, lots 3, 4, and 7, NE¼NE¼, SW¼NE¼, SE¼NW¼, and NW¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 31, lots 1, 4, 5, and 8, E½NW¼, NE¼SW¼, and NW¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 32, all;
                                 sec. 33, SW¼SW¼.

T. 162 N., R. 88 W., sec. 2, all;
                                 sec. 3, lots 1 and 2, S½NE¼, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 10, all;
                                 sec. 11, lots 1, 2, and 3, SE¼NW¼, and SW¼;
                                 sec. 14, W½;
                                 sec. 15, all;
                                 sec. 16, lots 1 and 2, N½NE¼, SW¼NE¼, W½SE¼, and SE¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 20, S½;
                                 sec. 21, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, N½NE¼, SW¼NE¼, E½NW¼, N½SW¼, and SW¼SW¼;
                                 sec. 22, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, and E½SW¼;
                                 secs. 28, 29, and 32;
                                 sec. 33, NW¼.

T. 163 N., R. 88 W., sec. 6, lots 3 to 7, inclusive, SE4¼W¼, and E½SW¼;
                                 secs. 7, 8, 16, and 17;
                                 sec. 20, lot 1, NW¼NE¼, and S½NE¼;
                                 sec. 21, all;
                                 sec. 22, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NW¼, NE¼SW¼, N½SE¼, and SE¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 23, all;
                                 sec. 26, lot 1, NW¼, N½SW¼, and SE¼SW¼;
                                 sec. 27, all;
                                 sec. 34, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and W½SE¼;
                                 sec. 35, all.

T. 160 N., R. 89 W., sec. 1, all;
                                 sec. 12, lots 1, 2, and 3, E½NW¼, W½SE¼, and SE¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 13, E½.

T. 163 N., R. 89 W., sec. 1, all;
                                 sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, and S½NE¼;
                                 sec. 3, lots 1 and 2, and S½NE¼;
                                 sec. 12, lots 1 and 2, S½NE¼, NW¼, and SE¼.

T. 164 N., R. 89 W., sec. 26, lots 3 and 4;
                                 sec. 27, all;
                                 sec. 28, lots 1 and 5;
                                 sec. 34, all;
                                 sec. 35, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, SE¼NE¼, NE¼NW¼, and S½SW¼;
                                 sec. 36, all.

This refuge shall be known as the Des Lacs Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 22, 1935.