Franklin D. Roosevelt

Executive Order 7695—Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of the War Department for Military Purposes

August 23, 1937

WASHINGTON

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 as follows:

Section 1. Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, temporarily withdrawing all public lands in certain states for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked in so far as it affects the following-described tracts of land in Washington:

WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN

T. 30 N., R. 2 W., S½SE¼ sec. 18, NE¼ sec. 24, 240 acres.

Section 2. Subject to the conditions expressed in the above-mentioned acts and to all valid existing rights, the tracts of land described in section 1 of this order are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for use of the War Department for military purposes.

Section 3. The reservation made by section 2 of this order shall remain in force until revoked by the President or by act of Congress.

Signature of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
August 23, 1937.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 7695—Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of the War Department for Military Purposes Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/369006

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