Executive Order 7170—Establishing Lower Souris 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, consisting of 40,000 acres, more or less, acquired or to be acquired by the United States, in Bottineau and McHenry Counties, North Dakota, 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. 158 N., R. 76 W., sec. 4, lots 1 and 2, SE¼NE¼, W½SW¼, SE¼SW¼, and NE¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 5, lots 3 and 4, S½NW¼, and S½;
                                 secs. 6, 7, and 8;
                                 sec. 9, W½NE¼, W½, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 10, S½SW¼;
                                 sec. 15, W½;
                                 secs. 16, 17, and 18.

T. 159 N., R. 76 W., sec. 28, SW¼NW¼ and NW¼SW¼;
                                 sec. 29, W½NW¼, N½SW¼, and SW¼SW¼;
                                 sec. 30, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NE¼NE¼, E½W½, and W½SE¼;
                                 sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NW¼NE¼, S½NE¼, E½W½, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 32, N½NE¼, SE¼NE¼, and W½SE¼;
                                 sec. 33, NW¼NW¼, S½NW¼, and NE¼SW¼.

T. 158 N., R. 77 W., sec. 1, all;
                                 sec. 2, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S½NE¼, SE¼NW¼, and E½SE¼;
                                 sec. 3, lots 1, 2, and 3;
                                 sec. 12, N½ and SE¼;
                                 sec. 13, NE¼.

T. 159 N., R. 77 W., sec. 7, lots 2, 3, and 4, SE¼NE¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 8, SW¼NE¼, S½NW¼, and S½;
                                 sec. 9, SE¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 13, SE¼SW¼;
                                 sec. 14, W½;
                                 sec. 15, all;
                                 sec. 16, S½N½ and S½;
                                 secs. 17 to 22, inclusive;
                                 sec. 23, W½NE¼, W½, W½SE¼, and SE¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 24, SE¼NW¼, NE¼SW¼, and S½SW¼;
                                 sec. 25, W½NE¼, W½, and SE¼;
                                 secs. 26 and 27;
                                 sec. 28, N½, SW¼, N½SE¼, and SE¼SE¼;
                                 secs. 29 and 30;
                                 sec. 31, lots 1 and 2, and E½NW¼;
                                 secs. 34, 35, and 36.

T. 159 N., R. 78 W., sec. 1, lots 3 and 4, S½NW¼, and S½;
                                 secs. 2 and 3;
                                 sec. 4, lots 1, 2, and 3, S½NE¼, SE¼NW¼, and NSE¼;
                                 sec. 10, N½ and E½SE¼;
                                 secs. 11, 12, and 13;
                                 sec. 14, N½, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 23, NE¼, SE¼NW¼, NE¼SW¼, and SE¼;
                                 secs. 24 and 25;
                                 sec. 36, NW¼.

T. 160 N., R. 78 W., sec. 7, lots 3 and 4, and SW¼SE¼SW¼;
                                 sec. 17, SW¼;
                                 sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W½NE¼, SE¼NE¼, E½W½, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 19, all;
                                 sec. 20, S½NE¼, W½, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 27, SW¼SW¼;
                                 sec. 28, SW¼SW¼NE¼, NW¼NW¼, S½NW¼, and S½;
                                 sec. 29, all;
                                 sec. 30, lot 1, NE¼, NE¼NW¼, N½SE¼, and SE¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 32, NE¼, N½ NW¼, SE¼NW¼, NE¼NES¼W½, and NSE¼;
                                 secs. 33 and 34;
                                 sec. 35, NE¼, S½NW¼, and S½.

T. 161 N., R. 78 W., sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, and W½SE¼;
                                 sec. 30, lots 1 and 4, NE¼, E½W½, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 31, all;
                                 sec. 32, W½W½SW¼.

T. 160 N., R. 79 W., sec. 1, W½ lot 3, and lot 4, S½NW¼, SW¼, and SW¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, S½NE¼, SE¼NW¼, and SE ¼;
                                 sec. 11, E½NE¼NE¼ and S½SE¼;
                                 sec. 12, W½NE¼NE¼, NW¼NE¼, S½NE¼, W½, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 13, NE¼, E½NE¼NW¼, NE¼SE¼, E½W½SE¼, and SE¼SE4¼;
                                 sec. 24, SE¼;
                                 sec. 25, NE¼.

T. 161 N., R. 79 W., sec. 2, lot 4, SW¼NW¼, W½NE¼SW¼, W½SW¼, and W½SE¼ SW¼;
                                 sec. 3, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S½N½, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 4, lot 1, and SE¼NE¼;
                                 sec. 10, NE¼ NE¼, E½NW¼NE¼, SE¼NE¼, and NE¼ NE¼ SE¼;
                                 sec. 11, W½NE¼ NW¼, W½ NW¼, SE¼NW¼, and S½;
                                 sec. 12, SW¼SW¼;
                                 sec. 13, SW¼NE¼ NW¼, W½ NW¼, SE¼NW¼, and S½;
                                 sec. 14, N½, N½S½, and SE¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 24, all.

T. 162 N., R. 79 W., sec. 5, W½ lot 4, SW¼NW¼, W½ NE¼SW¼, W½W¼, and W½SE¼SW¼;
                                 sec. 6, lots 1, 2, and 3, S½NE¼, E½SE¼NW¼, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 7, N½ and E½NE¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 8, S½NE¼, W½, W½SE¼, and SW¼ SE¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 16, SW¼NW¼NW¼, SW¼NW¼, W½SE¼W½ SW¼, and SW¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 17, all;
                                 sec. 20, NE¼;
                                 sec. 21, N½, N½SW¼, SE¼SW¼, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 22, S½NW¼ and S½;
                                 sec. 27, W½NE¼ NW¼, W½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, SW¼, N½SE¼, and SW¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 28, N½, E½SW¼, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 33, E½SE¼;
                                 sec. 34, all;
                                 sec. 35, SW¼SW¼.

T. 163 N., R. 79 W., sec. 6, lots 2 to 7, inclusive, SW¼NE¼, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, and W½SE¼;
                                 sec. 7, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W½NE¼, E½W½, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 18, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NW¼NE¼, NE¼NW¼, and W½SE¼ SW¼;
                                 sec. 19, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, E½W½, and SW¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 30, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W½NE¼, E½W½, and W½SE¼;
                                 sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W½NE¼, SE¼NE¼, E½W½, and SE¼.

T. 164 N., R. 79 W., sec. 29, lots 3 and 4;
                                 sec. 30, all;
                                 sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, NE¼, E½W½, and W½SE¼.

T. 163 N., R. 80 W., sec. 1, lot 1, SE¼NE¼, E½SW¼, NE¼SE¼, and S½SE¼;
                                 sec. 12, NE¼, E½W½, and SE¼;
                                 sec. 13, N½NE¼, E½SW¼NE¼, SE¼NE¼, NE¼SE¼, E½W½ SE¼, and SE¼SE¼;
                                 sec. 24, NE¼NE¼, E½NW¼NE¼, SE¼NE¼, NE¼SE¼, and S½SE¼;
                                 sec. 25, NE¼, SE¼SW¼, NE¼SE¼, and S½SE¼.

This refuge shall be known as the Lower Souris Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
September 4, 1935.