Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 7222—Enlarging St. Marks Migratory Bird Refuge

November 01, 1935

FLORIDA

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 10,108 acres, more or less, acquired or to be acquired by the United States, in Wakulla County, Florida, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture, subject to valid existing rights, as an addition to the St. Marks Migratory Bird Refuge established by Executive Order No. 5740, of October 31, 1931: Provided, That any private lands within the areas described shall become a part of the refuge upon the acquisition of title or lease thereto by the United States:

HARTSFIELD SURVEY

     Lots 1 to 4, inclusive;
     lots 8 to 11, inclusive;
     lot 12, E½;
     lot 13, E½;
     lot 14, all;
     lot 17, all, except the east 15 acres;
     lots 29, 30, 99, and 100;
     lot 105, the west 206 acres;
     lots 107 to 110, inclusive;
     River Survey lot 7, the west 360 acres;
     River Survey lots 9, 10, and 11;
     Hartsfield Corner Survey, all;
     Bay Survey lots 1 and 2;
     Bay Survey lot 3, E½;
     Lower Survey lot, all.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
November 1, 1935.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 7222—Enlarging St. Marks Migratory Bird Refuge Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/376859

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