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 Renville and Ward Counties, North Dakota, consisting of 40,000 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. 157 N., R. 84 W., sec. 4, SW¼SW¼;
sec. 5, lots 3 and 4, S½NW¼, SW¼, NW¼SE¼, and S½SE¼;
sec. 6, all;
sec. 7, lots 1 and 2, NE¼, E½NW¼, and E½SE¼;
sec. 8, all;
sec. 9, W½NW¼, SW¼SE¼NW¼, and S½;
sec. 15, SW¼;
sec. 16, all;
sec. 17, N½;
sec. 21, all;
sec. 22, W½;
sec. 27, W½NE¼, W½, and W½SE¼;
sec. 28, N½, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
sec. 33, NE¼ and N½SE¼;
sec. 34, N½, N½SW¼, and NW¼SE¼;
sec. 35, SW¼NW¼.
T. 158 N., R. 84 W., sec. 5, NW¼SW¼ and S½SW¼;
sec. 6, lots 2 to 7, inclusive, S½NE¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
sec. 7, NE¼ and NE¼SE¼;
sec. 8, W½NE¼, W½, and SE¼;
sec. 9, W½SW¼;
sec. 16, W½W½;
sec. 17, NE¼, E½NW¼, E½E½SW¼, and SE¼;
sec. 19, S½SE¼;
sec. 20, all;
sec. 21, NE¼, W½NE¼ NW¼, W½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, SW¼, N½SE¼, and SW¼SE¼;
sec. 28, NE¼NW¼, W½W½, and SE¼SW¼;
sec. 29, all;
sec. 30, lot 4, NE¼, E½W½, and SE¼;
sec. 31, all;
sec. 32, N½, SW¼, N½SE¼, and SW¼SE¼;
sec. 33, NW¼.
T. 159 N., R. 84 W., sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, SW¼SE¼NW¼, and E½SW¼.
T. 157 N., R. 85 W., sec. 1, lots 1 and 2, S½NE¼, and SE¼;
sec. 12, N½NE¼, SE¼NE¼, and NE¼SE¼.
T. 158 N., R. 85 W., sec. 1, all;
sec. 2, lot 1, S½NE¼, and SE¼;
sec. 36, E½.
T. 159 N., R. 85 W., sec. 2, lots 3 and 4, S½NW¼, and SW¼;
sec. 3, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S½N½, N½SW¼, SE¼SW¼, and SE¼;
sec. 4, lots 1 and 2, and SE¼NE¼;
sec. 10, NE¼, N½SE¼, and SE¼SE¼;
sec. 11, N½, SW¼, N½SE¼, and W½SW¼SE¼;
sec. 12, NW¼SW¼;
sec. 14, all;
sec. 15, E½NE¼, N½SE¼, and SE¼N½SE¼;
sec. 22, NE¼;
sec. 23, N½, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
sec. 24, SW¼SW¼NW¼, W½SW¼, and SE¼SW¼;
sec. 25, S½NE¼, W½, and SE¼;
sec. 26, NE¼, S½SW¼, and SE¼;
sec. 35, E½E½;
sec. 36, all.
T. 160 N., R. 85 W., sec. 7, lot 2;
sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E½W½, NW¼SE¼, and S½SE¼;
sec. 19, lots 1, 2, and 3, NE¼, E½W½, and SE¼;
sec. 20, W½SW¼ and SW¼SE¼ SW¼;
sec. 29, SW¼NE¼, W½, and SE¼;
sec. 30, N½NE¼, NE¼SW¼NE¼, SE¼NE¼, and E½NE¼SE¼;
sec. 31, E½NE¼;
sec. 32, NE¼, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, NE¼SE¼, N½NW¼ SE¼, and SE¼SE¼;
sec. 33, SW¼NE¼, W½, and SE¼;
sec. 34, E½NW¼SW¼ and SW¼SW¼SE¼.
T. 161 N., R. 85 W., sec, 30, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E½W½, and S½SE¼;
sec. 31, all;
sec. 32, NW¼, N½SW¼, SW¼SW¼, and NW¼SE¼.
T. 160 N., R. 86 W., sec. 1, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, SW¼NE¼, S½NW¼, SW¼, W½SE¼, and SE¼SE¼;
sec. 2, lots 1, 2, and 3, S½NE¼, and S½;
sec. 11, E½NE¼ NE¼ and SE¼;
secs. 12 and 13, all;
sec. 24, N½NE¼ and SE¼NE¼.
T. 161 N., R. 86 W., sec. 1, SW¼ and SW¼SE¼;
sec. 2, NW¼SW¼ and W½SW¼SW¼;
sec. 3, lots 2 and 3, S½NE¼, and E½SE¼;
sec. 10, NE¼ and N½SE¼;
sec. 11, N½, N½SW¼, SE¼SW¼, and SE¼;
sec. 12, NW¼NE¼ and W½;
sec. 13, W½;
sec. 14, NE¼, NE¼NW¼, S½NW¼, and S ½;
sec. 22, NE¼NE¼;
sec. 23, N½ and SE¼;
sec. 24, SW¼NE¼, W½, and W½SE¼;
sec. 25, all;
sec. 26, NE¼;
sec. 36, NE¼NE¼.
This refuge shall be known as the Upper Souris Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The White House,
August 27, 1935.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 7161—Establishing Upper Souris Migratory Waterfowl Refuge Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/376965