Executive Order 7847—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Use of the Navy Department

ALASKA

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. Subject to the conditions expressed in the above-mentioned acts and to all valid existing rights, the two tracts of land hereinafter described, in Alaska, are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for the use of the Navy Department:

TRACT NO. 1

A triangular tract of land on Amaknak Island described as follows:

Beginning at Cor. No. 4, Survey No. 58, at mean high water on Dutch Harbor, approximately in latitude 53°53'43" N., longitude 166°32'15" W.

From said initial point by metes and bounds,
     West, 12.12 chs., along south boundary of lighthouse reservation to a point;
     South, 9.82 chs. to intersection with line 3-4, Survey No. 58;
     N. 39° E., 15.60 chs., along line 3-4, Survey No. 58, to mean high water on Dutch Harbor, the point of beginning, containing 5.95 acres.

TRACT NO. 2

Expedition Island, unsurveyed, located in latitude 53°52'44"' N., longitude 166°33'04" W., as shown on U.S.C. & G.S. Chart No. 9008, July, 1915, containing approximately 5 acres.

SECTION 2. This order shall remain in force until revoked by the President or by act of Congress.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The White House,
March 21, 1938.